tonight i lost my first ray.
i purchased one on the 12th of july, that passed away on the 25th (earlier today).
i noticed that she had what appeared to be ammonia burn on her underside when i got her home, so i only dripped her for about 20-30 min.
she seemed to do well, started eating up small cuts of earth worm and black worms. she stopped eating 2 days later and went on a food strike, wasn't 100% sure what it was, but i was guessing an internal parasite, so i quarantined her back into a med tank, without meds, just to see if she'd eat what i put in there. she chewed down some ghost shrimp and black worms, but not the earth worm pieces.
as days progressed she stopped eating black worms as well.
i kept up on clean water for her, changing daily.
yesterday, i gave her a quick metro bath and it seemed to really make her immediately more aware and she was swimming and her skin/slimecoat really started to glow well, instead of the faded color she was looking after 20 min.
this morning, i came down to see the death curl, still tried my best. gave her another metro bath but i think it was just too late. her stomach looks awful at the point of death. the other rays are still perfectly fine, same old selves.
i feel terrible for the little one, i'm guessing she was about 3 months old
3 inch disc orb ray.
let me know what you guys think.
her stomach had a smaller version of that when i bought her. now, i've done tests on all the tanks she was in, and none of them show any ammonia or nitrite, nitrate under 20. for the med tank, i transferred off filters from my main tank as i have extra running at all times for just this reason.
is it an infection? ammonia burn? internal parasites? your guess is as good as mine.
unfortunately although the fish store was made aware of it within the guarantee period, when i came back to buy the meds from them, i doubt they will help me in any way over this.
i purchased one on the 12th of july, that passed away on the 25th (earlier today).
i noticed that she had what appeared to be ammonia burn on her underside when i got her home, so i only dripped her for about 20-30 min.
she seemed to do well, started eating up small cuts of earth worm and black worms. she stopped eating 2 days later and went on a food strike, wasn't 100% sure what it was, but i was guessing an internal parasite, so i quarantined her back into a med tank, without meds, just to see if she'd eat what i put in there. she chewed down some ghost shrimp and black worms, but not the earth worm pieces.
as days progressed she stopped eating black worms as well.
i kept up on clean water for her, changing daily.
yesterday, i gave her a quick metro bath and it seemed to really make her immediately more aware and she was swimming and her skin/slimecoat really started to glow well, instead of the faded color she was looking after 20 min.
this morning, i came down to see the death curl, still tried my best. gave her another metro bath but i think it was just too late. her stomach looks awful at the point of death. the other rays are still perfectly fine, same old selves.
i feel terrible for the little one, i'm guessing she was about 3 months old
3 inch disc orb ray.let me know what you guys think.
her stomach had a smaller version of that when i bought her. now, i've done tests on all the tanks she was in, and none of them show any ammonia or nitrite, nitrate under 20. for the med tank, i transferred off filters from my main tank as i have extra running at all times for just this reason.
is it an infection? ammonia burn? internal parasites? your guess is as good as mine.
unfortunately although the fish store was made aware of it within the guarantee period, when i came back to buy the meds from them, i doubt they will help me in any way over this.
