Question concerning someones tank
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Well tell her that stingrays need 200-400 gallons of water and that her 90 gallon wont really cut it. That would be a better approach then asking people and getting a large pool of varied opinions on whether or not the trigger will behave itself. Plus its the truth.
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I agree with you.I told him his tank was not big enough,I wasn't sure on the size they needed but I knew 90 was small..He is the type that thinks well I will keep it till it gets to big and then get rid of it.
I still think the trigger would eat it..Getting him to understand that is another story.
Sorry I said she in my first post.But it is a guy and an attorney at that.Should be smart right..lol
I still think the trigger would eat it..Getting him to understand that is another story.
Sorry I said she in my first post.But it is a guy and an attorney at that.Should be smart right..lol
Ugh, poor stingray. Kudos to you for trying to talk some sense into this person, and I hope it works! IMHO I don't think a 90 is quite big enough for that trigger either, at least not at max size. It would be much happier in a 125.
He says he is gonna get a bigger tank later but didn't say when.I hate to think of the stingray being eaten by the trigger.I love stingrays and would love to have one but I think they are best in the ocean,they just look like creatures that should be free swimming in a never ending pool of water to me.
I think it has a less than 50/50 shot of living with the trigger and those are not good odds
I think it has a less than 50/50 shot of living with the trigger and those are not good odds
I hope you are able to talk him out of it. My son wants a sting ray as well. His new goal is to have a 1000 gallon tank. Ha.
you want to hear something crazy? I have one of my reef freinds who I go to trade coral and what not. And he was a porcupine puffer in a 20G Long he said he had it in there for a year!!! He added a picasso trigger in there a couple of weeks ago. He also has a BW puffer in a 10G and another in a 20G both look way to big to be in there. So sad. I tried telling him he needs a bigger tank vrs a lot of small ones. I think he has 12 lil ones, but its like he tunes me out. Sad.
That is crazy.those poor fish..I adore my picasso and he loves to swim laps in my 135g,I couldn't imagine him in a small tank.He was in prolly a 20 g laong at the LFS and he was ok but he is happier in a bigger tank I can tell.
This guy that wonts the ray wont listen either as long as they can buy it they think it is ok with no thought to the quality of life these animals will have.
I would only half way trust my picasso with a ray in any size tank,he is not aggressive at all but you can't fault an animal who does what is natural to them.
This guy that wonts the ray wont listen either as long as they can buy it they think it is ok with no thought to the quality of life these animals will have.
I would only half way trust my picasso with a ray in any size tank,he is not aggressive at all but you can't fault an animal who does what is natural to them.