My first ray! Impulse buy... Can ya blame me?

hereticlosmorte

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20g is hooked up to 75g running 2 mag350s and 60g hob filters
k, you can go a bit longer than daily changes :p

best thing for it at this point besides clean water is to just drop a truckload of blackworms in the tank and let him eat on his own. leave the lights off and possibly even put a towel over the front of the tank so it doesn't get spooked/stressed.
 

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Yes! He is definitely eating the blackworms. I can see his bowels fill from underside. I do have to 'shoe' him over the food to get him to eat it though. Maybe watch his belly and feed accordingly???
 

Crazyfish88

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Shoe him over to the food? He must be very weak. That would stress him out even more if u have to push him to the food... I would definitely return it and look for a new healthier ray.


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THE serrasalmus rhom
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A 20gal? Man thats like putting a cat in a shoebox, i can barely stomach this thread. Its so sad and just shows society in its worst when it comes to profit. Any fish store knows this ray is 90% dead and needs immediate attention unless the employees are blind...

Its not ALL your fault, ill give u that.

Id say f off w/ the cichlids and put him in the 125 but then again another move is risky....

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He swims around and even plays in the current but he doesn't pay attention to worms unless they are right under him.
 

jstavis

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Who knows? If they don't deal with rays that much then they could easily have no clue that they weren't supposed to look like that. The OP doesn't seem like a bad guy and he thought this ray looked like a cool enough animal to spend over one hundred dollars on it. To us it looks horribly emaciated-- to someone without a trained eye then it might not be so clear. That being said, it'd be nice if the LFS did a little more research-- it's not like there's no way to find this information.
 

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THE serrasalmus rhom
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Oh and yes i can blam u to answer ur Q.

I admire inquisitive minds and adventurous spirits but not ignorant ppl dropping 100$+ w/o even knowing its compatibility or its current health......

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