Video: feeding my stingray

Hocky · 01/03/2009, 08:10 PM

I picked up a stingray a few weeks ago after I saw him sitting in a small tank at the LFS 3 weeks in a row, I just couldn't leave him there any more. Now I am going to be building a shark / ray lagoon. lol. He is doing very well at this point and is very friendly. He eats out of my hand very well and will even swim up to be pet.... he's like a dog. haha. It is cool to drop in some live shrimp and watch him hunt, but hand feeding is more fun, I think. Anyway, here is a quick video of him:

http://vids.indyhpmedia.com/hocky/StingrayFeeding.wmv

TitusvileSurfer · 01/03/2009, 08:40 PM

Hahaha that is just great! I caught a sting ray a little smaller than that in a cast net a few days ago. From tip of the nose to tip of the tale it was sorter than a dollar bill. I wanted to set up a tank specifically for him so bad, but my common sense overcame my lust and I gently released him. You have a tank that can make it work - I don't.

Hocky · 01/03/2009, 08:52 PM

Yea, my tank can make it work for a while, but it'll definitely outgrow it. I think I am going to do a topdown lagoon for some small reef sharks / stingrays.

TitusvileSurfer · 01/03/2009, 09:33 PM

I've been contemplating an outdoor tank for years. I have a great freshwater setup, but keeping salinity constant would be a nightmare. In the freshwater, all of my rainwater is dumped off my roof, piped across my yard under the grass, and into the pond. For saltwater I would practically have to setup a greenhouse to keep the rain out.

Hocky · 01/03/2009, 10:35 PM

An outdoor tank would be awesome... a lagoon with a bridge over it would be very cool. Unfortunately, the marine life might be opposed to the 0 degree weather that we see occassionally here. haha

TitusvileSurfer · 01/04/2009, 09:18 AM

I've never seen snow. Temperature swings may be a problem for more demanding animals, but I am confident I could find specimens which wouldn't mind. I can drive 10 minutes from my house and catch little sharks and rays in a real lagoon. With a heater and chiller I could keep a wide variety of subjects. I would only need each a couple months out of the year. In a greenhouse i wouldn't need either. Ah heck I'm rambling now. I'll save it for the big tank forum.

Wondereef · 01/05/2009, 11:50 AM

nice vid. He's just a little pup! looks very fat and happy, nice job. I would love to put one in my big display that i'm setting up but I plan to keep alot of inverts.

Tom

Mojo Jojo · 01/05/2009, 10:35 PM

Very cool thank you for sharing

gguertin · 01/06/2009, 09:54 PM

how big is that tank?

I never new you could keep a ray in a reef tank? dont they eat small fish?

LobsterMan · 01/11/2009, 05:58 PM

Nice video!

01/03/2009, 08:10 PM	#1
Hocky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 55	Video: feeding my stingray I picked up a stingray a few weeks ago after I saw him sitting in a small tank at the LFS 3 weeks in a row, I just couldn't leave him there any more. Now I am going to be building a shark / ray lagoon. lol. He is doing very well at this point and is very friendly. He eats out of my hand very well and will even swim up to be pet.... he's like a dog. haha. It is cool to drop in some live shrimp and watch him hunt, but hand feeding is more fun, I think. Anyway, here is a quick video of him: http://vids.indyhpmedia.com/hocky/StingrayFeeding.wmv

01/03/2009, 08:40 PM	#2
TitusvileSurfer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Titusville, FL Posts: 3,227	Hahaha that is just great! I caught a sting ray a little smaller than that in a cast net a few days ago. From tip of the nose to tip of the tale it was sorter than a dollar bill. I wanted to set up a tank specifically for him so bad, but my common sense overcame my lust and I gently released him. You have a tank that can make it work - I don't. __________________ The ocean is the pinnacle of reef tanks. Someone up there is keeping up with his PH and Phosphates to.

01/03/2009, 09:33 PM	#4
TitusvileSurfer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Titusville, FL Posts: 3,227	I've been contemplating an outdoor tank for years. I have a great freshwater setup, but keeping salinity constant would be a nightmare. In the freshwater, all of my rainwater is dumped off my roof, piped across my yard under the grass, and into the pond. For saltwater I would practically have to setup a greenhouse to keep the rain out. __________________ The ocean is the pinnacle of reef tanks. Someone up there is keeping up with his PH and Phosphates to.

01/04/2009, 09:18 AM	#6
TitusvileSurfer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Titusville, FL Posts: 3,227	I've never seen snow. Temperature swings may be a problem for more demanding animals, but I am confident I could find specimens which wouldn't mind. I can drive 10 minutes from my house and catch little sharks and rays in a real lagoon. With a heater and chiller I could keep a wide variety of subjects. I would only need each a couple months out of the year. In a greenhouse i wouldn't need either. Ah heck I'm rambling now. I'll save it for the big tank forum. __________________ The ocean is the pinnacle of reef tanks. Someone up there is keeping up with his PH and Phosphates to.

01/05/2009, 11:50 AM	#7
Wondereef Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 70	nice vid. He's just a little pup! looks very fat and happy, nice job. I would love to put one in my big display that i'm setting up but I plan to keep alot of inverts. Tom __________________ Tom Wilson PSAS president 2010 -2012

01/03/2009, 08:52 PM	#3
Hocky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 55	Yea, my tank can make it work for a while, but it'll definitely outgrow it. I think I am going to do a topdown lagoon for some small reef sharks / stingrays.

01/03/2009, 10:35 PM	#5
Hocky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 55	An outdoor tank would be awesome... a lagoon with a bridge over it would be very cool. Unfortunately, the marine life might be opposed to the 0 degree weather that we see occassionally here. haha

01/05/2009, 10:35 PM	#8
Mojo Jojo Moved On Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,497	Very cool thank you for sharing

01/06/2009, 09:54 PM	#9
gguertin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 730	how big is that tank? I never new you could keep a ray in a reef tank? dont they eat small fish?

01/11/2009, 05:58 PM	#10
LobsterMan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221	Nice video!