no prob...be patient....hehehheh....
will upload more soon.....

here come another young male ray......
About 6-7' inch in diameter....


Hybrid Marble

dude, if im not mistaken that's a mantaray --, they're harmless

anyway...it's does have some kind of dangerous as the ray's is wild.....

Below the picture is a P12/P13 breed.
Henlei/Leopoldi

The baby ray's for this breed now are $$$$........
Due to the availability as brazil have been banned from exporting it.....

gosh, this kind of hobby gonna cost u alot of money man.
but it super cool

yea...costly.....costly to learn...costly to buy.....costly to maintain.....

some hybrid picture......

enjoy~~~

reminded me of steve irwin. die coz sting by stingray..he is a great guy..sad..you guys should visit australia zoo.

they are 2 different rays...... and y australia zoo?? i been there...

Hi All,
I am a new member from India. I am an aquarium hobbyist. I want to know few things about fresh water sting rays. I have been keeping one sting ray for almost 6 months. He ( or she !) is doing well. Last week I got one more.

Can any body help me to identify these two rays. I am feeding them with pealed prones, nothing else is acceptable for them. Is there any other food which is accepted by sting rays. What all things that I have to take care to provide them a good enviornment and health.

Regards

Ajay


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Hi,
I am a new member from India. I am an aquarium hobbyist.I have two sting rays with me.I just wanted to know whether Leopoldi is available in Malaysia ,and what will be the cost ?


Regards

Ajay

Hi!!! welcome Ajay!
What stingray u have now??? Glad if u can post up some picture
Yea, malaysia do have leopoldi...
erm....from what i know, it cost about RM20k per paiR!!!
this is the price for distributor.....so u can roughly know what the price for leopoldi here....

Hi,
Thank you very much for your reply.Please find attached photos of my sting ray, pls let me know your comments.Infact I had posted the photos of my sting ray yesterday in a different Topic (sting rays) created by me.I do not know whether it has been removed.I have visited your web site.its really ineresting to note that you are dealing Arowanas,discus and Sting rays.

I have a good friend in Malaysia,his name is Mr.Jason of Flower horn consortium.I had purchased flower horns and discus from him last year. Do you know him ? Regarding the price for Leopoldi, Is it RM 20000?!!!.


Regards

Ajay

Hi, thanks for visiting my site!....
I heard of the company before but not sure whether i have went there before or not because flower horn hav been disappear from the market for sometime.....but still do hav ppl loving it.....

anyway, back to stingray.....i guess ur stingray is a motoro and a yapezi......
i bought from your place INDIA?? or import it?

Hi,
Ornamental fish import is not allowed in India. But if you hand carry one or two fishes when you come from abroad normally customs wont trouble you but some times they seize that also.There are some carriers who brings all sorts of ornamental fishes from Singapore and there are some traders who purchases it from them and sell it to the local shops.

I got both the rays like that. Getting rare varieties in Indian market is very very difficult. Carriers bring only items that can be sold immedietly.

Being an expert in Sting ray could you pls help me out to provide my sting rays a better enviornment in the tank. I am a begginer in Sting ray.I have the following doubts,I hope you will clarify those.

1) How big the aquarium should be ( They are 4-5" in diameter ),What type of subsrate is suitable, and what type of filteration is ideal.

2) What all feeds do they take.(At present I am feeding them with only peeled prowns,they are not taking any thing else)

3) Is it possible to diferentiate the sex at this size.

I hope you will not hesitate to give your advice.


Thank you

Regards

Ajay


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Ajay, i would try my best to answer as much as i know from what i learn.....im not a pro yet...still a student learning about the nature of this freshwater stingray....so i hope every1 out there can share their experience here....n correct me if im wrong....

the rule for keeping stingray is , keep it in a tank as big as possible....rays like big tank....for example like yours, a 4 feet tank would be enough at this moment...but will need a bigger one when they grow bigger....
a tank dats big as 6 x 3 x 3 would probably able to keep 4 adult stingray......

foods that they take would be shrimp, live fish, earth worm ....etc.....more to things that is soft or not too hard as well as things that can be fit in its mouth!.....so if you are thinking to comm tank ur stingrays with other fish, try to get the fish that not easily fit into rays mouth as they will clean up everything dat the tank have....

the sex diffenrentiation can be found in this thread somewhere in the pages 2....i have post up the topic on how to differentiate the sex there....
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=18054337

anyway, im not hesitate to share!! i love sharing!!...

by the way, nice to know u n get some new info that india is hard to get ornamental fish...wat a sad thing....
any reason that the govenrment do not allow ornamental fish to be import to india???

This post has been edited by yscagro: Jul 15 2008, 05:27 PM

Hi
Thank you so much for your reply.I have checked the link which tells about deferentiating sex of sting rays.Regading the govt restriction on import.govt of India has included these items in restricted species category.If somebody wants to bring some fishes they have to get a special permit from DGFT ( Director general of foreign trade) and its a Herculian task.You have to provide a huge documents including the photos of fishes at different ages,even then there is no gurentee that you will be permitted.Just imagin the compersome procedures involved to get a fish,that is why no body is trying to import the fish to India, rather they smuggle it.

Please let me know what will be the cost of a Chilly red arowana there (size- 6").It should be taged and guarenteed for color.

Regards

Ajay

wow....dats is so problematic to get ornamental fish in india......

chilly red?? erm....probable RM2000 to RM3500....depend on quality....
there is no such thing called guaranteed in raring arowana....its mostly depend on how you take care of it...they need skill....so, hard to giv u a guaranteed on this...

so, how much u purchase for both ur stingray?
they are male or female?

Hi
Why I said guarantee is that, I have seen big Red arowans,18-20"size( There will be a light red color on the fins,nothing else) purchased by people by spending good amount for a small one (4-5"). From the LFS you will get certificate with tag no and everything but once they grow up ,you cant find any red coloration on the body inspite giving good food and water condition.So I have a strong feeling that what we get here is not an A grade(Best quality)Arowanas, the reason is very simple since the carriers are bringing it,they do not take a chance by spending lot of money on a juvanile red arowanas as there is no guarentee that they they can come out of the Airport,without being caught, with the fish.

Regarding my Sting ray,I paid aproximately US $ 140 ( I do not know the conversion rate for RM,that is why I mentioned in dollors) for each (3.5-4"dia). that too after waiting for two months after placing an order with a bigger wholesaler who normally gets the fishes from the carriers.As I mentioned early these carriers normally do not bring sting rays and some african cichlids which are not fast moving in the trade, unless there is a special order for that variety.

So I do not know whether I have paid a lot more than the price in Malaysia. Regarding the sex,one guy is a male today I checked it when he was climbing the walls of the aquarium the other one was always on the bottom so I could not check it. Pls let me know the price of same size Sting ray at Malaysia.(If possible pls convert it in to US $)

Regards

Ajay