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Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cichlids

Discussion in 'Cichlids' started by snowhite, Apr 28, 2010.

  1. snowhite

    snowhite Thread Starter New Member

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    Anyone have any experience with the "teacup" freshwater stingrays and compatibility with African Cichlids?

    I am in the process of setting up a 75 gallon freshwater aquarium and am researching stocking options. It will primarily be an African Cichlid tank, nothing too aggressive tho. The local pet shop just got a shipment of these teacup stingrays and I'm VERY interested.

    I'd love to get some input.

    Thanks
    Ben
     
    snowhite, Apr 28, 2010
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  2. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    I haven't kept them personally but I have seen them before, never with Africans. If you get a good size one and small fish with a sand bottom it may work though.
     
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  3. snowhite

    snowhite Thread Starter New Member

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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    I'm going with an aragonite bottom, so I might scratch the idea all together, don't know yet, I guess you can't have EVERY fish you want, lol, the more I read the more I see sand as a necessity
     
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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    I've never seen one, but have read a smidge about them..I know they get about 14" max and you'll want to do a soft belly safe substrate
    I'd go sand/pool filter sand/something along those lines for the teacup and I'm not sure about there compatibility with sand..but I have read where someobody kept one with discus (although I would never attempt it).
     
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  5. Anthony

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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    Oh yeah, if you're doing aragonite then the stingray is out completely.
     
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    HBIC Need help??? That's what we're here for :)

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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    I wouldn't keep one in anything less than 200 gallons a 75 NO WAY
     
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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    They need room to swim so they need no less than 150 gal tank from what I have read.
     
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    Re: Teacup(Potamotrygon Reticulatus)Stingrays & African Cich

    Hy,

    the tank is much to small - we had Retis on our own, and Potamotrygon Reticulatus can reach a size up to 15" in diameter (about 40 cm)! I wouldn´t breed them in a tank among 265 gallons (1000 liter). But I don´t think that there would be any problem with African Chichlids [icon_razz.gif] !

    Nice Day,
    Anji
     
    Anji, May 19, 2010
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