Black Diamond Stingray

Please check the delivery dates below before placing your order.

Overview

Everything you need to know about Black Diamond Stingrays, at a glance:

• Common Names: Xingu River Ray, Polka-Dot Stingray, White-Blotched Stingray
• Scientific Name: Potamotrygon leopoldi
• Max Size: ~60cm (not including tail)
• Temperature Range: 22-28°C
• pH Range: 6-7, benefit from slightly soft/acidic conditions
• Compatibility: Predatory, best kept alone, in male-female pairs or in large, specialist community aquariums with similarly sized mid-dwelling/top-dwelling fish
• Plant Safe: Yes, though best with robust, epiphytic varieties like Anubias and Java Fern
• Area Of Origin: Brazil; Xingu River basin
• Suitable Foods: Offer juveniles small live/frozen foods such as bloodworms, mysis, and brineshrimp; offer adults large live/frozen foods such as cockles, mussels, prawns, and pieces of white fish
• Special Requirements: Keep on soft, sandy substrates, decoration is not necessary though they may benefit from shelter provided by knots of wood, ensure aquarium is well-oxygenated and equipped with a powerful filtration system (sump filtration preferred), known jumpers so a tight-fitting lid is essential, always handle with care and transport in a solid container rather than a net, perform frequent, partial water changes to keep nitrate levels to a minimum

How is this Black Diamond Stingray delivered?

All of our aquatic animals are dispatched from our livestock distributor and delivered directly to your door. Our distributor dispatches and delivers livestock packages on Wednesday and Thursday to avoid animals being in transit over the weekend.

After placing your livestock order, you will receive all the information needed to track your livestock order via email. If you have any problems regarding delivery, or concerns about the health/wellbeing of your animal(s) upon arrival, please contact us, Swell UK Ltd, immediately, or at least within 48 hours of receiving your livestock order.

Any other, non-livestock items that you purchase alongside livestock will be sent via standard or express delivery and arrive at your delivery address in a different package. This means that, depending on when you place your order, you may receive your non-livestock items before or after your livestock package.

For a detailed breakdown of when you can expect to receive your livestock package depending on the day you place your order, be sure to check the delivery details in the specifications below.

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Please note: The livestock that is sold on our online site is not held in store at our Swell shop, or available for collection from the shop. Species sold at our Swell store will differ from ones available to order to your door.