Dead Ram

[Barday]

I came home today and found my golden ram Dead

I've currently got ich in my tank and I raised the temp and also treated with Ichcide....... could any of this be the cause.

Also my ph is a bit high arround 8 and I heard thet rams like water which is a bit acidic.........I've tried lowering the ph but nothing really works.

I loved that fish

 

[Paul_MTS]

i'm keeping rams in 8.4......i wouldn't bother with your PH if your buying locally as the fish will be acclimatized to your fish shop water and if it's within a few miles that will be the same PH aswell so quite often the PH guides given on fish are pointless, I keep plecs with ideal PH's of around 7.

If your buying further away though it's best to find out your shops PH and then try to match it.

 

[canarsie11]

How fast did you raise your temp?

What was original temp and what did you raise it to?

 

[MXPX4318]

NNNOOO this is not a good story for me to hear as I just discovered one of my blue rams with white spot, and am now treating, I hope I come out a bit luckier then you did, I'm sorry for your lose they are such beautiful fish.

 

[Barday]

I raised it quite a bit...............I bought my heater on line and therefore didn't see it befor I bought it. when it arrived it didn't have a temp indicator on it all It had way a knob at the top to turn it up or down ...... so it was a case of trial and error.

It started at 25C (77f) and I upped it to 30C (86f) over night. I realised that it might be a bit warm so I dropped it to 28-29 (84-82)

Was it too much too quick??

Good luck with the ich MXPX4318

My LFS is about 5 miles away, whenI went they had the tank marked up as under ph7. But it has been fine for about 2 weeks, with really nice colours and eating really well.................I hope nothing happens to my other 2 rams (these 2 were bought from a different LFS who didn't say anything about PH)

 

[canarsie11]

It may have been too much fluctuation in temp to quick.

Overnight, may have been too much.

 

[Barday]

The thing is I raised the temp on Monday night......he was fine yesterday

 

[canarsie11]

He could have been under stress and just gave in.

 

[Barday]

Ahh poor fish!

Thanks for the help!