Cortez Stingray and Bamboo Shark

wiscsaltwater · 03/18/2008, 05:23 AM

Can a cortez stingray and a bamboo shark coexist in the same tank, my next move is to set up a rather large predator tank and im thinking these 2 would be great conversation pieces...if they can coexist.

Tayler · 03/18/2008, 10:56 AM

yes they can

FishyMel · 03/18/2008, 03:46 PM

Yeah, I have them together. Just watch out during feeding time, sometimes it will become a frenzy and you should seperate them. Just feed on both sides of the tank to decrease frenzies. What is most dangerous is not the shark's teeth but the ray's barb, though I have never seen my ray use his.

TheSaltwaterGuy · 03/18/2008, 03:57 PM

They can co-exist. Just be sure, like any elasmobranch, to give them PLENTY of open swimming space, making only a few caves or reefs for them to hide.

Good luck!

carterd · 03/19/2008, 04:14 AM

I would advise against it. These are actual photos of the wounds my Round Ray got from my adult Brownbanded.

The shark later took and ate bites from the ray's disk before I separated them for good. The ray did recover and even grew some of the lost tissue back. But the bamboo surely would have killed it if they stayed together.

johno4 · 03/19/2008, 08:51 AM

Great pics, thats a beutiful ray.

TheSaltwaterGuy · 03/19/2008, 01:39 PM

Ouch. =( Hope its recovered/ing.

03/18/2008, 05:23 AM	#1
wiscsaltwater Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 429	Cortez Stingray and Bamboo Shark Can a cortez stingray and a bamboo shark coexist in the same tank, my next move is to set up a rather large predator tank and im thinking these 2 would be great conversation pieces...if they can coexist.

03/18/2008, 03:57 PM	#4
TheSaltwaterGuy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,482	They can co-exist. Just be sure, like any elasmobranch, to give them PLENTY of open swimming space, making only a few caves or reefs for them to hide. Good luck! __________________ - Chad "The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on." - Robert Bloch

03/19/2008, 01:39 PM	#7
TheSaltwaterGuy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,482	Ouch. =( Hope its recovered/ing. __________________ - Chad "The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on." - Robert Bloch

03/18/2008, 10:56 AM	#2
Tayler Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: B.C. canada Posts: 258	yes they can

03/18/2008, 03:46 PM	#3
FishyMel Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,401	Yeah, I have them together. Just watch out during feeding time, sometimes it will become a frenzy and you should seperate them. Just feed on both sides of the tank to decrease frenzies. What is most dangerous is not the shark's teeth but the ray's barb, though I have never seen my ray use his.

03/19/2008, 04:14 AM	#5
carterd Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 20	I would advise against it. These are actual photos of the wounds my Round Ray got from my adult Brownbanded. The shark later took and ate bites from the ray's disk before I separated them for good. The ray did recover and even grew some of the lost tissue back. But the bamboo surely would have killed it if they stayed together.

03/19/2008, 08:51 AM	#6
johno4 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2,526	Great pics, thats a beutiful ray.