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I thought that he might have squeezed through there also so I did check that to.

They do and always have had a clear divider it is one of those colored mini bowls (2.5 gal) its called, the divider is clear and slotted in the begining I thought they were nipping each other through the slots but when I seperated them fiestys tail got worse(mabey he was chewing it himself) and...

I have two males in a divided 2.5 gal, at one point i had heard this was cruel so I seperated them in 2 different tanks but they seemed very depressed and the ones tail seemed to get more chewed up. So I put them back together in the now unfiltered 2.5 gal (wc every 2 days) and they seem...

Thank you for your reply Colin. I was looking for a couple of months at some lfs's for my Rams and finnally came across the 2 that i bought they were mature and beautiful, colorful the store had 3 different sizes all priced different $20pair, $25pair and $30pair I bought the ones that were 30...

what were your water perameters ? wolfdog

I did not see him flicking on anything or any inflamed area's but the other one has a small spot near his gill area(looks a little pinkish) I have been watching it to see if it got worse he is not having any symptoms at all though. Do you have any good pics to look at ? and what could little...

So to get the Nitrate level down just do more water changes ? I will check it(Nitrate) again tonight being that I did do another 25% the day after the ram died.

Thank you to all of you who replied to my post, I am not going to alter my ph at all I am not experienced enough to do that and I truly think it will be fine, the other ram is doing fine (from what I have observed since the other has died he has not been acting any different. I will be going to...

Thanks guys for the reply, I did just get off the phone with the lfs to track down another mate so mine does not get lonley. I think the lfs sold me 2 males I would like to make sure that I get him or her a mate(opposite sex) now i need to figure out how to tell them apart. Yah no I paid $30.00...

They said there ph was high also it seem as though all the fish stores around here have a high ph. So what is the best way to lower without using chemicals, which i really do not want to use.

I brought home a pair of rams 18 days ago. They were doing great for 14 days and on day 15 when I woke up to feed them breakfast 1 of them was hiding in the floating plants, he would not come out to eat which was not like him all day he was having these symtoms, Heavy breathing, Stops eating...

I brought home a pair of rams 18 days ago. They were doing great for 14 days and on day 15 when I woke up to feed them breakfast 1 of them was hiding in the floating plants, he would not come out to eat which was not like him all day he was having these symtoms, Heavy breathing, Stops eating...

Has anyone ever used one of these ? http://leesaqpet.com/PICCAT/10525.htm

Just curious did you take the carbon out (before you put the meds in) and did you replace the water you took out with declorinated water ? it sounded like you took half the water out and didnt put any back in.

My water perameters were perfect on Saturday. I went and got 2 wanted 3 but the lfs only had 2 so I took them home they were doing great from Saturday until I got home last night (Tuesday) 1 of the loaches had (1 ich spot on his top fin) and the powder blue had (2 or 3 on one of his side fins)...