motoro refusing food

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john C

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my new motoro has suddenly decided to refuse its food. yesterday i feed her silversides she just chewed them up and spit them out ? prior feeding was raw shrimp. same thing chewed it up and spit them out. prior feeding raw shrimp same thing. i know from the past feedings raw shrimp is not her favorite,but she has eaten it in the past. i am going to purchase night crawlers today i have a good felling she will not refuse the worms. water quality is perfect. she has good weight still but this concerns me. not sure if this is a bad sign or just a fasting fish? i have not experience this before all my motoros once acclimated for a couple weeks they seem to be eating machines.

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john​
 
thank you Colin got trout worms ate like 15. the thing that i have never seen is the fact that she chewed up her food and spit it out. i have had rays not eat but not chew it up then spit the food out. it's all good now
 
it happens with rays at my facility quite often, Just go from eating machines to chewing the food and not eating it almost like fasting. It has ranged for me from a few days to almost 2 weeks for some rays. I have yet to figure it out myself. They would even refuse the night crawlers very strange.
 
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