Not everyone runs air pumps but I wonder if kicking the water temperature up has anything to do with it. Maybe try and increase the surface agitation or add another air pump to the tank.
TruepH isn't the problem, like stated earlier , unless it swings.
Do you have another tank you could put her in?
Problem can be anything.
Maybe she's getting picked on, maybe it's a parasite. Maybe she just don't like the food your feeding her.
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I do have my own test kits, my results basically mirrored what the LFS results were. I stated that earlier. I am nervous and concerned, as I am sure you all would be if one of your favorite rays went off its feed for no obvious reason? As I stated earlier, I feed them earthworms, tilapia, shrimp, smelt and massivore, of which up until a few days ago she would eat very aggressively (except for the massivore).True
Ph isn't a problem even as high as 8.4
Don't mess with the ph you may bring it down with ph down but it will rise back up as soon as you start doing water changes even faster if your on a drip
Ph changes are more harmful than good and if your bring it down with ph down you will be fighting a losing battle to keep it down
You should have some nitrate or their is something wrong
Why don't you have your own test kit don't trust what a shop tells you trust your own results
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what t1kar said. ph swings are never good. rays will adapt to your ph, there's no need for lowering or raising them as you will struggle with them every water change and can cause them to crash as well. rule of thumb is to not mess with ph if you don't need to, and in this case, you don't need to.True
Ph isn't a problem even as high as 8.4
Don't mess with the ph you may bring it down with ph down but it will rise back up as soon as you start doing water changes even faster if your on a drip
Ph changes are more harmful than good and if your bring it down with ph down you will be fighting a losing battle to keep it down
You should have some nitrate or their is something wrong
Why don't you have your own test kit don't trust what a shop tells you trust your own results
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understandable, we all get nervous when our fish (rays especially) act off. rays can go on starving periods sometimes where they eat little to nothing and then randomly gorge like normal up to a week or two later. it does happen. it is somewhat akin to the dry season in the amazon, where they eat little and then the rainy season comes and there's food aplenty. sometimes it's worrisome but works itself out.I do have my own test kits, my results basically mirrored what the LFS results were. I stated that earlier. I am nervous and concerned, as I am sure you all would be if one of your favorite rays went off its feed for no obvious reason? As I stated earlier, I feed them earthworms, tilapia, shrimp, smelt and massivore, of which up until a few days ago she would eat very aggressively (except for the massivore).
I realize that anything can be the problem, but most of you guys here have years more experience than I do so if you can come up with any constructive ideas at all no matter how out there they may seem I would love to hear it. She is a beauty and hate to see her stressed like this?