sting rays as tankmates

[kevkoi]

Ah, just felt like putting these up...

Would make excellent tankmates for your discus. ;) Trouble is they're not readily available in Aust.

I saw these on my travels.... P.motoro and P. schroederi (flowwer ray)

[Merrilyn]

Keep the photos coming Kev. We love em.

[jim]

Imaging when they suck on discus when they got hungry....haha...

[DR.V]

i saw a couple of stingray at SLS kev ???

[kevkoi]

.. ah yes, but not these. :lol:

Actually, FW stingrays do make good tankmates with discus. I've seen a pic of a huge tank with a P.leopoldi (about 50cm diameter!) with a whole school of wild discus. Awesome display.

FW stingrays don't suck on discus. They leave anything that doesn't fit in their tiny mouth's alone.

[dreamer]

i wonder if fw rays taste like sw rays :p

[africandiscus]

They look amazing

[goldenpigeon]

would they eat tetras or are they agressive?

[flukes]

I like the tiger FW ray the best, remember looking into it some time ago. The tiger ray i liked was just over a grand.. Would be goo though.. :o

[kevkoi]

They'd have tetras for lunch.....

[Fishpimpin73]

Problem with Rays is that they are wickedly tough to acclimate, VERY finicky eaters, and over as much as 50% of the specimens imported never make it to sale :cry:

Never mind the fact that they need a tank with a large footprint.

Now with all that said.......

I know several hobbysits that have taken the plunge into stingray keeping, and not a single one of them would keep anything else.
They really do have tons of personality.

[wild_amazon]

A LFS in Perth has a pair in their display tank. They have given birth more than once. Apparently they are not difficult to breed. Another LFS has one of the babies for sale a couple of weeks ago. Expensive though.

[Blue]

They are live bearers.