Ill Looking German Blue

[KidPilot .. Tom]

I had a pair of German Blue Rams. They were however both males and were very territorial. One chased the other round and around the tank constantly. I was literally days away from deciding whether or not to take them back to the shop when one of them died. I however dont know whether it was the bully or not.

A few weeks down the line and i have decided to go and get another, as the one i had was looking lonely. For the passt few days he has not been very active. I went for a female this time after reccomendation from the fish shop.

She is great .. beautiful colours and eating well

The male however is very lethargic, not eating and lying on the floor. I tried adding some aquarium salt however nothing has got better .. just worse.

Does anyone know what is wrong .. and is there anytihng i can do as these fish are beautiful and i dont want to lose nother one. Also they are very pricey.

Thanks in Advance
TOM

 

[Gilli]

Have you checked your water stats? Is your tank mature? - rams need a mature tank and are very sensitive to water changes.

Maybe they had something wrong with them when you bought them - did the one that died show any signs of anything at all?

 

[KidPilot .. Tom]

Ive had the tank for over half a year now .. fully matured .. cycled properly etc ...
Water stats all fine .. checked regularly ...
There was nothing wrong with them as far as i could tell .. however ive had a couple of gouramis die in the same way .. it reminds me of when a goldfishes swim bladder goes .. it was like they couldnt control where they swam ? Is this possible in a trop ?

thanks

TOM

 

[LosC519]

Wats the temp and ph at? What are you feeding them?

 

[KidPilot .. Tom]

Temperature at a Constant 27 degrees ..
I feed flake food and Nutrafin Max Micro Granules .. Catfish pellets for the Cories and BN and 2 or 3 times a week they get frozen or liveblood worm ..

 

[Gilli]

Whats your PH? A PH of 5.5 - 7.0 is ideal. Soft water is best for them but they can adapt well to moderately hard water, mine is 7.6 and they are fine.

Diet is a bit limited - on different days mine get flake food and frozen mosquito larvae, daphnia and shrimp brine, tiny bits of dethawed frozen prawn (cooked or uncooked) algae wafers and hard boiled egg.