SeymourFRESH
Aquarium Advice Freak
welp, about 2 months ago my male ram became very sick. he could no longer swim properly and mainly stayed at the bottom. it seemed as if it could not elevate itself more than 8 inches off the substrate before going back down to lay on the bottom. due to the fact that i could not catch him (planted tank with lots of decor) i just decided to leave him be and see what happens. well, around a week later one of my female rams started getting popeye. i treated the entire tank with maracyn plus
the ram with popeye just kept getting worse, and then that fish finally died. the male was still alive, but his belly seemed to be sunken. one month passed, and then my other 2 females began to develop sunken bellies and began to look very dim in color. 2 weeks ago i decided to catch all of my rams in the middle of the night after removing most of my decor. i set up my 10 gallon QT and treated it with Metro+ for a week. (at the same time, the cichlids in my african tank were developing sunken bellies too, even though there has been no direct contact between the 2 tanks. but that's a different story)
day by day passed and my rams just kept looking worse and worse, looking like they were withering away. so yesterday, i just decided to euthanize them. i flushed them down my toilet, and it was extremely sad trying to watch them swim against the current from the water. i just hope that what i did was for the best. hopefully i can learn a lesson or 2 from this: it's either don't hestitate to treat sick fish, or don't buy rams anymore because they always end up getting sick out of nowhere.
the sad part is, i'd really like to try getting rams again! only because this time i will not buy them from my LFS, but instead get the guaranteed hormone-free rams off of here: http://www.discusmadness.com/Ramirezi.htm
do any of you suppose that it's just the hormone induced rams that don't do well?
the ram with popeye just kept getting worse, and then that fish finally died. the male was still alive, but his belly seemed to be sunken. one month passed, and then my other 2 females began to develop sunken bellies and began to look very dim in color. 2 weeks ago i decided to catch all of my rams in the middle of the night after removing most of my decor. i set up my 10 gallon QT and treated it with Metro+ for a week. (at the same time, the cichlids in my african tank were developing sunken bellies too, even though there has been no direct contact between the 2 tanks. but that's a different story)
day by day passed and my rams just kept looking worse and worse, looking like they were withering away. so yesterday, i just decided to euthanize them. i flushed them down my toilet, and it was extremely sad trying to watch them swim against the current from the water. i just hope that what i did was for the best. hopefully i can learn a lesson or 2 from this: it's either don't hestitate to treat sick fish, or don't buy rams anymore because they always end up getting sick out of nowhere.
the sad part is, i'd really like to try getting rams again! only because this time i will not buy them from my LFS, but instead get the guaranteed hormone-free rams off of here: http://www.discusmadness.com/Ramirezi.htm
do any of you suppose that it's just the hormone induced rams that don't do well?
