wow, this is a great story to read!

Hope you'll succeed and he'll eat soon. It takes a lot of dedication to do this.

I've been off and on about getting one and you are slowly tempting me to go for it. Glad things are looking up for you. I'm still torn between the smaller California rays and the blue spot


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Am I the only one
 

I am the only one that finds this post objectionable.
Taking a fish that posters admit is extremely difficult to keep alive and attempting to feed it by force feeding it through a tube.

My God what is this hobby coming too!!

I've seen them hand feed

This animal would have died already in another's care. I applaud the dedication

Not really sure what kind of answers you were looking for.:lol:

So you're objecting to the fact that I was given a fish that was imported and wouldn't eat and dedicating my time and money every night at 2am when I get home from work to try and save a fish from a certain death?

Anyways....



He seems to have become a lot more active since I began feeding him and he started to sift sand quite a bit throughout the night. Not to sure if he's eating on his own yet as he gets all mad and puffs up when I go anywhere near the tank. Ill continue feeding him until I can visually confirm that he is eating on his own.

^^^^^^Kind of has a natural feel to it.....^^^^^^^

Ill be upgrading the pump on my skimmer tonight from a 1500gph to a 3000gph in an attempt to keep him more comfortable and ill be doing a 100g water change on Saturday

Out of curiosity what size of tank are you keeping him in


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