hello all!
So 2 weeks ago i received a text from my LFS saying they have tea cup sting rays in, so i went ahead and got one. Im new to rays but have been doing research for a while before even purchasing this fish.
I acclimated her and left alone with minimal light for a few days, offering frozen blood worms. I wasnt sure or not if she ate them because i did not see. So around the 3rd night i threw 10 ghost shrimp in there, needless to say 2 days later they were still all alive lol.
So i went ahead with my next step which was live black worms and she went for them !
Also after i did further inspection on her once i started putting the light on more i noticed a WATER LICE.
The few days after i treated with salt baths and physically removed them with tweezers.
She isnt much of a mover, kinda sits in one spot and eventually will move little by little. Water parameters are on point, as of now she is in a 75gal with pool filter sand.
Now my few questions are:
1) what is the ideal temp?
2) are live black worms benefial to her growth or should i be trying somthing different ?
3) Should i treat my tank with prazi? per water lice and being she is wc?
4) how many times a day should i be feeding?
5) and those 10 damn ghost shrimp lol, will they be of any harm if i just leave them in there?
So 2 weeks ago i received a text from my LFS saying they have tea cup sting rays in, so i went ahead and got one. Im new to rays but have been doing research for a while before even purchasing this fish.
I acclimated her and left alone with minimal light for a few days, offering frozen blood worms. I wasnt sure or not if she ate them because i did not see. So around the 3rd night i threw 10 ghost shrimp in there, needless to say 2 days later they were still all alive lol.
So i went ahead with my next step which was live black worms and she went for them !
Also after i did further inspection on her once i started putting the light on more i noticed a WATER LICE.
The few days after i treated with salt baths and physically removed them with tweezers.
She isnt much of a mover, kinda sits in one spot and eventually will move little by little. Water parameters are on point, as of now she is in a 75gal with pool filter sand.
Now my few questions are:
1) what is the ideal temp?
2) are live black worms benefial to her growth or should i be trying somthing different ?
3) Should i treat my tank with prazi? per water lice and being she is wc?
4) how many times a day should i be feeding?
5) and those 10 damn ghost shrimp lol, will they be of any harm if i just leave them in there?