I have a long term captive female hystrix. She'd been doing fine. Yesterday morning and night before last, she had a belly full of tilapia and night crawlers. She was eager to eat and appeared perfect. Last night as I was attempting to feed, my small marble merely brushed against her and she literally spazzed out, going crazy all over the tank bumping into stuff and breathing heavily. As I took a closer look, I could see her veins and tail bone! How could she look so dilapidated from less than 24 hours before. She had two or three more of those fits and started to curl significantly. I immediately did a 50 percent water change on the 180 gallon she's in, raised the temp from 80 to 82, and dosed with prazi pro.
I watched her for a while and she started to relax the curl. I just knew that when I woke up this morning, she'd be dead. She is alive but definitely does not look out of the woods. She did this coughing-looking action this morning and took a quarter lap around the tank but she is holding on. Params are good, other fish/ray pups are good, I'm going to see if she'll take some night crawlers now.
It's like she had a stroke or seizure or something out of nowhere. She was literally eating and find yesterday morning...but last night, thin and crazy looking. What the heck happened?
She typically goes crazy for night crawlers and I often hand feed her...she's not interested at all. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The only thing new that I changed with the tank was the substrate. But I literally rinsed the sand for about 3 hours straight prior to putting it in the tank (so much so that there was little to no cloud) over a week ago and the other rays are fine.
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I watched her for a while and she started to relax the curl. I just knew that when I woke up this morning, she'd be dead. She is alive but definitely does not look out of the woods. She did this coughing-looking action this morning and took a quarter lap around the tank but she is holding on. Params are good, other fish/ray pups are good, I'm going to see if she'll take some night crawlers now.
It's like she had a stroke or seizure or something out of nowhere. She was literally eating and find yesterday morning...but last night, thin and crazy looking. What the heck happened?
She typically goes crazy for night crawlers and I often hand feed her...she's not interested at all. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The only thing new that I changed with the tank was the substrate. But I literally rinsed the sand for about 3 hours straight prior to putting it in the tank (so much so that there was little to no cloud) over a week ago and the other rays are fine.
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