Rams strange sickness

Oilibhear

Oilibhear

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Today when i came home from school i noticed my blue ram and gold ram acting all strange. One blue ram just died last sunday and another 3 weeks or so back. The blue ram is stayng still lying on a rock in my tank whilst the goldram is swimming up at the back of the tank acting strangly. The goldram's tail is shaped awkardly upwards and its eye colour has chaged from fed to a white with little red. The blueram is hiding and has lost all of its shiny colours and has become a dull colour of red fins and a black and yellow brown body. The bluerams eyes are now compleatly black.

Tank mates: 3kulies, 9neons, simese fighting (friendly personality and doesn't ever bullie another fish), baby bristle noses.

Tank size: 15gal
PH: 6.8
Last water change: Sunday

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no clue but last time i cheacked they were all perfect but that was during the timne that the first blue ram died so i', guessing it's not the ammonial, nitrites or nitrates 'cause all the rams have dies the same way.
 
That is a lot of fish in a 15 gallon in my opinion. Overcrouding causes stress and therefore disease, and makes it harder to maintain water paramters within acceptable bounds.

You need to test ammonia, nitrite and nitrate with a good liquid drop test kit to exclude this as a cause. Just because only some of your fish are affected does not mean it is not the water. All fish have different resistance to disease, as do humans and as lupin has said, Rams are very sensitive to poor nitrogen cycle management.
 
Oilibhear said:
if it were the nitrates, nitrites etc. why's it only affecting my rams?
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The Rams are MUCH more sensitive than other hardier types of fish to failing water quality. Have you been keeping up with your water changes? and I do believe you mentioned that your first ram died 3 weeks ago and that was the last time you checked your levels.... I'd check them again and do some water changes ASAP

I also agree with Coler that it seems you are a bit over-stocked as well...
 
i strongly suggest you test your water before/after every weekly water change. it doesn't take much time at all for a crash.
 
ok only proble is that my LFS is closed today and i only have a PH tester. What's worse is that now my gold ram is doing strange loops and the other one is lying on the ground just breathing. Should i kill them or should i leave them. If kill them what's the best way
 
Clove oil has always been suggested as the best way to euthanise a fish humanely. If you have time, buy your own liquid test kit and determine your ammonia, nitrites and nitrates.
 
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