help me my stingrays are sick

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tiz_ng

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Jul 6, 2010
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Oregon
Please help me I need answers! I have 2 freshwater stingrays mine are "A.K.A" teacup or reticulated stingrays! I have had them for about 8 months with no problems! They were housed in 125 gallon but we updated to a 180 gallon! About 3-4 days after moving them to a bigger tank I noticed white blotches first on the male on his disk blow his eyes and that is the only spot on top of him! But under him they r all over! 1-2 days later I noticed the female has the blotches all over her top as well as under! I been doing salt water dips (I was told to try by local pet store) which was keeping them from spreading but it dont seem to be healing or clearing up just keeping them from spreading. Needless to say I'm not to sure this is safe for my rays! I been told this maybe a secondary bacterial infection due to an abrasion which in turn has caused these blotches? Is this true? Also I been racking my brain trying to figure out what would have caused the abrasion!?! From my observation I have noticed there is a chunk of my females disk missing that looks like the male had bit her to breed her can breeding cause this? I posted a picture of my female who is the worst off!

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