wilson Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 i just got a male ram off a friend who got it from another friend the ram is very skinny and is not eating is there any way i can force feed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 You cant force feed a fish.. Best bet is to give him something that he really really wants to eat ie daphnia, or white worms or something like that.. Otherwise (im taking a wild educated stab in the dark here) he's probably like alot of rams that ive brought and kept they are full of internal parasites and seem to just fade away no matter what you do.. Ive brought heaps and had no luck that is my theory anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 ive tryed his fav food - blood worms but hes not eating it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Yeah ive had no luck with rams havent' managed to figure out what's wrong with them hopefully someone can help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 My rams have all died too, bought some more, they got sick too, now I have given up on them. Nobody found anything really wrong with them. They just waste away while the other fish in the tank are fine. Had them "professionally" checked out in the end and its supposedly a "virus". Guess that is what one says when nothing else fits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 don't they only live for 18 months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 A virus is something usually diagnosed when people don't know .... same in humans! I have found my friendly Rams, when transfered from a community tank to a breeding tank, became shy and withdrawn and stopped eating and lost condition. I put their favourite foods in and still wouldn't eat so I added some Tetras from the original tank to get a bit of competition going and take there fear of me away and bingo, they joined in and became fat and friendly again. Then removed the Tetras and they bred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 don't they only live for 18 months? my rams are fine 2 of them are over 4 years old and ive got a young pair of blue rams ive had no trouble with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fievels007 Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 I have a loevly healthy pair of rams I bought from organism in chch. friendly little fells they are too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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