motoro stingray max size

Nevertheless, this fish is not for everyone.

When keeping it in the tank, the fish, of course, doesn’t grow that large.The ray is disk-shaped, and the disk is almost round.

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The fish will eat tank plants that require rooting in the substrate, but you can try some plants that can be fixed to the decorations such as However, even these may not survive the fish’s attention.Freshwater rays are flesh-eaters that feed mainly with fish and crustaceans in the wild. In the wild, Motoro stingray is up to 50 cm large in diameter and up to 1 m long. Live Rays should not be fed the meat of mammals such as beef heart or chicken. Despite its large size, this species is quite widely sold. Well...It was by our own hand. epibenthic) Found in freshwater rivers. Because of their shape, they are more difficult to house than most other aquarium fish. Common name: Leopoldi Stingray, Polka Dot Stingray, Black Diamond, P13, P14, P62 Scientific name: Potamotrygon leopoldi Average Adult Fish Size: 24 inches / 60 cm Place of Origin: Rio Xingu basin and Rio Fresco in central Brazil.

Prev. Most rays sold nowadays were bred in captivity.This fish is dangerous. You can even train them to hand-feed. Dec 5, 2012 2,973 974 135 Barrie. Besides, rays like digging into the sand when they are stressed out, and usually in the wild, they dwell in waters with sandy or muddy bottom.Thus, it seems quite cruel to let them live without having a chance to find shelter in the tank.As for the tank decorations, they should be smooth without any sharp edges.

Heaters should have protection around them or put them out of the tank to ensure that the rays won’t get burnt.There should be some dim light with a 12-hours cycle (day/night).

I often worry about the size posts as I think that SOME (not all) ask based on the fact that they plan to add them to a small tank.

Stingrays . To be honest almost nobody on MFK ever shows rays over like 18 inch. As a rule, these are not aggressive fishes, and they use their spine only as a protection measure.Actually, rays become very domestic; they learn to recognize their owner and come to the water surface to ask for food. Forums i keep 2 in a tank that has a footprint of 7' x 2'. Motoro Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) This is a relatively large species, with a disc width of up to 50 cm. Aquarium size Freshwater stingrays are all large, active fish. It can be whole mussels, shellfishes, prawns, calamaries or fish juveniles (or some other fresh fish), and earthworms. Mainly these are sandbanks of large rivers and their tributaries where the substrate consists of mud and sand.During the rainy season, this stingray moves to flooded forests and during the dry season – to the lakes that were formed earlier.Rays are relatives of sharks and sawfishes, which have a skeleton that differs from the one that ordinary fishes have, since it doesn’t have bones, and it completely consists of cartilageous tissue.The scientific name of this kind is an ocellate river stingray, which means that the ray can sting. Motoro Stingray's are found living throughout South America including Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Paraná-Paraguay, Orinoco, and Amazon River basins. Monsterfishkeepers.com, a division of Monster Aquaria Network, LLC. An interesting fact is that this period is sufficiently shorter for rays that breed in tanks.Possibly, due to the plentiful supply of food they have if compared to the fishes in the wild.Rays may be quite picky when selecting their mate. I’d advise avoiding armored catfishes as rays tank mates, since there are a lot of documented reports saying that they get stuck to rays and damage their skin.Female species are larger than males, and they have two uteruses, which means that they can have offspring from two different males simultaneously.Males have modified fins that they use to fertilize the females.Many aquarists succeeded in freshwater rays breeding, but this process takes time, you will need a large tank and dedication.