2 Dead Rays

[jeb102385]

so i thought i would try something different and bought two freshwater sting rays i got them from fish gallery i set the tank up exactly like they said the rays were swimming around perfectly i came back an hour and a half later and both the rays were dead chemical levels were fine any body have any ideas?

[mark razmandi]

hmmm what was the filtration on the tank? stingrays require HUGE amounts of filtration, how big were the rays? what was the footprint of the tank they were in...were they well fed or could you see indentions on the top of them? just curious

[jeb102385]

rays were 6" in a 90 gallon eheim 2217 on them but still they were in the tank less than 3 hours

[mark razmandi]

well thats way too small for rays and you need a TON more filtration than that considering the HUGE amounts of waste that stingrays produce....i doubt these were the causes of death since it was in a short amount of time...how did you acclimate them to the tank? whats your ph? what was the ph on the water they were in? what was the temp of your tank?

[Zulaab]

6" without tail or with ?
I dont know anything about rays but I would personally think the main reason would be 1. Not enough oxygenation
2. Something in your water ?
3. Not enough water flow in the tank. (as I said I dont know anything about Rays but that would for me be the things I would look at.
Another thing is a 90 would be about the smallest I could think a single Ray could handle, two would be possibly cramped.

Was the filter well seeded ? Did you get the water parameters from FG ?

[mgarrido]

Hmmmm.... Ask to the fish gallery if their stingrays comes from RO water.

[jeb102385]

my ph was .2 off of theres and the temp was the same floated them for 20 min like any other fish

[mark razmandi]

did you add water from your tank to the bag? were the stingrays in the same bag?

and zulaab, rays are measured by diameter

[jeb102385]

yes to the bag no two different bags and 6" across w/o tails don at fish gallery said they would be fine in a 90 for a year or so then i would need to up grade

[mark razmandi]

well sounds like a mystery to me...maybe mgarrido has a point

[gotticgs]

there went some mula

[mark razmandi]

hellz yea...whats the loss? if you dont mind

[gotticgs]

did you call fg i dont think they have any warranty do they?

[jeb102385]

$200 total they told me to bring the rays and a water sample i will let everybody know what happens

[mark razmandi]

make sure your params are good before you take the sample...if they cant prove that you screwed up they might hook it up!!!