Hi everyone, please help me! My motoro female stingray stopped eating two days ago. I have put mysis shrimp and nightcrawlers right in front of her and she is just ignoring them. I did water tests and discovered my ammonia was at 4.0, so i did a 25% water change. The temperature in the tank is 84 degrees. I know that they are best kept between 76 and 86 degrees. Is it possible that the water is too warm for her? My humerosa is in the same tank and he is just fine. I have had her for over 6 months, and I don't recall her ever acting like this before. Please help! Thanks!
SOS! Please help! Stingray sick?
- Thread starter stewy781
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the problem is ammonia 4.0!! water change, water change, water change!!
50% tommorrow
ru cleaning the tank? what's your filtration like? what's the use? if you let your ammonia get that high you should just own oscars.
what's the tank size?
50% tommorrow
ru cleaning the tank? what's your filtration like? what's the use? if you let your ammonia get that high you should just own oscars.
what's the tank size?
I can't put any pics up, my camera's at my parent's house. After the water change, the ammonia is down to 2.0 or so. My nitrate test is bogus, so I can't tell you that one. PH looks low at 6.0 and nitrites are 0. I do a 25% water change and gravel suck every weekend. The stingrays are freshwater so I don't believe I should be adding salt. The tank is 75 gallons. The stingrays are I'd guess 5 - 7 inches in diameter. I am using a sponge filter and a Fluval 405.
"The stingrays are freshwater so I don't believe I should be adding salt."
hahahahaha!!!!!!!
man, they should really card people who buy stingrays nowadays, or at least give them a stingray test!!! this dude would get an F, and have to stay in summer school, he'd still probally get an F!! why come on here and ask for help, just to question the advice of professionals!! here's some advice, send her to me!!
ps- the salt you need is noniodized salt, just throw a whole shat load in there
hahahahaha!!!!!!!
man, they should really card people who buy stingrays nowadays, or at least give them a stingray test!!! this dude would get an F, and have to stay in summer school, he'd still probally get an F!! why come on here and ask for help, just to question the advice of professionals!! here's some advice, send her to me!!
ps- the salt you need is noniodized salt, just throw a whole shat load in there
25% weekly water changes are not adequate. You need to step up the frequency or amount or both.
The salt he is referring to is salf for freshwater aquariums. It can be purchased at any local fish store. It helps stress by adding necessary elextrolytes that help with gill function.
I would do a 50% water change daily until this issue clears up and add the salt at half the dose called out on the container.
Colin
The salt he is referring to is salf for freshwater aquariums. It can be purchased at any local fish store. It helps stress by adding necessary elextrolytes that help with gill function.
I would do a 50% water change daily until this issue clears up and add the salt at half the dose called out on the container.
Colin
More water changes, now! With ammonia levels at that range the ray will not last long. Salt (as mentioned previously), tons of (dechlorinated temperature matched) water changes, more water changes, and if you can get more filtration/bacteria from seeded filters, then that may help as well.
Good luck
Good luck
50% water change then add some bacteria I use bio-spira. Make sure to shut off uv sterilizer if u have one. Give it 24 hrs. It should help ammonia go down. Its worked for me in the past.
hollywood69;963184; said:
hollywood69;963293; said:
what is your problem, if you cant offer any advise stay out of these threads.
seeing as your such a stingray god you should try helping people instead of posting this rubbish.
or is it you have no clue what your talking about either.
dixon