Rams strange sickness

[mudskippers]

I'm sorry for your losses, It must have been hard to see them pass. :tombstone:

I do encourage you to still look into your water parameters and the cause of everything.

Good luck.

 

[IndianaSam]

also not mentioned here.
rams from asian markets tend to be blasted with hormones to get them to colorup..this is unhealthy for the fish..sadly many of the lFS get their fish (particularly Blue rams) from there.
I would guess this is where these fish came from unless you got them from a local breeder.
I suspect this may also have contributed to their untimely deaths.

Exactly what I was going to say. Unless you get them from another local hobbyist, Rams tend to be very weak.

you may want to try apistos or Bolivian rams(altispinosa)

Very true. Both have proved to be hardier for me. I have never lost an apisto for "mysterious reasons". I've kept and bred cacatuoides, borellii, hongsloi and rupunini. All were much hardier than LFS rams.

Sam

 

[Oilibhear]

I went to my LFS and got my water tested and it was all perfect and he said that GBR like old water and if too much water is changed they get sick and die. Does anyone dissagree?

 

[wataugachicken]

yes, absolutely. your lfs is confused. gbrs like older tanks, not older water. that means the tank has to be cycled and stable with no ammonia or nitrite. water changes are perfectly safe for fish. if the GBR's the store sells are so weak that they die from water changes, that is definitely not normal, and i wouldn't shop there.