Question About Rays

[tegrey2007]

im getting a 6ftx2ftx2ft tank and i want a single ray or pair, and i would like a shovel nose just wondered if the tank size would be ok for them? what ray and shovel nose is best?

 

[fish-r-fancy]

The smallest ray is P.scobina which gets to around 12". Here is a great article on stingrays written by catfish are cool. Take a look:


http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?act=po...15&t=193645

 

[cane76]

lima shovelnose would suit a 6x2x2 perfectly

 

[matt295]

i have heard shovel noses and rays are bad together becuase they are both bottom dwellers. unless in a large tank the shovelnose will get stung by the rays in a matter of time by accident. is this true?

 

[CFC]

I've been keeping rays and other fish including catfish together for a number of years and have only seen one stinging incident where a siamese tiger fish went for an item of food that was close to the rays tail and got impailed under the throat. Fortunately the ray was due to shed its stinger and it just came away from the tail and remained imbedded in the tiger in one unbroken piece, all i had to do then was catch the tiger and remove the stinger using a pair of pliers. Both fish still live together in the same tank today some 2 or 3 years later.

While stinging accidents can happen it is a rare occurence and not one that happens often enough to warrent not keeping them together in my opinion.