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03-19-2004, 11:21 AM
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Always First
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Location: Long Island, NY
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stingrays/reef
Please let me know if anyone has any experience with keeping a stingray in a reef.There is a 6 inch Pacific Stingray I have my eye one.
Thx...
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03-19-2004, 12:19 PM
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what size tank do you plan on trying to keep it in?
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03-19-2004, 12:23 PM
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Always First
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110 gallons, I would clear out the front from rocks and corals to give it room.
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03-19-2004, 03:55 PM
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Always First
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Looks like youre s___ out of luck. No one knows. Try that other reef site. Maybe some there can help.
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03-19-2004, 04:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Southern Ca.
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My understanding is that ray's just don't do well in captivity, not lasting long and die. For that reason alone I've stayed away from them.
Bill
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03-19-2004, 05:03 PM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Panama City Beach FL
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Even in the public aquariums I've observed over time, the rays always have succumbed after a while.
One thing we should always rmind ourselves of: "Just because someone sells it, doesn't mean it will survive."
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03-19-2004, 07:57 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South Cali
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Even if there was a ray that would live 110 seems to small the need a shallow tank with LOTS of surface area.....
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03-20-2004, 01:09 AM
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Bubble Algae Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
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Would you flood your basement for it?
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03-20-2004, 01:17 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South Cali
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No basements in SoCAl........
no use for them but if I had one you could bet there'd be huge tank down there.......
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03-20-2004, 01:26 AM
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Bubble Algae Warrior
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oh, yes..now i remember... when my sister lived in sandiego she had no basement.... its too bad, they are great for storage at least....  |
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03-20-2004, 01:51 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Yeah everyones going up right now, ^ , I guess because there are no tornadoes and then theres earthquakes so basements weren't really important......I do wish I had one though.....but a plus is though I was never afraid of basement monsters as a kid
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03-20-2004, 07:40 AM
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squid
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: utah
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Basement monsters? no one told me about basement monsters!!!!! There goes the pool table idea.
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03-20-2004, 08:04 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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there are very few stingrays that would work in a 110. they are caled stingaretts. i do not have my book with me to look them up. these stay less than 24" total length. i have yet to be able to find anybody that sells them. those that you come across in the LFS will get significantly larger than 24' and require a much larger tank than most of us have.
they also prefer a soft sand bed to burry in.
if you remind me on tomorrow when i get home i can give you more info on which ones stay small. since these are not very common i would bet that they are not cheap.
G~
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03-20-2004, 08:12 AM
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Eat more PIE
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Adam thats because the monster is under your bed 
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03-21-2004, 11:36 PM
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Reefless Reefer
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they are actually called stingarees. these are small stingrays. some are as small as just over 16". i was mistaken for tank size though. they should not be kept in a tank less than 180g.
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