Blue Spotted Sting Ray (Taeniura lymma)

[Tony Fella]

Seen these for sale for pets today stunning creatures

[chrisfeeney30]

beautiful looking fish!

[Tony Fella]

Yea but would you pay 260 euro?

[Wozza]

hope the shop selling em make people understand what they are selling is A venomous fish and commonly kept by "enthusiasts??" Fish look prettier in their own habitat IMHO

extract from aboutfishonline.com

What makes the blue-spotted stingray different from the other rays is its colorful blue spots on the upper side of its body and the two blue stripes on the sides of its tail.

In general, rays aren't commonly kept in the home aquarium, however, when rays are kept, the blue-spotted stingray is the most commonly kept ray.

Many stingray species grow too large to keep in a home aquarium. Even a very large aquarium. For example, manta rays often reach a diameter of over 25 feet (7.62 m) and so aquarists don't usually keep these.

Blue-spotted rays are more commonly kept because they only reach a maximum size of about 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter. Keep in mind that this doesn't include the length of their tail.

Although the blue-spotted stingray doesn't grow as large as some of the other ray species, you still need a VERY spacious aquarium to house one. Your ray must have A LOT of swimming room. You will also need to provide your blue-spotted stingray with some rockwork for hiding places.

They also need a sandy substrate so they can bury themselves in it. If you use substrate other than sand, your stingray may injure its underside. Stingrays also feed on crustaceans and bivalves that live in the sand.

Obviously, stingrays don't make good reef tank inhabitants because they'd eat all of your crustaceans and molluscs.

Blue-spotted stingrays are sometimes reluctant to feed in captivity. Feeder shrimp are sometimes used to encourage feeding behavior. You can also feed your stingray chopped up seafood, and other meaty marine-based fish foods. Stingrays are carnivores.

In general, it is very difficult to keep these rays happy and healthy in captivity.

Also, lets not forget about the venomous spine at the base of their tail. If you keep a stingray in your aquarium you will have to be very careful not to get stung. Stingrays are capable of quickly moving their tail around to sting potential predators. Not only is the barb sharp, but it is also poisonous, although their sting is usually not fatal.


Warren

[Tony Fella]

Also found this site for threatened species the blue spotted sting ray is on it

http://www.arkive.org/blue-spotted-stin ... ura-lymma/

[twinkle]

if it doesent taste nice in batter im not buying it

[chrisfeeney30]

Yea but would you pay 260 euro?

nope!

[eric]

i know exactly where you saw that fish and that shop is a disgrace for selling fish, in summary they havent a clue about what their on about, and the staff are idiots. i used to work in a tropical marine shop and i know 260 is far too cheap to pay for a good aulity specimen that will last. they're hard to keep but do survive well in capativity if you provide them with a good set up. not for the beginner but nothing wrong with keeping them in my opinion, stunning fish

[Dave Jolly]

I followed one in 6' of water snorkeling in the Florida keys a few years ago, beautiful looking fish, but I bet he got drunk off at the big white thing following him about for an hour or so.....lol

[Danny M.]

Looks like a bling metal detector

[twinkle]

god i hope this weather breaks were reduced to disscussing aquarium fish i think screeming has the right idea il buy a good camera and take pictures of the sea i cant go out on heeeeelp i need a fix bad