All stingray keepers I need help!

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PeteLockwood;3702400; said:
The advice that you don't need to do water changes until the Nitrate hits 40 can be tossed in the garbage can - water changes are for more than just reducing Nitrate. Since you already did 50% and the fish survived it, I'd do another 50% - hopefully that'll add enough Kh to get things stable and work out how to maintain the Kh going forward.
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I advised this because he had just done a 50% water change the day before. Doing 50% water changes every day can also stress out fish if they're not used to such a thing.

If all the parameters are in check, with only his ph at 6 and if that is staying consistent, what is the point of doing 50% water changes every day?

I was suggesting to watch his nitrates. If they jumped back up, then do a water change. Basically, I was suggesting since he had done one the day before, to take a day off and monitor the tank. Watch the fishes activities and check the parameters. If anything was off, then do a water change immediately. If things were fine yesterday, then do a water change today. Then spend tomorrow monitoring the tank again. Then the next day, do a water change. At some point, the parameters should start leveling off and the tank should be good.
 
I am not sure why pH 6.0 is percieved as bad for a stingray? I am learning about them and have never found a reference to slightly Acidic water being a bad thing, not with ANY South American fish. Is it because people are having a tough time controling pH swings because of the lower carbonate hardness (less ability to buffer)? I may have some of the terms wrong, so, please correct me if I am wrong haha
 
Based on the limited info on water params from the OP, it sounds likely that the Ph crashed in the tank and that the first water change improved the situation. Low Ph is obviously fine as long as you know how to keep it stable, otherwise the safest and easiest approach is changing water to replace Kh and get things stabilized.
 
*BLUSHING* shoulda read the other thread, still, odd to me that anyone keeping SA fish would resort to crushed coral! LOL
 
I agree, which is why I advocated further water changes. I only responded on the coral part of the question to save the rays from being scratched by it.
 
DO NOT ADD THAT CORAL BACK IN. Stop fluctuating your water man. All that does is making your whole situation worse. Take it out and KEEP IT OUT. Stop trying to mess with your pH, again its just making your situation a whole lot worse. Do some more water changes, thats the key to stability. Eventually, your tank will become the same as tap and then its all good. Also, waterchanges usually wont stress out your fish, just do your water change and dont get curious with the ray and it'll be perfectly fine.
 
Gshock;3704396; said:
DO NOT ADD THAT CORAL BACK IN. Stop fluctuating your water man. All that does is making your whole situation worse. Take it out and KEEP IT OUT. Stop trying to mess with your pH, again its just making your situation a whole lot worse. Do some more water changes, thats the key to stability. Eventually, your tank will become the same as tap and then its all good. Also, waterchanges usually wont stress out your fish, just do your water change and dont get curious with the ray and it'll be perfectly fine.
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yep.

It is hard to tell what is wrong with the ray when there are a million variables constantly changing the equation. Stop messing with the coral, and do water changes and try to keep the ray stress-free.
 
Trying to mess with pH levels SUCKS! It never works out the way you want, unless you can "make" your water prior to water changes. Like with ALL sensitive fish, stability is the key. Maybe check your filters to see if they need a cleaning, too much crap in the canister can start pulling your pH down.
 
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