Just came home from work to find one of my electric blue rams caught in the thread holding one of my plants to the drift wood. At first I thought he was dead but turned out he was just caught but when I freed him I noticed his rear end seems mis shaped and his cadual fin has clamped right up. Does anyone know of anything I can do. Will he heal ok or is he goin to stay like this
Damaged ebr
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jlk
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Poor guy! Theres really not much you can do other than keep his water very healthy (some extra wcs) while he recovers from the stress of being trapped & heals up. As long as he is otherwise healthy, eating & getting around ok, the damage should not affect his quality of life.
Just a little update the big man is still eating and seems happy enough. His fin has opened up a little bit I don't think it will ever open fully again as I am fairly sure he has broken the bone 
. But like I say he is still swimming about and is first in line at feeding time. On a sadder note my other ebr died the other day for apparently no reason :'(. It was smaller than the other rams by quite a bit and was always more of a recluse. It always fed tho and water params were A:0 trites:0 and trates <10 so it is a bit of a mystery. All others seem great though so fingers crossed that is it for problems with my rams
. But like I say he is still swimming about and is first in line at feeding time. On a sadder note my other ebr died the other day for apparently no reason :'(. It was smaller than the other rams by quite a bit and was always more of a recluse. It always fed tho and water params were A:0 trites:0 and trates <10 so it is a bit of a mystery. All others seem great though so fingers crossed that is it for problems with my rams
jlk
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Yes, some broken bones are def possible. Im glad he is eating & getting around well though! These are positive signs! I am sorry though you lost your other ebr- I honestly have no idea what happened.
Sadly I have just got home to find him dead too . He was a bit off last night not being to bothered about eating and he was hiding which is out of character for him. Water params are still fine. Guess I have to put both ebrs dying within 48 hours down to a combination of rams making a habit of dying for no particular reason (or so I am told) and the fact one had an injury. If anyone else has any suggestions as to something I may of done wrong. I will take it on board as I dont want to make finding dead fish a habit
. He was a bit off last night not being to bothered about eating and he was hiding which is out of character for him. Water params are still fine. Guess I have to put both ebrs dying within 48 hours down to a combination of rams making a habit of dying for no particular reason (or so I am told) and the fact one had an injury. If anyone else has any suggestions as to something I may of done wrong. I will take it on board as I dont want to make finding dead fish a habit
