I got this stingray on saturday. It swam around everywhere and seemed to like the 300 gallon tank. 72 deg PH is 7.6, amonia and nitorgen 0. Tanks has clean filters, did a fresh water change 1 day before and my other fish in there are very healthy. The shop I bought it from just received it a few days before I bought it and it seemed to feed the ray ghost shrimp(I forgot to grab some there). Both local stores are out and I wont be able to make it to that place till tomorrow.
I was initially trying to feed it shrimp pellets but it wouldn't eat them. Then last night I noticed it wasn't moving very much and it was curling all around it's ring plus it's breathing heavy. So i bought krill, blood worms, and night crawlers today. I chopped the night crawlers in half. I turned the light off and i tried to hand feed the ray with tongs. I even moved the ray over the food hoping it would eat. I just read they may need an intense amount of oxygen so I put my air stone below my wave generator and I'm blasting oxygen everywhere.
When I was trying to feed the ray with tongs, it didn't seem to move at all. I was able to push the fish and it just sat there motionless and only breathing. The eyes aren't red or anything. I'm stumped at this point... I don't know if the ray will be able to actually eat the ghost shrimp cause the other fish might get to it first.
I have another tank I can move the ray to, that only has two very small iridescent sharks which i know i can feed and monitor. Wish i would have placed the ray in there first to quarantine and make sure it would eat good. Sucks cause the fish was so active at first.
I was initially trying to feed it shrimp pellets but it wouldn't eat them. Then last night I noticed it wasn't moving very much and it was curling all around it's ring plus it's breathing heavy. So i bought krill, blood worms, and night crawlers today. I chopped the night crawlers in half. I turned the light off and i tried to hand feed the ray with tongs. I even moved the ray over the food hoping it would eat. I just read they may need an intense amount of oxygen so I put my air stone below my wave generator and I'm blasting oxygen everywhere.
When I was trying to feed the ray with tongs, it didn't seem to move at all. I was able to push the fish and it just sat there motionless and only breathing. The eyes aren't red or anything. I'm stumped at this point... I don't know if the ray will be able to actually eat the ghost shrimp cause the other fish might get to it first.
I have another tank I can move the ray to, that only has two very small iridescent sharks which i know i can feed and monitor. Wish i would have placed the ray in there first to quarantine and make sure it would eat good. Sucks cause the fish was so active at first.
