Overfeeding Stingrays?? Lead to problems down the road??

[nickdog98]

Check out these two links.. first one is a beautiful pic of a Sao Felix male.. bless his soul..
http://board.rochenwelt.eu/album_showpage.php?pic_id=331

Now, here is the same ray found this morning...
http://board.rochenwelt.eu/album_cat.php?cat_id=67

Check out the pics, squimish stomachs beware.. Notice how large the liver is from the ray and the discoloration. Now I want to emphasize that this did not directly kill this ray. From what I was told, there was a malfunction with the filtration of some sort. But, you guys think.. When is the last time we saw a nice Fat ray in the wild or come from the wild? Think it is possible that long term overfeeding could lead to organ failure from oversized livers and such? I know most people take a break with feeding every 4 days or say, but I also know there are many who feed 2-3 times a day steady..

What do you guys think?

 

[Onion01]

I know that in mammals and birds, obesity acts almost the same as it does in humans. This is a very fat ray, might have been from complications caused by obesity. I say it is a definite possibility

 

[keepinfish]

HMMM GOOD THOUGHT!

 

[severum1]

Very interesting thread. Let's see how it evolves.

I don't know and i don't believe that in nature they are always eating and as much as in our aqua. What do you think?

 

[StiffMeister]

any of ever experience some sort of weird behaviour after a really big meal?

 

[davo]

Interesting thoughts... theres a lot of emphasis put on bulking up rays, probably important to remember too much isn't good for anything.

 

[JD7.62]

As voracious as rays are and I assume there is an abundance of worms, snails, crays, mollusks, small fish, ect in the Amazon; I dont see how they dont stay fat in the wild.

It seems the skinny rays we get are because of exporters not taking the best of care of these guys.

Then again, in the wild, parasites are common while in the home aquaria we do are best to keep them in check.

 

[T1KARMANN]

rays move alot burning off lots of carbs

i dont think its possable to over feed a ray when they are full they dont swim around looking for food

the main thing in a rays life is food and sex nothing more

unless you push the food down a ray throat its not posable to over feed them

the ray in the link probably had some kind of blockage

 

[USMCtanker]

ya i cant over feed mine when he is full he dont eat, but thats just mine

 

[T1KARMANN]

ya i cant over feed mine when he is full he dont eat, but thats just mine

think you will find all rays are the same when it comes to food

in the wild i think a ray would have access to lots of food so much so it would eat alday long until its full