Picky blue ram

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lingking

Piscatorial psychosis (fish crazy)
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I have a blue ram that seem so picky, I was told she will do fine on flakes but all she does is spit them out. I'm a little concerned about her health (the male I purchased at the same died all of a sudden without anny signs of distress) 29g tank and all tests are good but I have been loosing guppies too. 10% water changes every day, ect. Is there anything I should feed her tht she might accept more? I'm thinking bigger brine shrimp but I hear that the older the brine shrimp the less neutrition they hold. Any suggestions?
 
Losing a lot of guppies too seems to suggest a more global problem.

Do you have a test kit? If so, what are you pH, nitrite, nitrate, ammonia, gh and kh readings?

How long has this tank been setup?

I keep a lot of rams (6 Blue and 4 Bolivian in all) and all but two of the Bolivians are pigs, but I even catch those two eating when they don't think I'm looking.

Rams do spitup some of their food while they eat it though, they tend to break it up into smaller flakes.

I feed mine micro pellets, traditional flake, brine shrimp and bloodworms and they all pay equal attention to everything.

Let us know a little bit more about what your conditions are and their overall temperment.
 
Perfect tests across the board. 29 gal tank that's been running for @ 8 months. I'm guessing she don't like the 7.0 ph I have it at. I hear the little guys like a more acidic ph. She doesn't seem to be very colorfull either. Hides at the bottom and keeps to herself. If I stare close enugh to the tank she will come over to look me over.
 
I have kept Discus most of my years, but on occasion had a few rams, they do OK with discus and angels but they can be very finicky and will die abruptly. I just went through a period where I had 6 blue rams and 4 german imports and over a 4-5 month period lost all of them, very dissapointing because they are beautiful little fish. Oh, my setup is:
72 gal. bow
86 deg., ph 6.8 - 7.0, 20% water change weekly.
nitrates and ammonia (none)
 
I have a 29 gallon with 3 blue rams, 1 golden ram and 8 rasboras with a pH of 6.5. I have noticed that they like the company of each other, which may be a reason why she doesn't eat and isn't active. When fish are unhappy, sometimes they don't eat. That's just my opinion.
 
holygeezx said:
I have a 29 gallon with 3 blue rams, 1 golden ram and 8 rasboras with a pH of 6.5. I have noticed that they like the company of each other, which may be a reason why she doesn't eat and isn't active. When fish are unhappy, sometimes they don't eat. That's just my opinion.
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how long have you have your blue rams?

i also lost (and losing) my rams, very differcult to keep. my reading are good as well, no amonia, nitrate at 10 nitrite at 0, ph at 7.2 (working on getting it lower, was 8.0 at one point) have only one thats a trooper, the rest of them (roughly 8) had died on me.
 
I've heard alot of stories about blue rams coming from SE asia being in bad health and dieing days or weeks later. I lost three over a one month period in a tank that had angels and neons (both sensative fish species that would have succomb to any abnormal conditions).

I have some A. panduros that refuse all dry food. Reputable LFS guy suggested "Formula One". It's sold as a marine food, but is just right for Dwarf cichlids. Vitamin and trace element fortified, or so it says. The guy says its the next best thing to a good dry staple food. If anyone has any other experience please post, as I am currently using it as the staple food for my apistos.
 
I have had my rams for over 6 months. I use ro/di water (I have very hard water) with South American Cichlid Salt for water changes. I just started using the SA salt and this has brightened their colors and stimulated breeding. I think they have bred 3 times in the last month. I also recently changed my substrate to sand and I have noticed that they have become livelier (they like to dig pits and play in the sand). These are just somethings that I have done that might help.

mooman said:
I've heard alot of stories about blue rams coming from SE asia being in bad health and dieing days or weeks later.
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I have heard this too.
 
Have you tried frozen bloodworms or beef heart? Both are very popular with my rams. Also, what kind of cover do you have for the fish? I have a lot of live plants, and that seems to help make the fish feel more comfortable. I also feed various different flake foods, shrimp pellets, and other frozen foods like tubifex, brine shrimp, etc.

And then again, maybe your fish is just lonely.
 
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