is my ray dying?

Woke up this morning and found the male pup dead

They were all doing fine yesterday. eating, doing chin ups, swimming around.

Saw some whitish stuff on the female eyes, sides of her disc. what is that? how do i help her?

Please help! thanks.

[trdsim]

Any picture to show, how is the water parameter? ammonia, nitrate and PH level? Suggest you change 20% water and apply melafix at a correct dose. Hope your ray will be fine.

[Liang_Zai]

As wad Bro Trdsim said......Change some water first n monitor mean while check ur water parameters....Gd luck hope ur ray will be fine

i dont have my test kit with me.

i didnt do anything to the water at all. did water change 3 days ago, and they were all doing fine. well at least it seems to me. eating well, chin ups, swim around. the female was even playing with the male

Originally Posted by trdsim

Any picture to show, how is the water parameter? ammonia, nitrate and PH level? Suggest you change 20% water and apply melafix at a correct dose. Hope your ray will be fine.

should i remove the tank mates (angel fish) as well?

[trdsim]

It's good to have a set of test kit to test the water parameter if you are keeping ray as they are very sensitive fish. Most likely to be water parameter problem or bacteria infections. Do you add any salt or medication recently? How is your bioload of your tank?

[Liang_Zai]

It looks like the ray is losing alot of slime coat n the edge of the disc abit rotting away.......Anybody can confirm tat???Ranchu is the ray losing slime coat??

[trdsim]

Originally Posted by [Ranchu]

should i remove the tank mates (angel fish) as well?

Did your angel fish disturb the ray? Picture looks like PH burnt or fungus infection to me. Change water and apply melafix.

Originally Posted by trdsim

It's good to have a set of test kit to test the water parameter if you are keeping ray as they are very sensitive fish. Most likely to be water parameter problem or bacteria infections. Do you add any salt or medication recently? How is your bioload of your tank?

no i didnt add any salt nor medication. just wc 3 days ago, using prime conditioner.

tank housing 2 ray pups, and 4 angel fishs. running on ohf and canister. wool, black matt, bio ball, active carbon and glass rings

Originally Posted by trdsim

Did your angel fish disturb the ray? Picture looks like PH burnt or fungus infection to me. Change water and apply melafix.

usually no, but i saw it poke the ray earlier. i have taken the angle fish out