Mayu
Fish Crazy
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ok... my blue rams have never been the most active since I got them. They mostly liked to hide in or behind the cichlid cave. I rarely saw them except when it was feeding time... and even then they'd wait until I was well enough away from the tank before they'd sally forth. but at least I'd see them once in a while.
when I came back from my trip, I didn't see one at all... one would dart out of the cave every so often... but I didn't see the other one ever. Finally I searched and searched for both. I found one... but the other one seemed gone. I couldn't even find a dead carcass. Its possible it's still hiding in the cave cause when I tipped it over, nothing fell out.
Then I noticed the other one has pop eye which freaked me out. His colors are still amazing, he eats like a piggy and swims about as often as he ever did.
I tested the water levels with my master test kit and the levels are perfect. I even have the pH down to an acceptable level.
I did a waterchange and added mayacin for popeye... although now I'm questioning my diagnosis.
what could have gone wrong? There is nothing I can see in the water levels, I change the water about average (once every other week) I vaccum the gravel, the temperature is within acceptable levels (80 degrees), and I'm feeding a high quality cichlid specific food. Where did I go wrong with them? And what could have happened to the other cichlid? I can't even find a carcass.
I'm not sure what is happening with that tank. It would have been much easier if they were more active fish that I'd see more frequently... its just so frustrating. I've been extra careful with them because they are such sensative fish... (I've had them for about 8ish months?)
I'm also worried about fish turberculosis...
when I came back from my trip, I didn't see one at all... one would dart out of the cave every so often... but I didn't see the other one ever. Finally I searched and searched for both. I found one... but the other one seemed gone. I couldn't even find a dead carcass. Its possible it's still hiding in the cave cause when I tipped it over, nothing fell out.
Then I noticed the other one has pop eye which freaked me out. His colors are still amazing, he eats like a piggy and swims about as often as he ever did.
I tested the water levels with my master test kit and the levels are perfect. I even have the pH down to an acceptable level.
I did a waterchange and added mayacin for popeye... although now I'm questioning my diagnosis.
what could have gone wrong? There is nothing I can see in the water levels, I change the water about average (once every other week) I vaccum the gravel, the temperature is within acceptable levels (80 degrees), and I'm feeding a high quality cichlid specific food. Where did I go wrong with them? And what could have happened to the other cichlid? I can't even find a carcass.
I'm not sure what is happening with that tank. It would have been much easier if they were more active fish that I'd see more frequently... its just so frustrating. I've been extra careful with them because they are such sensative fish... (I've had them for about 8ish months?)
I'm also worried about fish turberculosis...