Terrible week in our Characin community. RIP Rhaph.

[DB junkie]

Just pulled my Rhaph out of the pond. Can't even trace back when I got him. Pretty sure it would have been Jan 05. Lil shy of 14 inches. I knew his time was up when he let me pet him last night.

Feel friggin sick.

 

[krichardson]

Too many loses going on.

 

[robmcd]

What was Rhaph???

 

[mynheers_a_pint]

dude that sucks. I lost my Rhaph to my Tat a couple of months ago which sucked so i can only imagine how bad it is to loose a much larger, more established fish.

The video of your fella doing the feeding flips is what tempted me to get mine.

 

[robmcd]

What was Rhaph???

Never mind... I thought it was a fish named Rhaph..... Got it...

 

[vamptrev]

dang this stinks!

my bass is gonna die also

payara are great fish but can be very fragile if something goes wrong.

RIP

 

[killarbb]

wow, i am really sorry to here about the loss al. that fish was the bomb

 

[Cakilla]

so sorry to hear about your loss

 

[DB junkie]

This fish was with me longer than any fish I've ever owned. I had him before I even knew there was such a thing as freshwater rays. Don't even know why he passed. Coulda been his last brush with the egg grate, maybe close to 5 years in poor water, don't really know. All I know is the purchase of this fish was half the reason I even found predatory fish websites like this. Persuing care info landed me here.

 

[ceejaye23]

This fish was with me longer than any fish I've ever owned. I had him before I even knew there was such a thing as freshwater rays. Don't even know why he passed. Coulda been his last brush with the egg grate, maybe close to 5 years in poor water, don't really know. All I know is the purchase of this fish was half the reason I even found predatory fish websites like this. Persuing care info landed me here.

im so sorry bro.
most of us have gone thru and will go thru this. its part of the hobby.
i feel for you man.