FW eels and stingrays

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Snowgrrl83

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I just bought a nice 70 gallon tank with a 110 aquaclear filter yesterday! I can't do a fishless cycle because I couldn't find pure ammonia and the guy at Big Al's convinced me that if I accidently picked out ammonia that wasn't pure that I could really mess it up. I then put in 7 little feeder guppies to start cycling the tank and I'll probably add a few plecos sooner or later to up the bioload.

Now that I have a bigger tank my boyfriend has been looking into more exotic FW species like eels and stingrays. Anyone have experience with these types of fish?? If so, what type was it, what kind of fish did you keep with it and other problems you may have been through?? We are probably not going to get these fish right away, but probably when the tank is well established and has better decor it would be interesting to have something of the sort... Im just trying to get as much info as possible so when I do... or if I can get that type of fish... I will be ready for it.
 
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I have two stingrays that I absolutely love. I kept them in a 70 gallon tank and it took me about 2 month to realize it was too small for them.

The smallest freshwater ray normally available is said to grow up to 12" inches + tail, and my 70gl. tank was only 16" wide.

Rays are messy fish, that require lots of swimming space and will mess up your decor and uproot any plant you might think of getting.

Leaving this aside, rays are fascinating fish. I have some pictures in the link under my signature.

This is a link I always recommend: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5590/ray.html

Sometimes it's hard to reach it, but the info is great on rays.
 
liv2padl said:
according to this guy http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquainfo/freshwater_stingray.html you may want to rethink getting a ray at all.
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I read this info and everything seems to be correct. The only thing I'd really censor in the small tank he was housing his ray.

Truly, keeping a ray requires more dedication than a "normal" fish, but it is
not something you should be affraid of, but you would really be needing a bigger tank in a few months.
 
Thanx for the sites guys!

I had already read both of those sites and I'm still looking for some more information.. anyone else??
 
Stingray wise, you might get more information, but not different information.
 
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By FW eels, I suppose you mean spiny eels? Most spiny eels will fit into your tank, except for the tire track eel. They aren't to hard to take care of, but they need a substrate they can burrow in (preferably sand), and can uproot their decorations. They aren't too picky with water quality, within reason, and will eat a wide variety of pellet, live, freeze-dried, and frozen foods, although, being a carnivore, they prefer meaty foods. Also, they may eat smaller tankmates.

Freddy :dive2:
 
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