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  1. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Hello fellow reefers!
    This is the closest place to post this since I don't think there are many of you that have sharks or stingrays, especially, in their reef tanks.
    At any rate, I was on my way home from work and decided to stop at one of the local pet shops, to avoid sitting in traffic.
    Yeah, I went in thinking I was going to get some more carbon, food and a few more Yellow belly Damselfish...and get out of the store having spent a mere $30.00 or so!
    Well, after pacing the floor and seeing all the nice fish, inverts and Caribbean live rock for JUST $6.99lb., the reef/marine tank addiction took affect as no drug was going to deter me from not buying something...
    Ya-de-da-da, I know, get to the point? OK, already, so as I was coming around to the last couple tanks, I noticed something in one of their tanks housing a couple pieces of live rock!!! This was one of my dream picks and it caught my eye like nothing before...
    A beautiful Yellow Stingray(Urolophus sp.)!!!!!!!!! about 6" long and wide! WOW, it was awesome and I had never seen a saltwater ray for sale or in any pet shop before. Always in books, or public aquariums, or ocassionally stepping on one in the Gulf of Mexico as I vacation down in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
    So, of course, I bought it and it will go in my 75 Gallon tank for the time being! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, She's a beaut!
    So that is my story and I am sticking to it...
    About.com: http://fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=167
     
    coral reefer, Oct 12, 2007
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  2. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    PICS DUDE!!! We wanna see!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats on your new addition!!!!!!:)
     
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  3. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    SWEET DUDE! becareful with your other fishes
     
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  4. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    I just have a Naso Tang and a Niger trigger and they are 4" in size, so no worries for now!
    Next step is to train it to eat out of my hands so I can pretend that I am at Stingray City in the Cayman Islands!!! hahaha
    I can then charge admission...
    I know, I have to be careful of their stinger(barb)!
    Thanks guys and I will get some pics as soon as I get my camera!
     
    coral reefer, Oct 12, 2007
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  5. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    *can already see the headlines now "CT man stabbed in the heart by stingray"
     
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  6. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    Nice addition, congrats! Make sure you let KOgle know how it goes because he took one back after having it in his reef tank for a week. He was worried about his corals. :-/
     
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  7. BaxterS80

    BaxterS80 Pajama Cardinal

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    Awesome, Tom...Congrats!! I know what you mean about the addiction kicking in....
     
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  8. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    see now that was just wrong LMAO:yelrotflm


     
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  9. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    Thats awsome. Sting rays are really interesting critters, lots of personality in their eyes o_O
     
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  10. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Hahahahaha!
    Not going swimming with it in my tank...

    Otty, this is a fish only tank with a few frags of Xenia and Brown Star Polyps only so for now the coral issue is ok for now.
    I have to train my ray to eat out of my hands!!!!!!!!
    Oh, the fun we will have!
     
    coral reefer, Oct 13, 2007
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