Marine Stingrays

[cornyfish]

Just got a small brown marine stingray, so far it's eating greedily but is far from being active, lying motionless on the sandbed for long periods of time.

Has anyone had any experience keeping marine stingrays?

[southpaw23]

How big is your tank?...and does ur stingray have blue spots on it?

[w3ish3ng]

rays are not recommanded for our normal tank. as they need a big area of sandbed. in rc, there is one guy who delicated a 19x5x2.5/3 tank just for the ray. althought its a reef tank, but he had made his effort to have a huge area of sandbed just for that guy. doubt you have such a big tank. and the sandbed must be smooth sand if not the ray will injure his belly which can lead to infection and death.

[southpaw23]

in rc, there is one guy who delicated a 19x5x2.5/3 tank just for the ray.

Actually it was a 15 ft tank....but huge nonetheless....

[w3ish3ng]

15? i remembered it as 19.

[southpaw23]

If ur refering to Energy's tank....the one with the title stingray tank at RC...then it's a 15 footer....

Else...i'll have to go on RC and see this 19 footer ur talkin about

[w3ish3ng]

its energy tank. but i still like the new 6000gallon tank coming up. the shark tank. that is like my gosh. haha

[acidjazz]

From my previous experience with stingrays, best use grade 1 sand or dun use any at all.

my stingray's belly was slightly scratched as well due to the rocks. . so gotta be slightly more careful on tt.

If not, they generally are quite easy to keep and feeds mostly on market prawns.

[southpaw23]

my stingray's belly was slightly scratched as well due to the rocks. . so gotta be slightly more careful on tt.

Thats more cos you didn't have enough tank space for the stingray.

Please understand that these specimens are NOT SUITABLE for home aquariums and are much more complex creatures than ur regular fishes.

As a rule of thumb, if you don't have enough experience, nor have enough dough to buy a REALLY large tank.....please save these fishes from premature deaths and leave them in the oceans where they belong.......

[southpaw23]

its energy tank. but i still like the new 6000gallon tank coming up. the shark tank. that is like my gosh. haha

6000 gallon shark tank?? wow!....i gotta go check that out...haven't been on there in a while....must go see later tonight thanks for the heads up

[w3ish3ng]

actually its combined to be 6000gallon, but shark tank is 4000gallon. 1000g eel tank. its gonna be in a restaurant.

[accurist]

My friend in Bangkok has a 15 foot, maybe a bit bigger. i'm not sure on the size, black tip tank. The glass alone cost 800,000 THB (34,000 SGD) to cut.

[beaver]

Some interesting rays pix I took at Gold Coast SeaWorld