Ideal pH for ray keeping

May I know what is the ideal conditions for ray keeping? I'm abt to get my first motoro. very excited! i also have a heater in my aro tank. is it necessary to remove it? i plan to comm the ray with the aro.

pls advice. thank you.

[satan_gal]

frm wad i observed...

6.5 - 7 is a gd ph range.

I know how u felt... it was the same way when i got my 1st motoro too.

CONGRATS!

new import 6.5 - 7.0

after a few weeks/months in captifity 6,0 - 8,5

Wow as high as 8.5....

[conchabullosa]

Originally Posted by vinothan

May I know what is the ideal conditions for ray keeping? I'm abt to get my first motoro. very excited! i also have a heater in my aro tank. is it necessary to remove it? i plan to comm the ray with the aro.

pls advice. thank you.

U may need to get a heater guard to prevent burns to the disc of the ray.
Generally motoros can tolerate a decent range of pH BUT must be stable pH without fluctuation. Also ammonia and nitirites must be 0! Beware ammonia spike if your setup already has high bioload.

[Squid]

thanks so they can tolerate 8.5 ph?
wow also planning on getting a motoro

my bioload is low, only one aro in the tank. but my pH at the moment abt 8.5 coz of high tap water. i requested the seller to keep the ray for me until i lower the pH.

Originally Posted by satan_gal

frm wad i observed...

6.5 - 7 is a gd ph range.

I know how u felt... it was the same way when i got my 1st motoro too.

CONGRATS!

hello.. check with you. how often do you do wc for your ray? is it a must to use age water? is tap water + anti chlorine ok?

[ray2828]

Originally Posted by potamotrygon

new import 6.5 - 7.0

after a few weeks/months in captifity 6,0 - 8,5

8.5 its a wee bit too high, esp if you have an ammonia spike

[satan_gal]

my tank is small, bioload on the high side.

Therefore... WC ard twice a week.

I dun use aged water. Tap water + Nutrafin + salt (mind you, rays can kena salt burn easily, as well as clorine burn, so.. be careful, yeah?)
Tank has wood and plants, and coral chips in the filter.

Originally Posted by [Ranchu]

hello.. check with you. how often do you do wc for your ray? is it a must to use age water? is tap water + anti chlorine ok?

on a personal note

No right or wrong in keeping fishes.

as long as the fish is alive and eating, and moving ard, and looking fat, my guess is wad has been done so far is ok

forgot to add.
How different people keep their fishes to different results with different resources differ too.
Some people have all the time in the world to do 5%-10% WC everyday, some dun change for ages, and of coz.. results is different, la...