Ray Keeper

[cane76]

in the ray book im reading(freshwater stingrays by aquaguide)it says to offer cucumber and lettuce to rays occasionally.do you all do this?how long can i leave some cucumber in the tank?also what % of water do you replace in a water change?is doing this once a week enough?my ray is a messy little thing it gets quite bad in a week

 

[T1KARMANN]

in the ray book im reading(freshwater stingrays by aquaguide)it says to offer cucumber and lettuce to rays occasionally.do you do all do this?how long can i leave some cucumber in the tank?also what % of water do you replace in a water change?is doing this once a week enough?my ray is a messy little thing it gets quite bad in a week

i dont offer my rays any veg

i do 25% twice per week

if feed the cleaner foods like prawn the days i dont do water changes the the days im due to do water changes i feed the mre messy food like mussel and cockle and then do the water change 2-3hrs after feeding

 

[cane76]

i cleaned my jewel internal filter yesterday and today i have a nitrie reading of 0.1. when i removed it it leaked loadsa crap into the tank ive done a 20% water change and it still reads the same.should i do another?

 

[T1KARMANN]

as its warmer at the moment do 1 x 25% change per day that will sort things out

the problem you had with the inturnal filter is the reason i use the polyfilter floss as it doesnt release anything back into the tank when you change it

it also removes heavy organics just buy one sheet of the standared size polyfilter and you will be amazed how good it is

 

[cane76]

i added a external filter about 2 weeks ago so i could replace the jewel sh** with another external.thing is i dont know how long to wait for the new filter to be ready before cutting the old one out.how long does a new filter take to mature when connected to a established tank?someone said 2 weeks but im not taking any chances

 

[T1KARMANN]

2-4 weeks should be fine add some nutrafin cycle to move things along a bit faster

 

[cane76]

ok i will wait 2 more weeks nitrite levels are back to 0 too
edit:i didnt think them cycle products done much good