I have a reticulata that had the exact same thing. My book said that it was from damage when captured,not to worry clean water conditions would let it heal. 3 weeks later I notice the tail is getting smaller I think he lost half to one inch. Now I am panicing I added salt to tank with no effect over a couple of days. So I tried during a water change to add salt over rays tail and the next day the white was almost completely gone,I added one more tbl spoon and following day it was completely gone. Its been 3 or 4 days now no white on tail.If anyone else has experience with this I would like to know if the tail will grow back? How ever you fix this let me know I think this could be a common thing.
Ray Sick?
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Fish Room Plus;2849811; said:
Yea, I noticed it was getting fuzzy on the stinger, it almost appears as though the stinger is fully exposed at the tip, sorta hard to explain. I might do a large water change later on and add more aquarium salt to the tank. Nothing like acquiring a new ray and having it get sick on you right off the bat
I had the exact same thing on my female retic. i thought it may be fungal too till one day i saw out of the corner of my eye one of my pictus catfish would follow her across the bottom of the tank and nip her tail. Once i separated them it healed in about 3 days.
if it is getting fuzzy do large water change and up salt to 1.5-2 pounds of salt per 100gallons..... ditch the api aquarium salt and either use morton kosher salt or buy pure salt in bulk from home depot or lowes... blue bag and its called solar salt?? use the search feature there are multiple threads on it...
This ray is pissing me off because I've had it for just over a week and it still has yet to eat a single piece of food I put in there. How long can they go without eating?
Well maybe you should've done some homework on this common issue before getting the ray? Theres no set amount of time a ray can fast for, it all depends how healthy it was before starving and how big it is. Retics are somewhat known to be picky and "hard" to acclimate. What are you trying to feed it?snake_charmer;2856636; said:
It's actually pretty bulky so I'll have to give credit to the previous owner for keeping him well fed. It should be able to make it quite some time without eating. I've been trying to feed it smelt (which is primarily what the previous owner fed it), shrimp, and now night crawlers.
