Now It Starts, Some Help Fast Please
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It won't help much.
You probably will laugh at what I'm about to say, but trust that I've done this and it works.
Let the tank go. Keep the water and animals in it. Let the ammonia ride for a bit. It will build up and feed the nitrifying bacteria in the system. That bac will breed faster with the increased "food". The fastest way to get more bacteria is to feed more ammonia into the system. I've seen rays take fairly scarey levels of NH3 before, and I never would have guessed them to handle it (levels of 2 or 3 even).
You probably will laugh at what I'm about to say, but trust that I've done this and it works.
Let the tank go. Keep the water and animals in it. Let the ammonia ride for a bit. It will build up and feed the nitrifying bacteria in the system. That bac will breed faster with the increased "food". The fastest way to get more bacteria is to feed more ammonia into the system. I've seen rays take fairly scarey levels of NH3 before, and I never would have guessed them to handle it (levels of 2 or 3 even).
ok should i try to feed them? The smaller one (Female) ate the night i put her in and last night too but didnt want to put much food in their with this problem.
What I suspect may be happening is you're adding all this prime, getting rid of the ammonia, and effectively screwing up your bacteria chain. Like Zoodiver said, leave it for a few days. Keep a close eye on the ammonia levels and the rays' behavior. Maybe hit the tank with prazipro to kill most possible parasites (does wonders).
according to seachem, prime does not interfere with the nitrogen cycles, it just detoxifies ammonia and nitrite and makes it safer for fish. The ammonia is still available for consumption by all the right types of bacteria. Ive definitely used prime in all sorts of crises and its definitely saved the day on numerous occasions. I would give the rays a prazi or freshwater bath and introduce them to the big pond ASAP. Just my opinion though
Tried feeding everything from squid,shrimp,pe mysis, clam, cuddlefish but no interest at all. Put Prazi in and while cleaning the food out thought I saw a worm so 5 days it is in there and into the big pond they go
Doing about the same, i just looked at them, breathing on the big guy seems alittle fast but not really pumping and the smaller female is blotchy looking but breathing normal. I'll try feeding again tonight and I do take any left overs or all the food right out of there. The big guy still looks puffy in the stomach which I dont know why unless he ate something huge before I got it but it should have passed by now,turbo253;3998079; said:
