Badfisherman
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I may have put this post in the wrong thread, but I really couldn't tell if it should be under sick fish or breeding. That's the reason for this thread.
Feel free to move
Long story short, my Brichardis overbred in my 20g tall tank, so I took them to the local fish store and got three electric blue rams
One of the rams croaked last night (first night)
I suspected gill flukes, but his eyes weren't cloudy and he wasn't flashing.
(It could have been an acclimation issue, the LFS just got them in yesterday and I took them as soon as I got there before they even put them in the tank. My goto guy had them bagged up and ready. Possibly the same bag they came in)
Anyhow, I started observing them today and noticed the male (i think, since he is bigger and a bit of a bully) had massive ich on his fins, so I cranked up the temperature to 86-87 degrees.
The female was very lethargic. And would stay in the corner behind a big rock and only move when the male pushed her with his head.
The male would just dart back and forth in the back of the tank.
As of right now, (a little over 24 hours of being in the tank, they are dancing)
I looked up mating rituals on youtube and have not seen the same behavior.
So perhaps they are sick?
I have attached a video PLEASE WATCH
Do you guys think I should still treat the tank with PraziPro even though i'm not certain they have flukes? Currently the temperature is quite high so I thought maybe after 7 days of heat treatment for ich I should do the 3 weeks of PraziPro (whatever's on the instructions)
I actually have some Brichardi Fry in the tank so I didn't want to hurt their chances of survival with medication - the Rams haven't been able to catch any of them and seemed to have given up
Feel free to move
Long story short, my Brichardis overbred in my 20g tall tank, so I took them to the local fish store and got three electric blue rams
One of the rams croaked last night (first night)
I suspected gill flukes, but his eyes weren't cloudy and he wasn't flashing.
(It could have been an acclimation issue, the LFS just got them in yesterday and I took them as soon as I got there before they even put them in the tank. My goto guy had them bagged up and ready. Possibly the same bag they came in)
Anyhow, I started observing them today and noticed the male (i think, since he is bigger and a bit of a bully) had massive ich on his fins, so I cranked up the temperature to 86-87 degrees.
The female was very lethargic. And would stay in the corner behind a big rock and only move when the male pushed her with his head.
The male would just dart back and forth in the back of the tank.
As of right now, (a little over 24 hours of being in the tank, they are dancing)
I looked up mating rituals on youtube and have not seen the same behavior.
So perhaps they are sick?
I have attached a video PLEASE WATCH
Do you guys think I should still treat the tank with PraziPro even though i'm not certain they have flukes? Currently the temperature is quite high so I thought maybe after 7 days of heat treatment for ich I should do the 3 weeks of PraziPro (whatever's on the instructions)
I actually have some Brichardi Fry in the tank so I didn't want to hurt their chances of survival with medication - the Rams haven't been able to catch any of them and seemed to have given up