Re: Ram problems

["Mr. Fish" <mrfish@ix.netcom.com>]

Lilia Stepanova wrote:

> Hi,
>
> recently I moved, twice instead of one time, and for sometime my fish were
> kind of neglected. Now i regret it very much. I lost a tankfull of
> H.elongatus and N.transvestitus fry, and now I have problems with rams.
> My rams fry develops strange symptoms. They look completely normal, untill
> they start to pull their tailfin rays together, and instead of triangle
> tail it becomes more like flat stick, and bend this tail stick down under
> about 45 degrees. This is the only symptom, and the next day the fish is
> dead. I tried coppersafe and antibiotics treatment (ampicillin), raising
> the temperature, they still die, and every day I collect 2-3 dead
> specimens.
> Another problem is in the tank with adult rams. Blue rams seem unaffected
> while gold ones have it. It manifests as a bulging eye, which apparently
> does not bother the fish, and it seems functional. Fish eat, drink and
> behave normally. One of these fish was bought without one eye, I wonder if
> it is the end of the bulging eye problem I see now.
> 84*F, pH 6.0, plants.
> No other fish kept at the same conditions have problems (6 tanks).
>
> Can you identify problems and help me with advice?
>

Sounds like a water quality problem to me,  I would suggest a complete water
change and maybe an aquarim change as well.

More the buggers to a clean aquarium and see if that helps.


Mr. Fish




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