RE: Sick Ram - Help Please!

["Serge Iliesco" <soqual@total.net>]

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I Have had German blue Rams for the past three years, and don't claim to be
an expert on them, but from my experience it is one of the most difficult
fish to keep. At first I thought it was only my lack of experience that made
it so difficult to keep, but after meeting with german blue rams experts who
raise them, who also have very big difficulties in keeping them I stop
feeling sorry for myself.

You have to be patient and find the proper combination, of water conditions,
and aquarium setup, you will be able to keep and enjoy them. I Think from
experience that when buying them they should be good specimens to start
with. One of the biggest problems on the market, is aquiring good specimens.

By the way on a last note, when I first started with Rams, I had 2 in a 25
gal aquarium mixed with another 30 other species of fish, including small
sharks, gouramis, catfish, eels, etc. and very rarely changed the water, and
never having a problem. Then I bought another aquarium, and kept in my 25
gal only rams and neons and one ancestrus, change and test my water
regularly, and since then I only have problems. Go figure

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From: "Matthew Bourne" <matthewb@hothouse.com.au>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Subject: RE: Sick Ram - Help Please!
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 20:15:20 -0400
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Hi Ken,

Actually I have had my previous female Ram (lovely German Blue, damn
fine colour) die from ulceration.  Problem with em is that they show
symptoms too later and die too quickly to treat.

I'm going to give Rams a break for a while and come back to em in about
a year, hopefully some more experience under my belt will assist me with
this truely beautiful fish.

Cheers
Matt

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>From: 	Ken Laidlaw[SMTP:K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk]
>Sent: 	Friday, April 24, 1998 8:39 PM
>To: 	apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>Subject: 	Re: Sick Ram - Help Please!
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm sorry to say that your Ram sounds like it is beyond the
>point of no return.  I have kept quite a few rams over the
>years and they are very difficult to keep long term.  I'd
>say they are easily the most delicate fish I have ever kept.
>
>The symptoms you describe are typical of the way they die.
>They are also prone to open ulcers on the head.
>
>Sorry I can offer no help.
>Ken.
>
>*****************************
>Ken Laidlaw
>Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
>Web: http://www.roe.ac.uk
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>
>
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