Ok so ive had my ray for 1.5yrs now..Ive never had any serious problems/issues until about a week ago..I noticed that he wasnt eating as much as he usually does then around the middle of the week he would barely eat any shrimp which is what hes been eating since i got him. By Fri. he wouldnt eat any.. So i got night crawlers and he ate 9 of them and was full i guess cuz thats all he would eat..Today he would only eat one and hes been just laying around..hes never turned down night crawlers and hes usually very active and all over the place.. Soo im wondering what might be going on...?
Heres the set up..
155gal Bowfront(i am aware that i need to upgrade), 1 Fluval 405 (3 of 4 baskets full of ceramic rings, other basket is carbon) , 1 FX5 (full of ceramic rings and a blue filter pad)
1 Ray
5 SDs
1 Angelfish
1 African Scat
2 Small BN plecos
Heres whats changed in the last 2wks..
Its been cold so the temp in the tank has dropped from 82 to 79/80 (doubt thats it)
The other thing, which is what worries me is that my archer died of an unknown illness/injury..well he was gonna die so i put him down last saturday(10th)..His scales became lifted above his gill on the left side like there was a bump under them. Then it got red under the surrounding scales and a couple days later there was white stuff coming out from under the scales and he couldnt stay level friday night. Sat. morning i was getting another tank around to move him to but he was barely able to swim and his eyes were clouded so i just decided to put him down..Is there a chance that whatever he had if it was an illness couldve spread to the ray??
My water params are basically always the same 0 amonia, nitrites look grey so i guess im not sure about that and nitrates are 20-25, Ive done everything as i always have, I do a 40-50% WC a week(always vac the sand) and clean filters as needed(which im gonna do tomorrow) and i did a WC the day i took the archer out.
Ok i just got up and looked at him again very closely..3 of the spikes on his tail (not the barb) look odd on the ends..is it possible he couldve hit the archer w/ them? Are those actually hard enough to do damage? I guess that still wouldnt explain why hes not eating..*sigh*
Thats all ive got i guess...help...
Heres the set up..
155gal Bowfront(i am aware that i need to upgrade), 1 Fluval 405 (3 of 4 baskets full of ceramic rings, other basket is carbon) , 1 FX5 (full of ceramic rings and a blue filter pad)
1 Ray
5 SDs
1 Angelfish
1 African Scat
2 Small BN plecos
Heres whats changed in the last 2wks..
Its been cold so the temp in the tank has dropped from 82 to 79/80 (doubt thats it)
The other thing, which is what worries me is that my archer died of an unknown illness/injury..well he was gonna die so i put him down last saturday(10th)..His scales became lifted above his gill on the left side like there was a bump under them. Then it got red under the surrounding scales and a couple days later there was white stuff coming out from under the scales and he couldnt stay level friday night. Sat. morning i was getting another tank around to move him to but he was barely able to swim and his eyes were clouded so i just decided to put him down..Is there a chance that whatever he had if it was an illness couldve spread to the ray??
My water params are basically always the same 0 amonia, nitrites look grey so i guess im not sure about that and nitrates are 20-25, Ive done everything as i always have, I do a 40-50% WC a week(always vac the sand) and clean filters as needed(which im gonna do tomorrow) and i did a WC the day i took the archer out.
Ok i just got up and looked at him again very closely..3 of the spikes on his tail (not the barb) look odd on the ends..is it possible he couldve hit the archer w/ them? Are those actually hard enough to do damage? I guess that still wouldnt explain why hes not eating..*sigh*
Thats all ive got i guess...help...
