Im concerned about our golden ram.
We've had him for a while now, so know that this is new... although recently, we got him a buddy and found out she is carrying eggs. Because of this, I decided it was a good enough excuse to buy some pretty plants in the hopes that she would feel safe to lay them;
-Tropica Microsorum Pteropus on lava stone
-Java Fern with Java moss on half a coconut (Microsorium Pteropus Vesicularia Dubyana)
As I was going to be reshuffling things around(replacing ornaments with plants, etc) I thought it was best to also perform a 25% water change, hoping it would cause less stress...
Thinking all is going well, took the filter bracket off the glass to clean all the muck and the danio appeared! Started darting every where in circles, clearly stressed. There are very distinctive white marks where the scales are falling off and the spine is probably, most definitely injured.
When we noticed, (this was a couple of days after introducing the female ram into the tank, so about 10 days ago) we looked and couldn't see the danio anywhere... and that's with all ornaments moved. Checked back of tank/desk thinking maybe it jumped through the little gap in the lid and nada. So we assumed, that the rams cornered him and gave him a taste of his own medicine. So he's been stuck for over a week? We freed him yesterday and today have noticed the ram acting strangely.
The biggest things being its random twitching with its side rubbing either against the lava rock, filter or floor. It's really weird. Is it having a scratch? Is it still getting use to the new layout? Although the filter is in the same place. Is it stressed because of the danio?? or could it have parasites? Thinking either from the danio from being stuck behind the filter bracket or something from the new plants?
Ive done water test, bearing in mind it is a day after water change;
pH - 7.5
Nitrite - 0
Ammonia 0.2
Water temp - 27c
Please, any ideas or advice on what it could be? Happy to answer any further questions if any...
-Meg
We've had him for a while now, so know that this is new... although recently, we got him a buddy and found out she is carrying eggs. Because of this, I decided it was a good enough excuse to buy some pretty plants in the hopes that she would feel safe to lay them;
-Tropica Microsorum Pteropus on lava stone
-Java Fern with Java moss on half a coconut (Microsorium Pteropus Vesicularia Dubyana)
As I was going to be reshuffling things around(replacing ornaments with plants, etc) I thought it was best to also perform a 25% water change, hoping it would cause less stress...
Thinking all is going well, took the filter bracket off the glass to clean all the muck and the danio appeared! Started darting every where in circles, clearly stressed. There are very distinctive white marks where the scales are falling off and the spine is probably, most definitely injured.
When we noticed, (this was a couple of days after introducing the female ram into the tank, so about 10 days ago) we looked and couldn't see the danio anywhere... and that's with all ornaments moved. Checked back of tank/desk thinking maybe it jumped through the little gap in the lid and nada. So we assumed, that the rams cornered him and gave him a taste of his own medicine. So he's been stuck for over a week? We freed him yesterday and today have noticed the ram acting strangely.
The biggest things being its random twitching with its side rubbing either against the lava rock, filter or floor. It's really weird. Is it having a scratch? Is it still getting use to the new layout? Although the filter is in the same place. Is it stressed because of the danio?? or could it have parasites? Thinking either from the danio from being stuck behind the filter bracket or something from the new plants?
Ive done water test, bearing in mind it is a day after water change;
pH - 7.5
Nitrite - 0
Ammonia 0.2
Water temp - 27c
Please, any ideas or advice on what it could be? Happy to answer any further questions if any...
-Meg