HELP!! White long string?

[wetsocks]

Hello all, please help!!

i notice one of my motoro have white stringy tissue attach to the bottom of it's disc? the white strings are about 3-4mm long! and the ray keep moving so i can't get a good pic.

any one know what this is? and how to heal it?

many thanks every one.

 

[jwong1024]

sounds like white poo, what are you feeding? maybe internal parasite, maybe nothing.

 

[wetsocks]

lol no, not poo lol

it's attached to the underside of the disc, there are about 5 of them!

i remember seeing some red/pink spot under the disc about 2weeks ago, and now the same area have white stringy thingy hanging out?? looks very much like "blood worms" but not red but white? but i don't think it's a worm as there is no head or ends? looks like it's part of the skin?

any idea people??

 

[jwong1024]

sorry then no idea.

 

[skylineiz]

maybe slime coat ?

 

[wetsocks]

nope, not slime coat. it's part of the skin.

i'll try to get some pic tonight.

 

[ShadowStryder]

What kind of substrate are you using, could it be tearing up their underside. Or maybe
some other object in tank has some type of sharp edges that could cause it.
Or possibly some type of bacteria breaking down the underside.

Just some possible ideas to consider.

 

[Fish Room Plus]

May be a piece of skin, was the ray really stressed out recently?

 

[Wimmels]

what about anchor worms?

 

[skynoch]

See if you can grab a pic for us.