Ram with bloat, can't use salt?

[squirrilah fish]

One of my Rams has pretty bad bloat, been bad since yesterday.

I don't want to move him, and salt is not an option, also don't think meds are a good idea either?
Anything I can do besides keep the water perfect and clean? Should I just move him?


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[squirrilah fish]

I decided to move him. He got worse. He's in a 5g with Epsom salt.


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[Iamtechno13]

The only time I had a Ram that was bloated, I finally figured out it was constipation but it took almost two months for it to go away. I tried everything to get it to go away when I found Cobalt foods with Probiotics that helped her pass the blockage. It could be a Parasite but other than that not to sure what would cause that

 

[squirrilah fish]

It's weird, he's the only fish sick. I have another ram that's just fine. I'm sure keeping him isolated with clean water will help, let him stay in the salt bath for the night.


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[Brookster123]

This happened to my gbr, Mr ramster, is yours scooting along the bottom? I moved mine to qt and treated api gen cure, he got better for a couple weeks then it happened again, he died.. I've read this is one of their shortcomings and their is usually nothing that can be done sadly..

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[squirrilah fish]

She passed this morning. I'm going to get a male now. When I bought them I thought I had a male and a female, but it turned out to be 2 females, so it kinda works out, but it always sucks when a fish dies, she might have just been a bad strain. The rest if the tank is perfectly fine


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[Iamtechno13]

Rams can be tricky. You always want to find good stock and it can be difficult to tell sometimes until it's to late. I've even seen some what I would consider better store's sell Ram's that are iffy. They can be tough.

 

[MICEY]

the thing with rams is you have to be real careful not to over feed them and only use the freshest food , some live brine shrimp often seems to help
also the tank needs to be spotless