Surfing Marble Motoro???

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ben_mbu

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So for the past couple of days my marble motoro has been surfing like crazy.
I use a Rena XP3 for one of my filters, and I think he enjoys the spraybar alot.
Do you think I should take off the spray bar?? Or is this something I should be concerned about???
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRtXWM3UDm8[/YT]
 
Not an expert here but it looks like he's enjoying it... But then again it depends on how long has your ray been doing that? Im pretty sure the expert members on here can help ya....goodluck!
 
just checked the param's

ammonia -0
ph-6.8
nitrates/nitrites 0
temp is always @ 27

also i am doing 25% water changes every 3 days . I watch this ray like a hawk...i swear it looks like hes just having fun. but keeping rays you never know!!
 
Some times rays will do that if ammonia is present but they will also do it for fun. I would test all your parameters just to make sure but I wouldn't change the filter

Edit: you posted while I was posting this :p

I would be worried about the nitrates they should never be 0

If you are using the API test make sure you are shaking it enough
 
Just checked out your vid and it's alittle hard to tell where it's sitting in regards to how close to the surface or where in the filters output it is. If the eyes are just sitting out of the water or close to the surface in a bit of a reverse curl look and the ray is more off to the side of the output I would say ammonia but if it is an inch or so below the water and the ray is in the middle or going side to side I would say it's just having fun. Don't change your filter. I would also be worried about your first zero reading on the nitrate but you also then how a little bit next time. How old is the tank setup an the filter setup with fish/rays in the tank
 
Your bacteria should be well established and it appears like you do regular maintenance so I would say it's just playful nature and enjoy the show.
The only other thing if your worried that it might not be playing is to check if your filters are dirty or you don't have enough biomedia which could cause ammonia spikes which may not be present all the time so you might miss it when checking your water parameters.
 
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