New journey; freshwater stingrays…

[danotaylor]

Thanks Jake. It also speaks to the smooth delivery process as I have read females will often miscarriage from the stress of moving them. All in all still excited to have been a part of the process!

[AquaticNerd]

I'll say you did a good job conditioning them and getting them in the right mood to have pups, so hats off to you getting them to that spot. Slightly unfortunate that you didn't reap the benefits of it, but it's awesome that the one who ended up taking your rays was kind enough to share details of them being successful at it.

[danotaylor]

Happy sad news for sure Danny but I suspect you are really happy with your current situation fish wise.
Pat

Thanks Pat, and you are correct, things are going great in my tank space. I am happy for Nic. He said the other female looks preggers as well, so we’ll see!

[Second Hand Pat]

Happy sad news for sure Danny but I suspect you are really happy with your current situation fish wise.
Pat

[danotaylor]

Very happy sad message from the bloke that bought my 2 female rays. He came home today to these 2 beautiful pups! I guess I did successfully breed them even though he got the benefits of the pups

[danotaylor]

Aw, thanks Liz! I appreciate your understanding & compassion.
I will start a new thread soon tracking the progress of the new fish groups!
More to come friends!

[LizStreithorst]

I know how hard it must have been on you, Danny. I hated to see you having to give them up myself. But you have a new adventure that I'll enjoy watching. Looking forward to more posts and pics.

[danotaylor]

Thank you Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Glad to hear everyone has found new homes Danny. Now you can focus on your new pink/red babies
Pat

[danotaylor]

I successfully delivered the ray pair today. Definitely a happy sad moment.
Thanks to all who followed this thread and learned some new stuff vicariously through my year long experience with these guys!
Blessings y’all!

[LizStreithorst]

I totally get it, Danny. I could never afford what Pat has either.

[danotaylor]

Thanks Liz. Me too, I’m really torn over this change of direction as well, but being the pragmatist I am, I’ve just had to make it happen. Certainly there is a way to change my water, and there’s no lack of desire for keeping discus that’s for certain, but the cost to establish such a system is the sole driving factor. We just aren’t in a position to spend a ton of money on a system to produce “discus friendly water” lol

[LizStreithorst]

It's a shame that you had to end this adventure, What's a bigger shame is that you can't keep Discus. Surely there is some water expert that could help with your nitrates. Try talking to Pat. She has found a water expert who was able to take her terrible water and turn it into perfect Discus water. Surely there must be a way.

[danotaylor]

So happy you have found great homes for your rays Danny. Now the next question, what are you going to do with their rather large tank? Discus maybe? A group of wilds would look awesome in there or perhaps you have other plans?
Pat

Thank you Pat. I’m very happy to have found great homes for the rays. I would love to get discus again, but sadly I have nitrates at 20 straight out of the faucet & I don’t wanna venture into RO, especially in a 500+ gallon tank.
I’m gonna fashion a divider for the big tank. My 3 groups of tropheus will be on one side and I’m buying a group of 14 German strain adult phenochilus mdoka white lips from a good friend of mine who is changing things up at his place. This is a screenshot of 6 of the 14 off of the vid he sent me. The 3 tropheus strains and the mdoka are all time favorites of mine

[Second Hand Pat]

So happy you have found great homes for your rays Danny. Now the next question, what are you going to do with their rather large tank? Discus maybe? A group of wilds would look awesome in there or perhaps you have other plans?
Pat