my motoro not eating help

[reefman]

my motoro not eating he ate the second day but not since (4 days later) my ph was a little low so i fixed that then i did not relize that my heater was broken my tank was at 74 i brought back up to 80 water paramiters are all good but tank is a little cloudy though i tried earth and blood worms don't no where to get black worms around here i even moved all the other more agresive fish out of the tank i don't what else to do some please help

 

[shookONES]

If you corrected these things all at once, it probably stressed the ray a great deal. I've never adjusted pH more than .2 in a 24 hour period. Give him a few days. Make sure your water parameters stay in check!

 

[Vince]

Whoa! Slow down! Your water is cloudy? How about a water change? What kind of substrate do you have? I agree with TG, DO NOT change your pH with a quick drastic change. That is not a good thing. The would shock the fish, or for this matter, the motoro. I did that about 18 years ago, and next day, one of my fish had pop-eye. Best thing to do is make a 50% water change, and make sure you use dechlor. Can't stress that enough. Chlorine is bacteriacide, meaning it kills. Whenever you manage your water chemistry, do one thing at a time. Never do all kinds of treatment all at once. That's when "very bad" things happen, and usually the results are fatal. First thing I would do is a water change. Make an observation. A few hours later, check if the water still have problems, i.e., still cloudy. Then I would do another 25% water change. Make sure the temperature does not drop more than 10 degrees. 10 degrees difference is very dangerous to small fish. Hope we can save the motoro and get it back to feeding. Don't panic.

 

[reefman]

i did a water change tank is still cloudy and still not eating i think he might be a gonner one week without eating its not interested in the food

 

[Vince]

Actually, these guys can go for a month without eating, they will use their fat reserves, and start wilting away, and hten just die. You try live black worms? How about going back to who you purchased it from and ask them what it was eating when you got it? Cut tiny pieces of raw shrimp? Cut tiny pieces of earth worms. But you have to be patient. Drop a few cuts at a time, and watch what they do to it. Is it even swimming around? What substrate do you use again?