So let me start off by saying I love oddball fish. My local aquarist has been trying to push retics on me for quite sometime and they get them into the store in great shape (small 4" to 6" disc) and have lots of success amongst their customers. I currently have two large aquariums set up and two isolation/sickbay tank(s). Here is the breakdown:
75 Gal:
4 - Pearl gouramis (3" each)
2 - Jewel Chiclids (2.5" each)
2 - Clown Loaches (2" each)
1 - YoYo Loach (2")
1 - Needle Nose Gar (4")
1 - Peacock Eel (5")
1 - Adult Pleco (5")
1 - Ornate Bichir (5")
1 - Black Ghost Knife (5")
40 Gal:
5 - Peter's Elephant Nose (2.5" - 4")
1 - Cory Loach (2")
1 - Tiger Oscar (3")
I have done a significant amount of research and understand the tank size for adults should be at a minimum 125gal so I would house the juvenile ray in my 75gal. With that being said I wanted to raise this little guy towards adulthood and then trade it off to a keeper with the appropriate size tank for an adult retic. Can anyone comment if they have had any experience raising a retic to maturity in a smaller tank then recommended? Also, I understand they produce an incredible amount of ammonia. I have a Katalina can filter with bio balls and the gravel medium has a well established bacterial colony but would this be enough to keep the ammonia from throwing the whole tank out of whack? What kind of water changes and frequencies of water changes am I looking at? Also, one of the nice things about the 75gal is everything in there has gone for two weeks or more eating just off of (25 - 40) rosy red minnows, (25 - 40) ghost shrimp and supplementing the rest of their diet from two automatic feeders that feed a 1/4 teaspoon sized portion of flakes and pellets. I work away from home two weeks out of the month and don't always have someone who can petsit for me. Thanks in advance for your comments!*twirlysmi
KR
75 Gal:
4 - Pearl gouramis (3" each)
2 - Jewel Chiclids (2.5" each)
2 - Clown Loaches (2" each)
1 - YoYo Loach (2")
1 - Needle Nose Gar (4")
1 - Peacock Eel (5")
1 - Adult Pleco (5")
1 - Ornate Bichir (5")
1 - Black Ghost Knife (5")
40 Gal:
5 - Peter's Elephant Nose (2.5" - 4")
1 - Cory Loach (2")
1 - Tiger Oscar (3")
I have done a significant amount of research and understand the tank size for adults should be at a minimum 125gal so I would house the juvenile ray in my 75gal. With that being said I wanted to raise this little guy towards adulthood and then trade it off to a keeper with the appropriate size tank for an adult retic. Can anyone comment if they have had any experience raising a retic to maturity in a smaller tank then recommended? Also, I understand they produce an incredible amount of ammonia. I have a Katalina can filter with bio balls and the gravel medium has a well established bacterial colony but would this be enough to keep the ammonia from throwing the whole tank out of whack? What kind of water changes and frequencies of water changes am I looking at? Also, one of the nice things about the 75gal is everything in there has gone for two weeks or more eating just off of (25 - 40) rosy red minnows, (25 - 40) ghost shrimp and supplementing the rest of their diet from two automatic feeders that feed a 1/4 teaspoon sized portion of flakes and pellets. I work away from home two weeks out of the month and don't always have someone who can petsit for me. Thanks in advance for your comments!*twirlysmi
KR
