View Full Version : R.I.P retic ray
albyoscar
03-08-2008, 4:11 PM
Today is a sad day for me as my year old retic died. Woke up this morning to find him losing his slimecoat and deathcurling .Yesterday he was great ate an earthworm and some bloodworms , today dead . My tank wont be the same without him :cry: he was my favorite fish and part of the family
Rhodes09
03-08-2008, 4:12 PM
:(, sorry to hear the news
NikkiC
03-08-2008, 4:39 PM
Sorry to hear of your loss
was there a change it water params??? seems odd... sorry for your loss
stingray man
03-08-2008, 4:50 PM
Sorry for your loss they are a hard ray to keep but u obziously did a good job sence u had it for 1 year
albyoscar
03-08-2008, 5:03 PM
was there a change it water params??? seems odd... sorry for your loss
Only change was that i got him eating earthworms a week ago . He was in a 180 gal tank with 2 ac110s and 2 rena xp3s and a sponge filter rated for 85 gal . I hear that they are prone to sds sudden death syndrome . While all my focus was on the motoro .well this sucks thanks for the kind words though
JD7.62
03-08-2008, 5:04 PM
My guess is the motoro stressed the ray out pretty good.
AROWANABE
03-08-2008, 5:14 PM
Sorry for you lost. GL
IKeepPacu
03-08-2008, 5:50 PM
on the bright side.....you most likely gave the retic a much better, and longer life than alot of other people could have. least your guy wasent crammed into a small tank and was taken care of properly im assuming. unlike the fate too many other rays meet.
now get out there and save another one from an unhealthy life in a poor tank :)
My guess is the motoro stressed the ray out pretty good.
very possible motoro is more aggressive than retic...
Mr Pleco
03-08-2008, 6:26 PM
man that bites big time, he looked in bad shape today when i was there. But you lose one and gain one. And something bigger and better will come along always
albyoscar
03-08-2008, 7:14 PM
The motoro was moved to a diff tank , he only spent 2 days with him lol . I know mr pleco r u still bringing him over 2morrow
turkeyboy85
03-08-2008, 7:24 PM
sorry for ur loss
skynoch
03-08-2008, 11:38 PM
Sorry to hear the bad news
zerelli
03-08-2008, 11:41 PM
Where did you get the earthworms? I wonder if they might have caused a problem?
albyoscar
03-09-2008, 12:14 AM
Where did you get the earthworms? I wonder if they might have caused a problem?
I buy the fishing worms from walmart and I was kinda wondering that myself but you never see a post on how to "detect" a sick worm. Alot of my fish eat them and seems to not affected the others but then again one could have been sick and another not who knows.
Bogwoodbruce
03-09-2008, 4:43 AM
Umm sahme i do think that the motoro was a factor.
albyoscar
03-09-2008, 10:49 AM
Umm sahme i do think that the motoro was a factor.
The motoro was moved to a diff tank , he only spent 2 days with him
I buy the fishing worms from walmart and I was kinda wondering that myself but you never see a post on how to "detect" a sick worm. Alot of my fish eat them and seems to not affected the others but then again one could have been sick and another not who knows.
i used to feed them my only concern was parasites though... either way i would rince all earthworms in cold tap water really well before feeding them...
Tucc185
03-09-2008, 10:11 PM
That sucks, I just lost a retic I had for over 8 months last week to a nasty systemic infection. Sorry for your loss.
artemis1
03-10-2008, 3:32 PM
Sorry for you loss. :irked:
Man that sucks. Good luck with you motoro. :)
albyoscar
03-10-2008, 8:42 PM
Thanks for all the kind words .:)
StingrayFanatic
03-13-2008, 12:14 AM
sorry for your loss.