I have two rays, one motoro and an unknown type. Today the unkown stopped eating and is acting strange I noticed that there are tiny things swimming in the water they are small white and kind of jerk as they swim. Should I be worried about these? Are they parasites anything would help at this point.
Stingray help
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Those white things are called planeria. They are usually caused by some left over food rotting. Have you checked your params?
Water changes, vacuum gravel sand (if you have it), and most of all slow down on feeding and make sure you don't leave excess food sit in tank. You don't have to treat to remove Planaria.
i agree, it is from lack of water changes and left over food. They should not hurt your rays but mean that your water is probably fouled.
arpu100;2465083; said:
Did you actually test the water? What were the readings? Usually planeria dont just happen when your tank is kept in pristine conditions.
yup your water Q was not pristine.... increase your water changes and be heavy on your substrate cleanings.... they can form in your sump is not kept clean either... lots of heavy tank cleaning will remove them...