skinny ram

[bluefire]

i have a gold ram in my 15gal and over the last 2 months it has been really skinny no other symptoms. does anyone have any ideas on what it could be and how to treat it.

 

[dixaisy930]

Is it eating? If so, I'm tempted to say internal parasites, or even wasting-away disease. There is a pinned topic about common fish diseases. Maybe that will give you a better idea.

 

[bluefire]

to make sure its been eating ive been separating it from the other fish to feed it, and i might have put on a bit more weight. ill go check the common diseases thread.

 

[Mr Miagi]

I had a severly starved ram i "rescued" from a nearby LFS. Although passed away now, i fed him twice a day with both frozen and dry foods of good quality. He did gain weight and looked alot happier towards the end of his short life.

Feed him well, atleast twice a day with quality stuff, and provide good to excelent water quality and provided he has no internal disease or parasite he should gain weight and return to normal.

 

[bluefire]

well ive been feeding her flakes and freeze dried blood worms, that the best i can do right now, it seems to be gaining a little bit more weight so ill see how it goes

 

[Mr Miagi]

Can you get a pick? This is my guy and you can just see how skinny he was...

In the bag:

Later:

 

[bluefire]

i got some really good pics of it but the camera battery ran out before i could load them lol. but mine is probably as skinny as yours in the second photo but it was as bad as the one in the first, i think it must have not been eating as much, that tank has pretty agressive eaters.

 

[Bloo]

Well I don't know if this will help you in any way but I recently asked a similar question in this thread over in the New World Cichlid section. I still don't have an answer and still have a very very thin looking Ram left - poor thing. I also just don't know what to do

 

[WILDER]

Being skinny can be internal parasites or fish tb, is the anus red and inflamed, are they eating alot.

 

[Bloo]

Well I know mine for a fact do not have internal parasites. Its gradually been declining over several months whereas the other fish are in their prime & glowing health. Mine eats as normal - swims as normal - acts as normal. No inflamation or anything else.....
In my linked thread I was discussing with "juanveldez" that's it's more than likely due to my PH and hardness of water - however of course, it might be something entirely different to Bluefire. But just thought I mention the PH & hardness to keep in mind.

 

[bluefire]

i think ive narrowed it dow to not eating as much because since ive separated it for feeding it has gained weight. the others in the tank are; serpae tetras a gourami and a krib, there all aggressive feeders so i think thats the problem