She's back.. after nearly a month of parasite infection

[Redbean]

Great to heard that this beauty is healthy now. It will be a great waste if it did not make it. Thumds up for ur experience carekeeper friend

[marshy]

Originally Posted by uluaking

bro, if MP prawn not freezed before will have chances of infecting with parasite .... thus it is better to freeze before feeding ....

My MP confirms freeze before feeding leh

[gko]

she look healthy and black now..and she is really a stunner bro

[^GeNoME^]

how did u know that she is down with parasite??? did some diagnoistic test? she is really unique and 1 of the best BD ard... will make a great couple with daland's haha

[jebus]

i do not know if it is the same for rays.
but most animals have parasites within their body( passed from their parents to the offspring) just that they are mostly suppressed by the immune system.

but once the immune system of the animal is down, the parasite is able to breed very rapidly and do its damage on the animal.

That's why discus keepers deworm their discus quarterly

[marshy]

Originally Posted by ^GeNoME^

how did u know that she is down with parasite??? did some diagnoistic test? she is really unique and 1 of the best BD ard... will make a great couple with daland's haha

After examining all possibilities, this was the most likelihood. Caretaker confirmed it.

Originally Posted by jebus

i do not know if it is the same for rays.
but most animals have parasites within their body( passed from their parents to the offspring) just that they are mostly suppressed by the immune system.

but once the immune system of the animal is down, the parasite is able to breed very rapidly and do its damage on the animal.

That's why discus keepers deworm their discus quarterly

That's what the caretaker told me as well.
He suggested that esp for small rays (non-adult), its good to de-parasite the tank every 6 mths.

[AiRiFiEd]

Originally Posted by marshy

its a closely guarded method by the caretaker.
He got alot of tricks up his sleeve in ray recovery one.

I'm very fortunate he was willing to help me take care of this girl... sayang if she were to die off just like that.

opps...sorry for asking too much man defintely, very beautiful ray! and am glad it has been nursed back to health!

[sebarau]

a realy beut marshy.. and i guess you can go and buy some toto or something like that..sure strike one.... ..not everyday a sick ray will come back healthy..especially the small ones..