Hey guys
Having some issues with a 12" female motoro, about a week ago she stopped eating and since then has only eaten maybe 3-4 small pieces of fish/shrimp. About four days ago she was swimming up and down the glass in a stressed out manner and from about three days ago till now she has become completely lethargic and pale, literally sitting in the same spot for 12hrs at a time. Her gill slits on one side seem to be slightly red/inflamed and she appears to be only breathing through the other normal looking side.
The only changes that have taken place in the last week have been the addition of salt (6 days ago) at 1g/L and feeding some frozen sardine fillets (food grade). I thought the salt may have irritated her so did a 50% water change the day after noticing her swimming up an down the glass in a stressed out manner.
At the moment she has been separated from the others but is still in the same tank, there has been no sign of improvement. The tank is 180G (was going to order two 350G ponds this week but now...) with two other smaller motoro's. It receives a 50% water change every 3-4 days with the water temperature matched and prime added to the tank. All other rays look fine, are eating and active as usual.
I'm at a complete loss as to what could be wrong, the only ideas I've had are either stress from the male who was hassling her and tried to breed a few times, or copper from using the hot water system to temperature match the water.
Water parameters 3 days ago, all tested with roughly 6 month old API test kits
pH: 6.8
NH4: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 40-60
Yesterday
pH: 7.2
NH4: 0 (although there may be a very slight amount since the colour for 0 doesn't seem as bright as usual)
NO2: 0
NO3: 10-20
Towards the bottom of the photo you can see some red on the gill slits, I would guess this is from ammonia but I tested 0 for it when I first noticed it.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Brett
Having some issues with a 12" female motoro, about a week ago she stopped eating and since then has only eaten maybe 3-4 small pieces of fish/shrimp. About four days ago she was swimming up and down the glass in a stressed out manner and from about three days ago till now she has become completely lethargic and pale, literally sitting in the same spot for 12hrs at a time. Her gill slits on one side seem to be slightly red/inflamed and she appears to be only breathing through the other normal looking side.
The only changes that have taken place in the last week have been the addition of salt (6 days ago) at 1g/L and feeding some frozen sardine fillets (food grade). I thought the salt may have irritated her so did a 50% water change the day after noticing her swimming up an down the glass in a stressed out manner.
At the moment she has been separated from the others but is still in the same tank, there has been no sign of improvement. The tank is 180G (was going to order two 350G ponds this week but now...) with two other smaller motoro's. It receives a 50% water change every 3-4 days with the water temperature matched and prime added to the tank. All other rays look fine, are eating and active as usual.
I'm at a complete loss as to what could be wrong, the only ideas I've had are either stress from the male who was hassling her and tried to breed a few times, or copper from using the hot water system to temperature match the water.
Water parameters 3 days ago, all tested with roughly 6 month old API test kits
pH: 6.8
NH4: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 40-60
Yesterday
pH: 7.2
NH4: 0 (although there may be a very slight amount since the colour for 0 doesn't seem as bright as usual)
NO2: 0
NO3: 10-20
Towards the bottom of the photo you can see some red on the gill slits, I would guess this is from ammonia but I tested 0 for it when I first noticed it.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Brett
