i TESTED THE NITRITE AGAIN AND ITS 0 PPM i MADE A MISTAKE EARLIER :? i DONT THINK MY BIOLOGICAL FILTER IS WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I CLEAN THE MEDIA WHAT PART SHOULD I AVOID?
I TRY MY BEST TO GET RID OF THEM. CAN A 6" RAY REALLY EAT A LARGE EARTHWORM? I'VE TRIED IT ONCE AND THEY DIDN'T TOUCH IT. THNX ...

can these worms harm the rays?
should i add a filter that draws water from the middle of the tank?
more info would help

Now Im getting a little worried, the worms are now every where there is small stringlike ones in the water and kinda planaria shaped ones on the back glass. the water is good qualty and ive done many water changes. what elese can i do? any worm killing chemicles or anything? are the worms a ...

I have a amiracle wet-dry addiquit for a 180 gallon with a 800 gph pump in it.

I did a 33% water change and removed all excess waste.

would a powerhead help?

I forget to mention that I feed them 4-6 large earthworms daily. I clean the worms and cut them into 1 inche pieces.
they finish all of them 95% of the time.I always remove way they dont eat.

the rays are about 6" in diameter and they are in a 180 gallon aquarium by themselves.
80 degree
0 ppm ammonia
0-1 ppm nitrite
I'm out of chemicals to test others

I'v had them for about a month and I see no reason that the water is of poor quality.

the worms seem thinner and different shape the ...

I'm pretty sure that it isn't planaria they look almost nothing alike.

since rays require excellent water quality I do a 30% water change every weekend and 15-20% midweek. the amonia is 0 ppm nitrate is probally very low and ph 7.0 at 80 degrees. the water is alway clean and crystal clear I'm ...

today I noticed hundreds of white 2 mm worms wiggling around in my tank. what are these they look like tink strings. I have two motoro rays in the tank and i dont want the worm to harm them. my only thought is that the worms could be the offspring of the live earthworms i feed them? any ideas???

the Tank was setup about 2 weeks ahead of time and the filter was set up with another tank early and was transferes with it biological matter. I'm still thinking ammonia burn during shipping.

ammona 0 nitrate 0 nitrite ???

I did another partial water change to day and use the right amount od stress coat for my tank. I'm hoping that with water changes and stresscoat they will be ok. I'm thinking that they got ammonia burn during shipping and now that there is white sand in the tank it sticks to them in certain areas ...

I emailed the breeder and the reply said that rays slimcoat peels if the water is too acid, I'm not sure what they mean because the ammonia is 0 ppm and the ph is 7.0. the lower the PH the more acidic, right? will they came in water of a ph of 6.2 therefore if my water was to acid theres was much ...

The Water is too acid in my aquarium with my two motoro rays and if I dont lower it they may die, Whats the best way to lower it? I was told to do 25% water changes every day for a week. Will this help? I was thinking, Why would fill the tank over and over with the same water effect it? I know that ...

Thanks for the help, I ended up buying 2 Motoro rays around 7" diameter. The are very healthy, I just have sand in the tank are the any catfish that would work with them?

I have considered that I'm not prepared for a RTC, and I'm thinking of getting a Freshwater Stingray, thanx

Hi, I'm new to the forum and would like to ask some questions about red-tails. I'm interested in purchasing a 14 inch Amazon Red-Tail from my local fish store. I have a 180 gallon available for the fish/ with a wet-dry filter with the heaters in it because I heard that the fish is better off with ...