Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/08/2009 01:59 PM |
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As some of you may know I'm messing around with breeding Potomotrygon species..... NO successfull litters yet, as my first to be prego miscarried. She is due again towards the middle of July. Here she is 10 weeks into her typical 100 day gestation period.     |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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Posts/Points: 562/654
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| 06/08/2009 02:08 PM |
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Damn those are nice look'in ray's! |
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Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/08/2009 02:16 PM |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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Clarksville, IA Posts/Points: 423/487
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| 06/08/2009 02:37 PM |
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Awesome, would love to see pics of your entire setup! I used to have 3 motoro's when I first got into fish keeping. |
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Evansdale, Iowa Posts/Points: 2950/3472
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| 06/08/2009 02:43 PM |
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Niiice man, kinda makes me wanna setup the pond again. Good luck on the breeding, maybe try some candles and Barry Manalow.  |
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Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/08/2009 02:58 PM |
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Maybe that's the ticket!!! If the low PH swings to mimic the rainy season don't work I'll definetly give it a try.....
I've also heard blacklights, orange juice, loud trance/rave music and some crushed up XTC in the water may make them get jiggy. {KIDDING OF COURSE}
Waverz IF you do decide to set that pond up I'm sure we could find you some VERY nice rays for nice prices..... Set up a drip so that there's no more WC incidents.Then maybe I won't feel so alone keeping rays in this big ol cornfield.
I'll dig up some pics of the "growouts" tomorrow. The real lookers are in growout...... Except the Jag. That thing makes all my fancy Marbles look bad. |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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Evansdale, Iowa Posts/Points: 2950/3472
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| 06/08/2009 08:50 PM |
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I thought about doing a drip, the problem I had was Chlorimines, it doesn't just dissipate out of water like Chlorine does, therefore I would have needed to setup large resivors of treated water as a source for the drip. At that time I didn't want to get that involved. It only took one water change without using a water treatment product and they were toast. |
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Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/09/2009 06:16 AM |
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I am VERY sorry to hear about your loss Waverz. I know how tough it is losing rays. They aren't like other fish when they die, there is something different about them, much closer to losing a family pet like a dog....
Chloramines are something I've never had to, and never plan on dealing with (according to local water dept). Definetly throws a wrench into a drip system. Have to incorporate a doser (like a dose-matic) and dilute Prime (or whatever choice of chemical you have). Still well worth the cost and hassle.
I unfortunately don't own a house, but rather rent. So this throws a huge wrench into messing with the plumming.
I just do massive waterchanges while dreaming of the luxury of a drip system. |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/09/2009 07:13 AM |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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Evansdale, Iowa Posts/Points: 2950/3472
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| 06/09/2009 09:22 AM |
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Awesome setup man, looks like I'm not the only one that hit up all the Dollar Generals in the area for scrubby pads. |
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Clear Lake IA Posts/Points: 47/63
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| 06/09/2009 09:30 AM |
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Posted By Waverz on 06/09/2009 09:22 AM
Awesome setup man, looks like I'm not the only one that hit up all the Dollar Generals in the area for scrubby pads. I had to sweet talk a few places into ordering massive amounts. I believe I used somewhere between 1200 and 1300 in the pond filter...... Guessing probobly 600 or so in the 300 gallon growout filter. |
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| Captive breeding project for Marbled Motoros downstairs.
Moray hoarding upstairs. |
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