Reticulated Ray Help Plz

[CTPS]

Hey guys we got in a Reticulated ray last Tuesday. He had what appeared to be a bit of damage to his tail, not his barb though. Today when i came into work he has lost the last bit of his tail. I was thinking to just do a small water change and add some melafix. What do you guys think?

 

[Davo86]

Hi, What are the current water stats like? tbh with Rays in the tank the stats should already be spot on, but again doing extra water changes certainly won't hurt,
Is the ray active and feeding well?

Not too sure about adding melafix with rays

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

 

[simonas]

don;t they shed the stinger?

 

[CTPS]

Hey guys just came in today, i dont work the weekends. After testing his tank, its a 55 gallon, i got came away with the following results. PH was very low around 6.0, the ammonia was up around 1.0 PPM and i had no trace of nitrite or nitrate. I had tested the water a week ago and came out with no tracable amount of ammonia, nitrite or nitrate. The tank has a fluval 404 and a whisper 100 air pump. I had cleaned the filter last week and gave the tank about a 10% water change. He currently inhabits the tank with about a dozen and a half bloodfin tetras and another dozen or so assorted tetra, bleeding heart and lemon i believe are the only others.

What would cause that drop in PH and the rise in ammonia? The ray was eating last week but is not today when i offered food. The ray is about 4" not including tail.

 

[WILDER]

I think I would copy and paste this thread to the right part of the forum. Get more help over there.

The tanks way to small I think.

 

[simonas]

the tank is way too small and if you are feeding it as often as you should be then its highly likely that your stats would do that and the ray would suffer as a consequence, are you doing regular water changes