I was hoping everyone could help me. I just purchased a Yellow Spotted Stingray in an attempt to save him from being fed Goldfish forever from a local Petland Discount store and I have no clue on what is the correct food to feed him. Could anyone lend a helping hand on this matter. Thank you.
Fish and crustacean flesh are usually fine foods for these animals,but indivuals vary! worst case, u know he eats goldfish> u could keep a tank of goldfish, or my personal fav bronze comets, and feed the fish booster nutrient food rich in minerals and the like, so when the ray eats them it gets passed down the line
just an extra note, try to aim for as much swimming area as possible. less stress on the animals, plus try to aviod agressive or perstering fish that could bother them
Veriann, thank you for the helpful information on this little guy. I re-aquascaped that aquarium in order to provide him with at least a 4 /5 of swimming area as one side of the tank contains live rock. I will be currently removing bio-balls from the wet dry trickle filter and stocking it with live rock in order to compensate for the lose of area within the tank to stock live rock.
to TR. I don't know their preferred diet either but I don't suppose there are a lot of goldfish in his part of the ocean. If you can please post a picture of him once he settles in.
I don't have experience with stingrays per say but have had sharks. from my understanding is that they have the same diet. My research indicated that the diet should very day to day. I fed my pair of banded, nurse, and horn sharks squid scallop and fresh fish from the grosery store. I chopped them up and froze them in icecube trays. This way the stay fresh and you can thaw and feed. I hope this helped.
I forgot to mention that at first they will be sensitive to fluctuations to water chemistry and temperature, but as they mature in your tank they will adapt to whatever you throw at them.
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feed lots of crustaceans and shellfish. if you can, buy them live. if i have to use frozen, i try to buy them from my lfs. i have been told that that many frozen seafoods at supermarkets have been sterilized by some ammonia or other nitrogen product and stingrays are very sensitive to them. a have a bluespot that eats primarly live mysis. i also shuck live clams and mussels for him. i've heard that goldfish has too much fat for them long term........among other things.
feed lots of crustaceans and shellfish. if you can, buy them live. if i have to use frozen, i try to buy them from my lfs. i have been told that that many frozen seafoods at supermarkets have been sterilized by some ammonia or other nitrogen product and stingrays are very sensitive to them. a have a bluespot that eats primarly live mysis. i also shuck live clams and mussels for him. i've heard that goldfish has too much fat for them long term........among other things.
i belive u cracked a funny in the middle there!
i didn't know u kept a bluespoted ray! then again ive never asked!
pictures, i want pictures to see! where did he originate from?
woops, being alittle rude, .....again..lol
Blue Jay Driften, welcome to talking reef. hope u come to love bouncing question off us, and us to you! nice topic as an intro! good luck keeping this ray. just a suggestion in case u haven't heard it before, with your bio balls, destock them slowly over a period of time to min any drop in overall bacteria collonies for your filtration! but if u replace it with LR, u just replacing plastic for rock, the same bacteria will populate the rock instead. its best to add the LR in places where the oxygen bubbles dont reach! but if this is a fish only tank, i dont see a reason why u couldn't leave them in. cause rays are messy eaters
to TR. I don't know their preferred diet either but I don't suppose there are a lot of goldfish in his part of the ocean. If you can please post a picture of him once he settles in.
My decision agrees with you on that one CarmieJo, I felt a need to rescue the little guy because they had him in a 10 gallon aquarium and to further confirm my decision to rescue when I asked to have him the wonderful staff freaked out about who would get him out and in fear of being electricuted (fools) and dropped him on the floor of the store.
I don't have experience with stingrays per say but have had sharks. from my understanding is that they have the same diet. My research indicated that the diet should very day to day. I fed my pair of banded, nurse, and horn sharks squid scallop and fresh fish from the grosery store. I chopped them up and froze them in icecube trays. This way the stay fresh and you can thaw and feed. I hope this helped.
I forgot to mention that at first they will be sensitive to fluctuations to water chemistry and temperature, but as they mature in your tank they will adapt to whatever you throw at them.
Jr Aquatics, I have purchased some frozen clam and squid from the Pet Store and I'm gathering its just because he was getting settled in but he completely ignored this.
My decision agrees with you on that one CarmieJo, I felt a need to rescue the little guy because they had him in a 10 gallon aquarium and to further confirm my decision to rescue when I asked to have him the wonderful staff freaked out about who would get him out and in fear of being electricuted (fools) and dropped him on the floor of the store.
feed lots of crustaceans and shellfish. if you can, buy them live. if i have to use frozen, i try to buy them from my lfs. i have been told that that many frozen seafoods at supermarkets have been sterilized by some ammonia or other nitrogen product and stingrays are very sensitive to them. a have a bluespot that eats primarly live mysis. i also shuck live clams and mussels for him. i've heard that goldfish has too much fat for them long term........among other things.
Fat Walrus, thank you for the advice. I would like to stay away from live food and attempt to get him to eat Frozen Foods from the local pet shop. Are they any frozen foods that you would suggest?
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Could anyone lend a helping hand on this matter. Thank you.
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to TR. I don't know their preferred diet either but I don't suppose there are a lot of goldfish in his part of the ocean. If you can please post a picture of him once he settles in.
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