[Adz1]

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?

 

[kookus]

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

 

[O.C.D Fishies]

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

 

[VinnyD]

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

 

[snow]

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.

 

[pisces]

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!

 

[hondas3000]

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.

 

[kookus]

me too i always use prime.

Best wishes to your little guy....

 

[Adz1]

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.

 

[gimlid]

Hang in there Adrian, keep your hopes up.

 

[Adz1]

as of 8:30pm the ray has passed away.
thanks everyone for the kind words and support.

 

[InfraredDream]

I am sorry for your loss. I was hoping that it will make it after all.
Sorry

 

[pisces]

sorry to hear that!!!

 

[onefishtwofish]

sorry to hear you lost him.

 

[O.C.D Fishies]

Oh that is horrible, I'm sorry to hear that, you did what you thought to.

 

[Smiladon]

I am very sorry to hear about your loss Adrian.

I saw your post earlier, but I couldn't help you in any way. I wish I had some sort of background on rays...then maybe I could have helped you out a little. I really feel useless in situations like these...

 

[hondas3000]

Take it as an experience Adrian. Ray are pretty hard to cure once it is sick and I do lost my motoro when I first into ray as well. If you do ever want to keep ray again, please double dose on prime so you don't see that slime coat on ray again.

 

[gimlid]

condolences brother.

 

[Death's Sting]

Sorry for your loss, it sounds like there was an internal problem; which stressed it out to the point where the slime coat began to peel. In that particular situation I always add 1lb of dissolved salt per 100 gallons of water. This has worked for me several times in the past.

Good luck with your next ray!

 

[CRS Fan]

OMG I am sorry to hear that your ray passed, Adrian. Unfortunately I don't have tankspace for a ray (maybe 1 day). My largest tank is currently a 29 gallon.

My condolences,

Stuart