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Help my Ray!!!!

This is a discussion on Help my Ray!!!! within the Hospital Section forums, part of the Aquarium Related Chat category; today i did a water change and added prime as i always do. noticed my ray had what looked to ...

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    Unhappy Help my Ray!!!!

    today i did a water change and added prime as i always do.
    noticed my ray had what looked to be peeling on the disk by the tail just a little.
    i thought not much of it.
    went about my afternoon and got ssome food and when i got home my ray was on his back.
    flipped him over and found him on his back a few more times through the day and i keep flipping him back over.

    his disk does not look to be curling he is not eating his tail is standing in the air and not resting on the sand.

    i changed another 50% of his water.

    he is still alive at this point does any one have any ideas on what i can do to help my Ray?

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    its usually chemical or nitrate burn.... its probably done, sorry to say. If anything I would say stop fussing with the water parameters as that is probably stressing it out more. Add some salt and pray... I'm sorry dont know the dosage though. I use a cup of salt when I do water change for my 180. Then only replace what I remove after.

    Good luck

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    Maybe try to pm Charles and see if he can help you. Sorry I am unsure of what to do.

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    yah ..i second on pm'ing charles...

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    Don't use prime when doing water changes with stingrays. There is a chemical in there that is hard on the ray. Use something like aqua plus.
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    dont change water too much! keep it until 1 day, he should be fine! ray is very allergy for new water! but heard u said ur ray,,,,,,may!! sorry!!
    hope ur ray okie!!good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by snow View Post
    Don't use prime when doing water changes with stingrays. There is a chemical in there that is hard on the ray. Use something like aqua plus.
    I been using prime for 2 years with my rays now. Adrian sometime there is a sudden death that we can't explain. Big water change do get your ray shock so I hope your ray can pull through. btw I always over dose prime.
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    me too i always use prime.

    Best wishes to your little guy....

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    thanks every one.
    dosn't look good this afternoon the ray is showing signs of disk curl.
    has stayed upright so far today though .
    looks also like the ray is looseing its slime coat.

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    Hang in there Adrian, keep your hopes up.

 

 
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