Stingray signs of stress

Hi all, after a 10 year break I finally got a leopoldi!!!

Because I haven't taken care of a ray for so long, I wanted to ask ur input what are signs o stress for a ray. I.e. not moving, not eating.

Currently I see my ray go up and down the glass wall but only on 1 place...is this a sign of stress? He does it like 2-3x every 5 hours.
(Water params perfect, 29 degrees)


I would love to hear ur inputs! Thanks in advance


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Also, I've noticed that the area around the mouth is sort of red...is this something I should worry about?

Is it the sand?


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Thank you all for the reply.

It's been with me for a week.

It is eating. It's eating ghost shrimp (I bought it for a just I'm case it doesn't eat), bloodworms and shrimp. There seems to be no problem with its appetite. And eats like the Cookie Monster. A bit fail on the ghost shrimp since its captive bred....he has been trying...but I haven't seen him succeed.

With the pellets he hasn't eaten them yet. I tried but he didn't bother. Yes it's definitely scary with such an expensive fish

I do see him sift the sand through its mouth, could that be the cause?


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It's been 2 weeks it still does that thing where it climbs up and makes sounds....

Could it be that it's hungry? Aside from that its eating and doing well (I think/hope).

It's pretty active and I guess that's a sign of good health? My rays before we're never this active unless it was feeding time


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