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From: gold@druil.UUCP (GoldGT)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Freshwater Rays
Message-ID: <1578@druil.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 00:09:53 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 00:09:53 1985
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I've had several freshwater rays and they're really easy to take
care of.

I kept mine in a 29 gallon tank with an undergravel filter and an
outside power filter.  I didn't have any plants in it and I used
gravel, but the idea of using sand sounds good if you can keep it
clean.  The ray's favorite food seemed to be goldfish, but
nightcrawlers were also accepted.

I could only find one article when I bought my first ray and it said
that they were not poisonous, so I would feed him by hand and could
also pet him.  Months later I found several articles that said the
sting is poisonous and could be fatal!  I don't think there is any
problem as long as the stinger is removed and the wound is well
cleaned.  I was much less jumpy about putting my hand in the tank
with one of my rays than I was about cleaning a tank with a pair of
big Oscars in it!

Mine lived one to two years and never got more than a foot in
diameter, not counting the tail.  I've read that they've been spawned
in captivity in large tanks.  If I remember right the pair was at
least two feet in diameter.

This just may be the most interesting fish you'll ever own!

-- 
G. Terry Gold
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