Epaulette Shark Won't Eat

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Willougby;5157420; said:
Sorry for taking so long to get back, I called a local tank cleaner guy to come by and see what's going on. The Ph was a little lower than it should have been, but the salinity and nitrates were normal (but the nitrates were a little on the high side). He said that the fatty liver disease could be what's wrong. I bought some ghost shrimp today to see if that would coax her into feeding but it hasn't appeared to work yet, the stingray is still doing well.

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The tank is 3x3x3 I meant to say. It's a big cube that the people at AllFish Emporium told me was "tailor made for sharks".

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I don't have a heater at all, the heat of the pump going combined with the room temperature is 85 degrees on its own. A heater would probably overheat them.



I'm a bit nervous to answer that, just out of standard internet precautions. Nothing personal, its just I'm very cautious to trust anyone online.
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you say ph is low, are you buffering the water? what do you call low ph
 
No worries, I understand.

I'm curious as to 'low pH' as well. Sometimes, stable is better than setting a target number for them. The ray pool we built a year ago was runing 7.5-7.8 on it's own. No matter what we tried, we couldn't get to it to 8.0. So instead of throwing away money with biocarb and the like, we let it ride. Rays have never shown ill effects and it's been very stable. Same with our main shark tank in MN. The pH was never above a 7.9, but they did great.
 
The guy who came over did so when I was not here, he said we should keep the pH around 8.0-8.3 though he did not tell me how low it had been, just that it was low and the nitrate was high, he said to have corrected both and I later checked and the pH is currently 8.0 and our nitrate is 40 or below.

The epaulette shark is still not eating, and I am very desperate and concerned at this point, that based with what the other people on this forum have said I would like to contact you if that is okay.

I do not have enough posts yet to be able to PM you, please advise.

Thanks.
 
Willougby;5161583; said:
I do not have enough posts yet to be able to PM you, please advise.

Thanks.
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Funny you phrased it that way. Long inside joke with my staff.

Salmon might be a good next step. Seems to work well with getting tough eaters stimulated.
My email address is sharksandcrocs@live.com
I'm in the Miami area.
 
A quick update with both good news and bad news:

-She's been coming out to the front of the tank, something she used to do whenever she wanted to be fed but stopped doing shortly before she stopped eating.

-My attempts to feed her when she comes out have proven futile though, as soon as any food gets near her she darts off to hide behind the rocks. :(


I'm really starting to get worried now, as she is very noticeably thinner than before.
 
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