what a horrible night.

[kasaki89]

blah, Prolly the worst nights of my life..
everything was fine. I was feeding my perfectly healthy coral catshark
I'm shocked to what had happen. and I'm a little scared cause this might be a new problem for shark keepers.
I held the food up half way for him to come reach it , his skin color was perfect , eating perfect , no redness , no rashes
when swimming half way up before reaching the food , boom..to me what it seems, His heart stopped..his jaw flew open, his eyes closed shut and he flipped on his back.. I'm dumb founded by what had happen.. he was only 7 months old.. I honestly don't get it.
is this a new disease shark and ray keepers should be worried about?
he was beyond supplemented with everything..

 

[Barracuda37]

Man thats sucks im sorry bro!

 

[Greg31]

I'm sure someone may chime in but I doubt this is the new fish epidemic haha.
Sorry about your shark.

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[capo larzo]

Its possible there is stray current running through your tank. You may have created a circuit or amplified the stray current by putting your hand in the water. That seems more likely to me, but it could have also just been a coincidence. Something internal may have been going on and its time was up just as you went to feed.
sorry for your loss.

 

[Zoodiver]

Too many variables. Without doing a necropsy on the shark, it's just guessing in the dark.

 

[kasaki89]

thats the thing my hand wasn't in the tank , i have a plastic feeding stick, i was actually really scary to see him just swim up and die instantly ...

 

[stopsharkfinning]

it is always hard when you loose a shark they do become your pets, as to why he died dont know

 

[alprazo]

I had the same thing happen to my coral cat. Didn't witness it, but happy one minute - an hour later dead. In the end I believe that he had a liver cysts or necrosis of the liver. It really could be anything

 

[kasaki89]

so how would we stop them from getting a liver cyst

 

[Zoodiver]

There are a few ways to 'clean up' new sharks when you first get them.

I actually do a few things after I get them in and eating. Prazi treatment and Panacur (orally) are my standards, with a few other tools in the bag if they have something specific you are targeting (low salinity, kanamycin, formalin etc...). The quarantine section of the Elasmo Husbandry Guide has some great info about what kills what if you care to do some not-so-light reading.