For those ray lovers out there Jaguar ray gave birth to pup over the weekend

[spyder329]

OMG I want one... I have always wanted a ray..That is awesome.. Thanks for sharing... My wife is going to hate me if I setup another tank and we only have two...

Please keep us updated on how things progress..

[ZX10R]

Here is a updated pic of the baby jaguar ray. He is around 5" now and is full of energy.
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[spyder329]

Ed,

Do you keep your rays all by themselves? What is a minimum size tank that they need to be in and with what types of other fish do you keep them with?

I really do want one..



--Nick--

[mikeos]

Somehow I missed this

Congratulations... now the chalenge is to keep them breeding


IME the babies are not at risk from the parents (dont know about other rays, though I did have 2 groups of parents & pups in the same tank without problems).... well the problem was feeding enough and keeping the water clean enough

more pics please

[ZX10R]

Ed,

Do you keep your rays all by themselves? What is a minimum size tank that they need to be in and with what types of other fish do you keep them with?

I really do want one..



--Nick--

Between my brother and I we have 10 rays. 1 in a 120 gallon tank, 3 in a 8' x 2' x 2' pond, and 6 in a 220 gallon tank. Depends of type of ray you get and the size it will grow but I wouldn't go with anything smaller then a 125. And that would be for 1 maybe 2 rays max. They require a lot of water and room to swim. And for the type of fish to keep with them will be anything they can't fit in there mouth and eat. Don't expect to be putting tetras in there unless you want to wake up the next morning and find a empty tank.

Somehow I missed this

Congratulations... now the chalenge is to keep them breeding


IME the babies are not at risk from the parents (dont know about other rays, though I did have 2 groups of parents & pups in the same tank without problems).... well the problem was feeding enough and keeping the water clean enough

more pics please

We were not really trying to breed these it just happened. But now that it has happened we are hoping for more pups.

[Skip]

that is pretty cool!! i wasn't really aware of freshwater rays..

[ZX10R]

that is pretty cool!! i wasn't really aware of freshwater rays..

That is because there is not a lot of information out there about them.