My Motoro Stingrays after copulation - moving female to another tank

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michalm

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One month ago my stingrays were mating (two or three days the make a sex ;) ). This is the clip:

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After mating, male was trying many times to copulate with the female, but she was not interested. She was using her tail to beat male. The male was trying and trying every day but the female was getting wounded more and more. The wounds were more and more deep and serious. I decided to move the female to another tank.
I did it 5 days ago. Male is eating very little. He is very restless and he is trying to find the female. He is swimming all the time even though he hurt himself in the head. Female eats even less than the male. She is swimming a lot, but sometimes I see that she is sitting in the corner and breathing very deeply and anxiously.
Probably they miss each other a lot.

The water is the same in both tanks, parameters, temp, etc., and I didn’t change any food (shrimp, blood worms, gold fish).

I don’t know what to do ?

Thank you for help.
 
you should of moved the male not the female :screwy:

she is VERY stressed now.
 
Hello,

Yes I know about moving male not female. But I decided to move female because on my tank is a Pleco that sometimes during feeding is aggressive, and because on second tank I haven't put any graver and sand - it easier to keep the tank to by clear. The moving was perfectly smooth and stress free. Female is/was very friendly (hand feeding etc).

The tank have more than 3-4 months. It is completely cycled. Gold fish and guppies I have over there. This is my backup/emergency tank, always ready for fish from main. Before I move a stingray I change a 1/2 water from the main tank. Everything testing - water parameters etc.

Nitrate - 25ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Ammon - 0ppm
PH 6.5-6.8

What should I do ? Waiting couple more days ? or what ?

Thank you for helping.
 
michalm;4245085; said:
sitting in the corner and breathing very deeply and anxiously.
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dosnt sound like it was stress free to me...
 
vamptrev;4246607; said:
michalm;4245085; said:
sitting in the corner and breathing very deeply and anxiously.
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dosnt sound like it was stress free to me...

Yes, you right. But it is only couple times per day. In most time she is swimming like normal. That why, I don't know how to explain this reaction. Maybe she misses... a lot...

Thank you
 
mmdht2;4251624; said:
what kind of sand are you using?

3M Colorquartz T Grade
 
Female and Male eats like before. Ufff... Probably the main problem was the stress, but not because of moving, but because they where separated.

Thank you
 
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