Alex Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 HiJust a quick update.First some pics of a couple of my stingrays -Couple Malawis -Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Those fish are spectacular Alex. Is there an aristochromis christyi in there aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 that big dolphin is stunning, love the rays too you obviously take great care of your fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Cheers for the kind words.Yeah there is a young colony of A. christyi in there. Looks to be 2M 6F so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Nice m/f ratio for breeding A. christyi. Seems to be there are only A. christyi in Queensland and Perth at the moment. Looking at the MalawiDreams forums, Perth has some great large Malawi haps that we don't see that much over here - like A. christyi & C.Caerleus. I haven't seen any around NSW. If you ever need a home for some A. christyi fry, I would be eager to take some off your hands. I have been trying to breed L. Acuticeps lately, another cool large Malawi hap. Good luck.Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmowens Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 both your rays look well fed. nice fat humps. what do you have them feeding on atm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Malawi sand diver - I got rid of the majority of my malawis recently. Getting back into keeping tankbusters. Just kept a few of my faves plus my colony of Christyi. Hopefully get some fry out of them in the not too distant future. Too nice of a fish to not be readily available in Aus, or even worse, become 'lost'.pjmowens - rays are eating hikari carnivor pellets, fish fillets and a bit of prawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Few mor cichlids + MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfreek73 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 nice shots mate love em espec MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Nice to see you getting back into some serious fish keeping again Alex. Really nice fish and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog013 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 nice shots mate, u use an slr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 No SLR, just a point and shoot canon $200 job. Need to invest in a decent camera in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Looks like the hawks are just starting to colour up. Top fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 If you keep your tank as is the only fish you will have left in the near future will be the Jack. The rest will become expensive feeders. lolI have a 50cm Jack that was brought up in a community, he was soon relocated into his own 8ft tank.Nice fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 The Jack will be moved if it becomes a problem, for now it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl3ggy Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Those stingrays are amazing!!! I went Scuba Diving at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay last weekend and saw massive ones. What do you need to keep them and where could i get some?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Kl3ggy they are freshwater raysMotoro pups are down to about $400- $500 ea nowLeo's are harder to find and dearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl3ggy Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Kl3ggy they are freshwater raysMotoro pups are down to about $400- $500 ea nowLeo's are harder to find and dearerAwesome thanks for the info, will have to do some reasearch on them. I saw a saltwater ray on the weekend while scuba diving at Julian Rocks off Byron Bay, it was huge probably 5' wide atleast, trying to bury itself under the sand. They are trully beautiful creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Like Link2Hell said these are FW rays. Still get very large. To about 70cm across the disk in females.These guys are growing fast. 2 I managed to get straight onto pellets, and they have grown amazingly fast. Comparable to something like a red tailed catfish, which I have found very surprising. The other two were only worm eaters to begin with. But have since been converted to chopped fish fillets and prawn pieces, still wont touch pellets though. The two non-pellet eaters are starting to put on some size now too which is nice. Great animals to keepp, really majestic. I'd hate to tally the hours I have spent watching them, especially at feeding time!Can get some massive SW rays, I unfortunately catch them all the time while mulloway and shark fishing. Put up a great fight.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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