Lost a ray today

[Dixon81]

My wife called me from work earlier, " One of the Rays is upside down". I left work and ran home. Sure enough one was upside down and gone. Water parameters seem fine, Other Ray seems fine, witnessed both Rays eating yesterday afternoon. I'm at a loss for words

 

[Dixon81]

If you look closely to this picture and the first one there appears to be something coming out from an orifice..

 

[Bigfishnut]

That's a tragedy. Sorry for your loss. Hope you are able to find some possible answers.

 

[Dixon81]

Got home and I was able to do a full test. I have never seen my nitrates this high. I have a constant drip, plants in the tank and a pretty understocked tank. Admitadly I haven't checked nitrates in quite some time but this is way high. I have had zero algae growth in this tank. I bet I wipe the glass down every 6 weeks and only then it's a slight film anyone have any insight? Second Ray seems labored. Staying under the sand. Large water change when the wife gets home

 

[Woefulrelic]

Dieselhybrid

Ray looks very skinny, the thing hanging out makes me wonder IP? I'm not good at this kind of stuff.

 

[Dixon81]

The rays eat raw shrimp daily skipping a day here and there. I watched them eat lastnight. Would captive bred pups still be able to get internal parasites?

 

[Woefulrelic]

Might be an after death symptom I'm just not aware of, just making some observations. I believe IP can be ingested and contracted from the waste of other rays, if it shared a tank with a wild ray it might make it more prone to them.

 

[Dixon81]

Do you think this one looks skinny?

 

[Bigfishnut]

Definitely skinny. I'd hit with prazi and up your feeding amounts. Rays backs should be as high as their head. Higher is better.

 

[Dixon81]

Ok. I've never used it before. Can rays still get IP if they were captive bred? No fish have been introduced into the tank since the rays back in February.