Ray Biting

[Kingrancher2011]

I need a little advise my Male keeps biting the crap out of my female and there no where near the breeding age any ideas on what is going on I mean there both around 15 months old I have a Pure Marble (Male), and Mantilla (Female) or could they be early signs of breeding???

 

[davenmandy]

CANAMONSTER

Some rays are just bitey man. It could be an early sign of him being a good stud or a dominant breeder, but likely he's just a bossy little guy. I am not convinced it can be helped lol.

 

[reefman]

Has the males claspers started to roll. He could be a horny teenager

 

[KNH]

My female motoro had her first litter at 18 months so pregnant at 15 months. Your female is a mix of several types of rays so it's hard to say when she'll mature. It helps to have sand/hiding places for the ladies and multiple females may help spread out the biting. When I started my marble was with 3 females and bit them all but none excessively. Good luck.

 

[Kingrancher2011]

I can't tell if his claspers are rolled or not there pretty long.

 

[davenmandy]

Oh ya man, your male is getting there for sure. If not there already than close. Usually it's like 18 months I thought, so you're not far off rereading your first post.

It will only get worse, find a way to separate and let the female get older, which may take like a year still.

 

[Kingrancher2011]

I already put a divider in the tank. She is pretty tore up she needs some time to heal

 

[Kingrancher2011]

How do you know if you female might be prego?

 

[davenmandy]

Look for a sperm plug in her or floating somewhere in the tank. It's not very likely at 15 months but also not unheard of. Other than that see if she develops humps

 

[CANAMONSTER]

Oh ya definitely breeding signs. Mine was biting my 2 year old female but he only 10 months no sign of rolling. Had to separate them.