5 Females and 2 Males

Trevor

Here are some quick pictures of the new pups. The picture quality isn't the best... I don't have that good of camera but here you go.

Trevor

wow, you got a lot of them from the latest hatch. pretty cool man.

-Justin

Thanks it seems like they might sell quickly too some people are already interested.

Trevor

Heres a picture of the stingers that the rays shed off every once in a while. Stingrays will grow a new barb underneath their old one and adventually the old barb will fall off. So heres a picture of some of the barbs that I have.

Wow those a very cool. I never knew the did that.

An update on the pups..









     

Here are the bigger rays in their kiddie pool until they get in their new home. I bet this is the first time my apartment complex has had a kiddie pool in one of their rooms.

    

    

Heres the Rays in their new home. I think I need more room...

This is my new baby girl. She is a leopoldi/henlei stingray.

Made myself some bio towers out of old salt buckets. You can see in the first picture that I drilled the holes and cut the sides to keep the water moving.



Then I cut some spray bars to size. Also have a hole cut in the middle of the lid for the water flow.



The pot scrubbies and bio balls..



Then finally installed them into the sump.



So far they are working pretty well.

Trevor

Lookin good Trevor! The rays make that kiddie pool look super tiny.

Those pot scrubbers are awesome bio filters, when i setup my pond I hit up every Dollar Store in the area and cleaned them out.

That Leo/Henlei is an awesome fish!!!! Holly crap I am jealous!

Yea I am really excited about the new setup. That leo/hen is my new baby shes awesome and she eats really well and eats just about anything. Can't wait til she gets a little bigger.

Trevor

Finally have my display look the way I wanted it to. With the plants and the new sand/rock things are looking a little better. I got the sand and rock idea from Allan(Alaake)...

Also Finally found out how to put videos on the net. So heres a video of them feeding. Kinda long video.

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Your rays are awesome man! Someday I'm going to have to get me some from you.

Thanks Bill. I don't know how long its going to be until I have another litter(if I do) but if I do they will need good homes.

Trevor

I gota say that is a very cool, I have never seen rays that size in a home aquarium, let alone an apartment, hats off to ya.

Can you tell us what is required to keep such critters? And how to properly care for them?

Thanks for posting, this is a good thread, one we can all learn from, if you will share what you have learned.

Yea this tank is pretty big, but believe it or not they are going to need a bigger home after awhile. They can be as easy as you want them to be or poorly filtered without proper water changes they can be difficult. Proper space is very important, with more width and length then height. Filtration for these guys is also really important. They need a really nice filtration system, I still feel mine is under filtered but I am out of room. I have two DIY bio towers with a seperate section for filter socks and some filter pads. These guys tend to get pretty big most ray keepers will build a pond or a really big tank for them as they get older. The biggest ray I have seen personally had a disc of 24 inches another big one I saw had a 19 inch disc. My biggest female is about 15 inches. The biggest I have heard of in a home aquarium was 24-26 inches. They grow fairly quickly too. Another thing people complain most about rays is the amount of food these guys can eat in a single feeding. I feed once a day(sometimes missing a day but not too often) and others feed twice a day or sometimes three small meals. My 4 bigger rays will eat a handful of scallops, two handfuls of shrimp, and a big chunk of fish in a single feeding. I don't eat so these guys can. They will eat until they can't move. If you watch the video I posted thats a typically daily feeding and I feed more after the video, because I am trying to get the smallest to grow very healthy. Water changes are also very important with rays. They need more frequent water changes then most freshwater systems. I try to keep up water changes with my reef tank. 10% a week or every once in a while I'll miss a week and do about 30% every other week. I think ray keepers will get on my case about not doing enough water changes if they read this post. Well circulated water with enough oxygen in the water. I have a 4700 GPH pump running my 300. With 3 spray bars and 4 flexible returns. You don't need anything for lights just like any other freshwater tank just enough to look good. Some people don't have plants in their tanks but I think this keeps the rays very active. I have patho roots in the water on top of my tank. These things grow so well on top of the tank. My plan was to have them hide my lights and I think they are doing a great job with that. I have noticed the rays being a lot more active since I have added these plants. If anyone has any other questions I would be happy to answer any the best I can, remember I am no expert still learning everyday.

Trevor

Nice pics really cool looking fw rays