Everything is Dying!!! Help

boulderman1

boulderman1

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Aug 8, 2006
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it all started when one of my 4 rams died, after removing him, i noticed that my other three rams had ich, i immeidately went to the lfs and bought Quick Cure and Melafix, i treated the tank with QC the first day, then with QC and Melafix(for the sores caused by ich) the second and QC and Melafix the third day, on the fourth day(today), i noticed that another ram had died, only two left now, so i did a 25% percent water change and started another 3-day Quick Cure routine, the rams look fine except that one is acting very frantic and darting about, now, even after the 3 days of medication, my pearl gourami is starting to rub against things like it has ich although i haven't noticed any spots on him yet, what's the deal, why is the rams darting, why hasn't the medication stopped ich from spreading to my pearl

water conditions as of Sept. 9: Nitrate 40 ppm, Nitrite 0 ppm, total hardness 400 ppm (probably due to salt i added), alkalinaty 40 ppm, pH 7.8, 0 ammonia, temp. 82 (raised for ich treatment)

feeding sparingly every other day

also, my angel is doing perfect, no concern there, but my dwarf gourmi got a chunk taken out of his tail a while ago and is now getting some black coloration on his anal fin, i hope the melafix will treat this, will it and why hasn't it shown improvement

ugg, there is all is, fish dying and acting weird all over the place, help me so my whole tank doesn't completely die, i'm trying all i know to save it and it doesn't seem to be enough

thanks

P.S. just ask if you need any more specs!!
 
the first thing is that your nitrates are too high. that could have stressed the rams for they are resonably sensative to water quality.
also, you do not need to raise the tepmerature of the water if you are using meds to treat ich.
the hardness and alkalinity are to high for the rams, since they like soft water. it may also have to do with your pH, but i wouldnt think so, for i keep fish in water that is at 7.8 also. i would do lots of water changes to get the hardness and alkalinity down
 
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ive had much better success with rams when the ph is lower. 7.8 is for african cichlids. an even 7 works best for me. and yes like somebody else said, overall water quality is VERY important with rams as they are very sensitive. im too lazy to read the whole post so hopefully that helps a little


oh yeah, and i wouldnt use anything but salt, melafix, and pimafix with rams, they are sensitive to meds also.
 
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