New blue ram (sick)

[dirtydogg]

Ok, so I posted this in the emergencies section a few days ago, when it was a new problem, but now it has been a couple of days. So . . . all of the sudden one of my recently purchased Blue Rams was acting a little funny. I spotted him "laying" on the gravel just breathing hard. Further observation showed that when he tried to swim he swam really wierd. Kept on doing "loops" and "corkscrews" while it tried to swim. Next observation, after work, he was looking a little bit better. He had moved from off the gravel into a cave but he was chillin' almost completely vertical to the gravel, face down. A day later he is still acting funny, though he has moved a little more out into the open, but still at about a 45 degree angle. He just sits ther I've dropped some food right beside him today, and he didn't even acknowledge it.
The other ram I bought from the same brood, nother male smaller in size, is just fine.
Should I give him a some more time, or should I just exchange him. There are only a few more days. There are only a few more rams left at the store. The other problem is the LFS guy told me that the tank that they where in suddenly got ich. Dillema. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[dirtydogg]

Oh yeah, I don't have an ammonia test kit but the nitrites are 0ppm the PH is 6.7.

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Well this is what happened to my flag .........
put him in a hactary and try and make him eat
it made my flag better

 

[dirtydogg]

This is really screwy. When I woke up this morning he looked really bad, so I decided to isolate him that way I could be sure he was eating and also if he passed while I was at work I would be able to find him easily and the other fish wouldn't get to him. I thought it was a good idea, so I set up a breeder net in the tank, put a few decorations in it so he could hide and not be stressed and put some floating plants in it for the same reason. When I left he was doing just that hiding under the plants beside on of the shells I put in there. But when I got home he was no where to be found I pulled the net out emptied it onto a plate checked through everything that was in it and still couldn't find him. The lid was closed and when it's closed it sits right on top of the net frame. there doesn't seem to be any way that he could've "jumped" out, but he did disappear. I'm really confused I can't find him anywhere. I was planning on taking him back to the store. But now I can't find him.