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Sad to report that my ram did not make it. Came home tonight and he had died while I was at work today. Good news is that my main tank appears to be back in safe range. Ammonia and nitrites at 0 and nitrates down to 20. I've lost fish before but this is a hard one. I've had him for a couple...

Well got home tonight and he looked pretty bad. His whole body had darkened in color and his appetite was gone so I set him up in the qt tank and dosed with maracyn 2. I have an air pump and a mini heater in there to try and regulate temp. Nitrates read 100 tonight. Ammonia and nitrite are down...

I have a 2.5 gallon that I can use if Ireally need to qt him. I've got a box maracyn and a bottle of maroxy on hand. I also have some aquarium salt. I've got an extra air pump I could put in tthe 2.5 if I have to put him in there so at least he would have some water circulation.

I did a 50% PWC last night combined with a really good gravel vac job. Getting ready to do another 50% in a few minutes. I wish I knew how long ago he started showing symptoms but there's no way to know since they can't tell me. Poor guy has been thru so much with me. I hate to lose him to this.

They went two weeks without a wc. I usually do one every week. It is only one eye. His behavior kinda goes up and down. Sometimes he will just sit still and hang out and then other times he's acting completely normal. Except for swimming into things. Checked parameters yesterday when I got home...

Hey guys. Went on vacation for a couple weeks and came home to one of my blue rams with what appears to be pop eye. Never dealt with this before. I've gotten such contradictory advice online. Do I isolate him? Dose with maracyn? Add salt?? Any advice is appreciated. I have no idea when it...

Shouldn't be. I've been told they like more acidic water but my tank is around 7.2 and my pair do just fine. I'm a huge fan of the blue and Bolivian rams. I had a pair of each till I lost one of my Bolivians. I second the suggestion of trying to get a male and female.

Ok. So I have been doing daily PWC of about 75%. Been testing twice a day. Latest test results were: Ammonia ~3 ( maybe a little bit higher but hard to judge color exactly) Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 20 pH 7.4 Just thought I would give you guys an update since y'all have been so helpful. I'm...

Ok. I did a test of my tap water and it comes back at about 0.1 for ammonia. Just did a 75% change and treated water with prime before adding. Also removed the stupid ammonia reducing insert in my filter. I now have one layer of foam and 2 layers of biomax. I do still have a couple of...

Ok. I think that's what the box calls Bio max. If that's the case then is it ok to have to levels of either the foam or the Bio max? I'm sorry to keep asking seemingly stupid questions but I really have no idea what I'm doing here. And I don't want to mess up my poor tank any more than it...

Ok. What are these ceramic Bio rings? Would a chain store carry them like petsmart or petco (as much as i hate to go back there) And can I just put them in the spot the carbon would normally take up in my tank? And thanks a million for helping me out guys. I was starting to feel like I was...

Thank you guys for all the responses. Unfortunately I did not properly cycle the tank before adding fish. I am the victim of a certain chain store's employee telling me to just let it sit for a few days before adding fish. And I foolishly followed the advice. I will continue on with the water...

Hey guys. I've had my 16 gallon tank set up for a little over a month now. Did a dip strip test before adding fish (I now know they aren't the most accurate thing in the world and bought an API master kit). All levels were great. About a week after adding fish I had a high ammonia reading...

Hey! Thanks. I looked into the list you suggested and actually really like that stock list a lot. So far (knocking on wood over here) my rainbow -AKA Diabl - is probably the most peaceful fish in the tank so far. I've never seen him even chase any of his tank mates. He kinda just mosies...

Hi! Signed up a couple of days ago. I currently have a 16gallon with a couple of blue rams, 1 bolivian ram, a red fire dwarf gourami and a rainbow shark. I am going to be getting a 55gallon set up in a couple weeks and wanted some suggestions and ideas on what to stock in it. I do absolutely...