fish4fun Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 any for sale or trade yet? I'm interested in giving them a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 There not quite ready yet for sale. I like to get them eating a variety of food first and put on some weight so they will be easy to care for and have an easy transition to a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishe Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 What are the smallest ray? Im interested in Rays as well, im a cichlid guy right now, but the whole ray thing seems interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Smallest rays are rectic, scobina, and hystrix. Scobina and hystrix are hard to find rays. Rectics are pretty easy to find but can be picky eaters at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishe Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 rectic are teacup rays right? How big of a tank do they need? And how about the other 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Usually rectics are sold as teacups but other rays can also be sold under this name so make sure you get a picture first and post it so someone could help you identify it for sure. I would get a 6'L x 3'W x 2'h for a tank but yoy may be able to get away with something smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 I saw 2 "Teacup" rays at Riverfront yesterday...they looked cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 I thought P. laticeps were the tea cup rays are they the same as the rectics ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 P. laticeps is another one of those names that rays come in and can be a bunch of different rays. They can be a Hystrix ray which seems to be what they are coming in around here latey (this is not the true Hystrix but what is comonly called a hystrix in our hobby). Rectics and peru motoros are also commonly called P.laticeps. The term teacup is more often reffered to a rays size. It kinda makes it hard to know what your buying when you get one of these rays so if anyone needs help just post up a clear shot of the ray and it's tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Any sugestions on what type of smaller ray to start out with,keeping in mind that the long term goal would be breeding them. I have a choice of P. scobina,P.reticulatus,P.laticeps and P.histrix that are available now. I'm leaning towards the laticeps right now because of their small adult size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 If your goal is just to breed then they all will breed in a home aquaria. If you are going for profit then the rectic is very cheap to buy so it wouldn't be profitable. Scobina are very hard to find and are on Brazils banned list so you would be able to charge more. Hystrix are coming in cheaper right now also but may only be available off and on due to quotas in Brazil so price could vary. And again not sure what kind of ray the laticeps would be. All are comparable at adult size. If you can find a red rectic they are suppose to be a smaller rectic. If any of these rays are captive bred they will be much easier to look after. Rays coming in from Brazil seem to be coming in with a bacteria problem with alot of them and wildcaughts also are sometimes hard to get eating. Personal preference is allways the most important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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