can any stingray go in a 125?

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ok so i was on a different website, and they said that freshwater stingrays can go in 100 gallons. so can i put a stingray in my 125? dimensions are 72"x18"x24"tall:confused:thnx
 
Experiment397;4378941; said:
ok so i was on a different website, and they said that freshwater stingrays can go in 100 gallons. so can i put a stingray in my 125? dimensions are 72"x18"x24"tall:confused:thnx

Of course you can put a freshwater stingray in a 125. Your options will be limited to pups and small juvenile rays but a 125 would make a great "grow out" tank.

Hystrix, scobina and retics can spend a great deal of their life span in a 125. Eventually you will need to upgrade. How soon depends on what rat you decide to go with.
 
I would say NO as they grow so fast and cause so much waste, water quality will be hard to manage so you need to know what you are doing with water AND they grow so very fast, my Marble Motoro seems to have added 2-4 inches of disc in 2-3 months.
 
ok thnx guys, i want to eventually build an indoor pond of 6x9x3 tall so then i will get my stingray
 
Gshock;4381152; said:
Theres no such thing as a teacup stingray...
yea there is, its a hystrix :screwy:
 
syddakyd;4381728; said:
yea there is, its a hystrix :screwy:

"Teacup Stingray" is a name given to any small stingray(noting that they are only small at time of purchase...not for life) by a lfs. Most likely it will be a retic; but I've seen peruvian hystrix, orbinyi, yepezi all labeled as a teacup.
 
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