Sick German Ram

[Joeyg2100]

My female german ram has not been looking good lately. She looks a little bloated. She has lost all her color. She tends to stick to herself, but when she gets near the male he just chases her off. I don't know if she looks likes this because of the constant horasment. I have had these two fish for about 3 months now, and they have laid eggs three times. I don;t know what is going on, but I need your help. I am going to put her in a smaller tank by herself to see if things improve. thanks

 

[WILDER]

If she lost her colour she is stressed, is she clamping her fins, can you post water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate and ph.
Yes i would move her for now to see how she goes on, try some shelled peas it won't harm her it will flush her through just to make sure it isn't a bacterial infection.

 

[Joeyg2100]

Sorry I knew I was missing something. My water read like this
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate - 10
Thanks

 

[WILDER]

Water stats are fine, so it not that i would move her as being pale is stress.

 

[black angel]

It says in your sig that you recently added some fish, were these quarantined first for a month?

 

[Joeyg2100]

Ok I have now updated my signiture. I haven't added new fish in about 2 months. After I have moved her, she got her color back. I am guessing that she was getting stressed out over the male chasing her all the time. Let me know what you all think. Should I put her back in the tank with the rest of the fish?

 

[black angel]

I would give her some time out to recover and get strength back and maybe in a few days try and re introduce her,but you might find the same problem. I had to seperate kribs for a month or two before introducing again so that she was full of eggs again.