Sea horses and small cortez ray

FishyMel · #1 07/26/2007, 03:32 PM

I am thinking about starting a seahorse reef tank with small cortez ray. I am planning on having a bare bottom side with some seagrass and on the other side a reef. Do you think a seahorse and a cortez ray would work? I think it would because cortez rays eat mostly crustaceans. I'm not planning on having any damsels or anything that could snatch the seahorse's food.

fishymann · #2 07/26/2007, 03:48 PM

NO, it could gobble up a seahorse in seconds im sure. They can give off a shock when startled, instant kill for such a small fish like a seahorse. Not to mention they would need a very large tank to hold the ray and ti would not be the most ideal setup for the seahorse.

KUDA · #3 07/26/2007, 04:47 PM

Rays like sandbeds too.

acrodave · #4 08/01/2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by fishymann
NO, it could gobble up a seahorse in seconds im sure. They can give off a shock when startled, instant kill for such a small fish like a seahorse. Not to mention they would need a very large tank to hold the ray and ti would not be the most ideal setup for the seahorse.

give off a shock were did u hear that. i work in a fish shope and we get cortez and spotted all the time and i play wiht them and have never seen or felt a shock

FishyMel · #5 08/02/2007, 11:25 PM

Yea...there is such thing as an electric stingray, but it is freshwater. People say the ray would probably be fine since they eat crustaceans that are buried in the sand, but I think it would be bad for other reasons now. For one, my tank is running 80 degrees :-( I can't seem to get it lower than that and I don't know why. House is set at 76. Any ideas anyone?

pledosophy · #6 08/03/2007, 12:05 AM

Anything above 74F is to high for a seahorse tank IMO.

YOu could get a chiller, install fans to point at the water, install exhaust fans, change your heater settings, etc. etc.