African_Fever Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 This is my miracle fish. She's gone through hell and back, and is finally doing amazing and looking as good as she did months ago when she came in. She's a true Colombian flower ray (P. schroederi). I have a male as well, but he's a different variant and much smaller (about 6" disc) and not dark like she is. The flash does wash out some of the base colour because she is closer to black than the pics show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Good on you Kyle for saving this beautiful fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 She's awsome , glad you could save her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 The effort you put into this fish is truely amazing. You succeeded where many would've failed. Stunning ray! I'll look you up next time I'm in the Hat . I'd love to see your collection in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDude77 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Wow what a beaut. Very nice flower ray. :thumbs: I think I missed something here though, what happen to the poor thing? And you're saying her counter-part is smaller at 6" Diam., how big is she?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Beuatiful fish, I am glad she is better too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 She's got about a 10" disc, and probably 16-18" overall. She wouldn't eat for weeks after I brought her in, and I was force-feeding her for at least 8 weeks, possibly longer. She was being fed every day to every other day until she finally ate blackworms on her own (we don't have any available locally and Riverfront didn't seem to get any in that they felt were good enough to ship forever!). She's now eating at least a dozen nightcrawlers if I give her that many a day, and has quickly been putting on weight and getting her colour back. She's all over the tank, constantly swimming and not just sitting there like most motoro's I know of, so it's a nice change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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