GBR Sunken Belly

[Harry Vysekal]

I had noticed that in my community tank All of my German Blue Rams had sunken belly, 2 of them had passed and i though that it have to be somethink with water parameters, because i never heard of the disease/parasite before, does any one have tips on best cure?? many thanx

 

[meegosh]

How long have you had the fish? Have you done anything to the tank recently? Are they still eating, or had they been eating? Any other abnormal signs or behavior?

 

[Harry Vysekal]

I brough 6 of them about a 2 weeks ago they had been doin fine but recently 2 of them became less active with low appetite, they eat but not as much as i would expect and died about 2 days, now another one of them is showing same signs, shes in the corne of the tank not eting much and shes not active at all :[
I havent changed anythin in the tank, the tank is mature for over a year, and all of my other fishes are doin briliant, its just my rams.

 

[Harry Vysekal]

Should I buy Metronidazole ??

 

[meegosh]

It could just be your stock then. I've never had any luck with rams either. My pair lasted about 3 weeks before they both bellied up. If you can find some from a private breeder then you will likely have better results.

 

[Harry Vysekal]

not sure about the stock, but they really have sunked stomach as I had looked on some pic on the internet and my rams looks nearly the same as some fishes with this problem :/

 

[Harry Vysekal]

anyway thank you meegosh :] am going to my lfs tomorrow to buy api general cure. I guess that they have parasite due to fact that they have white stringe poo, which i heard is sing of parasitic infection and fact that 2 of my rams are already dead proves it even more :/