Official Internal Parasites Thread in Stingray (pics)

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Hello everyone,

I'm not sure if you guys remember my previous thread about IDing internal parasites. Anyways, I got around to getting a microscope and took a picture of the fecal matter of my male ray.

The attached picture is a fecal sample from him. It appears to me as if he is inflicted by worms. I can not locate any other parasites, but the worm is clearly visible in this slide. I will be making more slides and taking photographs of them. Hopefully, this thread will become a database for different internal parasites and will benefit to many others in the future who are inflicted with such problems.

You input is greatly appreciated!

Best,
Jeff

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keepinfish;3668395; said:
interesting and very good JOB!, but i have a question. How did you get a picture of it magnified?
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Very tediously, I didn't buy a digital microscope so I used my webcam and positioned it just right. Worked fantastically though.
 
keepinfish;3668463; said:
sorry for my ignorance, positioned it to look thru the microscope?
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Exactly. =]
Not ignorant at all, we're all here to learn and spread knowledge.

Can anyone ID this type of worm? So we can get a database of parasites started.
 
everyone says don't just treat, I.d. the parasite first, maybe someone will chime in and help with this!

sorry for the derails
 
+1 this is a great idea, hopefuly somone can give you more advice.

good work mate, I agree with the worms only diagnosis but Im by no means a pro or experienced in this part of the hobby.
 
It is confirmed that my female has worms (exact ID unknown) as well. The first picture is a fecal sample from her.

And the second is of the male again from a different sample. Noticed something odd above the obvious worm. It looks like a whole mass of another type of worm maybe?


PS - the images can be enlarged even further by clicking on it. These pictures are taken at rather high resolution.

Thanks everyone for the support!

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I feel like I know your ray far more than I should. haha. Nice photos.
 
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