Need Help: Thousand Island Stingray Not Active and Not Eating
- Thread starter Avisek Dasgupta
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Advice can be taken if its given with some sensitivity. Not by saying that if you don't do what I am saying your pet won't survive the next two days.
I’m am being as sensitive as possible. Bracing you for the cold, harsh, near coming truth.
Let's just say we agree to disagree and leave it at that.
I think it is unfortunate that you came here asking for help and then seemingly disappeared. From what I can observe with the very limited information you have provided :
Your tank dimensions are too small for those fish
The bio load exceeds your current maintenance schedule
You have two large fish in a 100 gallon tank where the water is already 25% below full and then don’t change the water for several weeks.
I would suggest doing 50% water changes daily until nitrate levels come down. I am guessing they are high.
Best of luck to you. Those fish look to be nice specimens. I hope they survive.
Your tank dimensions are too small for those fish
The bio load exceeds your current maintenance schedule
You have two large fish in a 100 gallon tank where the water is already 25% below full and then don’t change the water for several weeks.
I would suggest doing 50% water changes daily until nitrate levels come down. I am guessing they are high.
Best of luck to you. Those fish look to be nice specimens. I hope they survive.
I agree with your filtration is inadequete. On an 6x2x2 tank i have with two small raypups and an pregnant female i have a sump running 3000L/h through 25-30L of k1 then i have one eheim 2262 filled to the brim with 20L of bioballs. On another 6x2x2 tank with one 40cm ray male in thats on time out from the females i have a showerfilter with aprox 70L of biomedia running 6000L/h hour through it and one eheim 2280 filled with biomedia and chaning water twice a week in those tanks by 80%.
When not changing water for some time your ph will drop due to the water getting bad. And when you change water your ph will quickly rise and that can kill an fish. Esp an ray. Trust me ive done that mistake once some years ago. If i where you i would upgrade both the tank and the filtration asap.
Oh and by the way farms and some stores will tell you things are enough to sell more fish. An fx6 to a large ray and an arowana is way wrong. I use one fx6 on a tank half the size as yours with 11 geophagus im growing out and they are prob around 15cm right now.
When not changing water for some time your ph will drop due to the water getting bad. And when you change water your ph will quickly rise and that can kill an fish. Esp an ray. Trust me ive done that mistake once some years ago. If i where you i would upgrade both the tank and the filtration asap.
Oh and by the way farms and some stores will tell you things are enough to sell more fish. An fx6 to a large ray and an arowana is way wrong. I use one fx6 on a tank half the size as yours with 11 geophagus im growing out and they are prob around 15cm right now.
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