Schroederi Tail.

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Jaramillo12

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Jul 4, 2013
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Colombia.
Hello ,
I bought this stingray 4 days ago. Since then the tail is bent . Can someone give me some advice on how can i proceed to correct it. Will it stay like that?

Some info: Is very active , eating 4 times a day . Lives with 2 black arowanas , 2 chicla temesis , oscar and a motoro.

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Maybe a broken tail due to it being so deathly thin. You can really see the pelvic bones protruding like needles on the second picture. I hope you're able to get it fattened up.
What's it feeding on? Have you or the seller treated for parasites?

Good luck it's a lovely looking ray
 
Perhaps it is muscle atrophy from not eating for so long. Good luck, hope you can bring it around as it's a nice looking ray.
 
All wild caught rays should be treated for internal parasites before sale, few sellers actually do this, some sadly don't have the necessary experience to realize its a problem.
This ray needs a course of Prazi, if its feeding on all the foods you say that is a massive step in the right direction, especially with newly imported Flower rays which are notoriously fussy feeders.
This ray was obviously in a poor state when you bought it, they do not deteriorate so much in such a short space of time, the move from your dealer has simply proved too much, you have done nothing wrong.
Keep the water pristine by doing plenty of partial water changes, get the ray to eat as much as possible, 3 small to medium feeds per day will be better than over loading its stomach, too much too soon could have a detrimental effect, tweak the temp up to 28 deg C, P. schroederi do well at the slightly higher temp. I have seen these symptoms several times (this is the worst case) in all cases the ray was in a weakened state and the tail twisted as with your Stingray, be patient, recovery is slow it can take a couple of months for the tail to right its self, it won't happen over night.

Good luck and keep us all posted with any changes.
 
Wow..u sayin' that this ray eat a lot? Look at it, how skinny is! U should worry about his or her health more that tail..use prazi ASAP..I think that this ray is full of parasites..
 
I wouldn't have touched this ray with a 10 foot pole unless it was free. Goodluck
 
I'd say it can pull threw who knows what it has gone threw before you got this ray. The fact that it is eating is a huge plus. Treating for parasites I agree may help however when I have treated with prazi my rays would stop eating for a few days to a week after treatment and this would concern me at its current state.Flowers are my favorite ray but I have not been successful long term for reasons I don't know. Good luck!
 
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