New Fish Swimming Flat on the Bottom!...something sticking out of it's tail..

[DonMD]

Looks great, Gary. Why not add some sand as substrate?

[TURQ64]

They're doing QT in the BB 180 of domestics...after a spell, they'll be in sand and wood heaven....I'm still toying with the idea of a 1000 or 2 gallon built in in the new fishroom..Still checking large glass panel pricing...

[DonMD]

They're doing QT in the BB 180 of domestics...after a spell, they'll be in sand and wood heaven....I'm still toying with the idea of a 1000 or 2 gallon built in in the new fishroom..Still checking large glass panel pricing...

Good god, man! My QT is a 30 gallon! Ha!

[jlcoop277]

Very cool, I want a ray really bad, but there a nono in Texas.

[Maria Ashton]

Hello - can I ask how rays and Discus get along? Also are they a good option as a clean up - more so than corydora? Your first ray looks so cool. I assume you have to have sand as a substrate and not gravel? Is it possible to have plants in the tank with a ray?

Sorry for the 101 questions

Maria

[TURQ64]

Hello, I'm fairly new to keeping rays, but I'll answer what I can. Yes, they get along..Rays need peaceful fish for companions, and Discus are about as peaceful as a cichlid can be( with some covenants)...I don't really believe in 'clean up crews', maybe 'clean up after' crews...Humans are the best clean up a fish can have...Rays will eat up most any left over food I feed my fish..at present, they are in a BB tank for QT..They'll end up in a pool sand substrate. Plants are nigh on to impossible with rays due to the constant churning up of the substrate...

[ZX10R]

Hi Gary,

Do you mind if I share some pics of my brothers rays and his set-up on here for you to see?

[TURQ64]

naw, fire away, matey!......

[walt3]

that new discus is not very pretty looking and i dont think they should swim sideways at the bottom like that. lol. cool ray! nice.

[ZX10R]

Here is my brothers stuff I was going to show you if you could of made it over that weekend. He has 9 rays and 6 wild discus and a few other fish also
200 gallon tank with 5 rays and wild discus
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6 wild discus
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Marble Motoro
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Another Marble Motoro
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Flower Ray
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I can never remember the name of this one
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Male Jaguar Ray
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Female Jaguar Ray
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One of the pups his breeding pair of Jags has produced
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Mantilla Ray
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Henlei Ray
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And here is his new pond he is building in his garage 16' long, 3' wide, and 3' tall
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[moon_knight1971]

Wow! 16 x 3 x 3! Always wanted a ray myself. Very beautiful fish


Joey!

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow Seam, your brother have some nice rays, really like those jaguar rays. A pond in the garage wow.

[nwehrman]

Beautiful! Love those rays! Wish they were not big no no's in Texas!

[TURQ64]

Be sure to tell your bro he's got some nice rays..(like he doesn't know already!)..Gary

[ZX10R]

Be sure to tell your bro he's got some nice rays..(like he doesn't know already!)..Gary

Sure will hope you have success with your rays and they breed for you one day.

Sean