Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 i have a pair of blue rams, the female ram is gasping quite alot and hiding under the drift wood in the tank, any clues to what might be wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Have lost all my blue rams to this problem too, still yet to find out why have tried all sorts of things and nothing has helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 its strange because the male is fine, hes getting big and eating heaps and swims fine, i feed them frozen blood worms and microworms which they love, now shes not eating and hiding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Yeah that is what mine all did and I have tried alot of different ones, from different import lots, nz bred etc, tried treating for parasites before they got sick and after, tried antibiotics tried salt, tried daily water changes, tried no water changes, tried hard water, tried softwater and still had the same issues.. Would love to know what people thing it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Run an airstone or have the filter ripple the surface of the water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Fast breathing and hiding under things usually isn't oxygen related, they will usually be gasping at the surface if it is oxygen related and both or all fish would be affected. Another thing which can cause gasping on the bottom of the tank is ammonia type poisoning how are the water conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 No ideas - I also, am unable to keep blue rams alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 would this be the same with electric blue rams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 would this be the same with electric blue rams? Without knowing what affected them then it would be impossible to tell if they would fall under the same thing.. Other people have heaps of luck with rams but I am just cursed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 I haven't heard of anyone having trouble with electric blues but maybe they are just not telling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 these are just 2 amazing looking german blues they are definitely a pair, both looked really healthy when i brought them, i had them in my community 3 ft for awhile then thought i might try breed them so i put them in a smaller 1ft tank, water has always been clean, up to temp etc etc so i cant see why she would be doing this, i did notice the male was chasing her around a bit and she lay on top of the sponge filter i had in there, i have now put them in a larger tank still by themselves so ill see what happens over the next few days. it would be a shame to see her go.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 No ideas - I also, am unable to keep blue rams alive. this gives me chills, if you cant keep them theres no way i can haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Not true Allister. Other people have absolutely no trouble. I can't keep gold or blue rams, likewise I can't get bristlenose to breed yet can get other harder to spawn fish to reproduce with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 this is interesting, its not like its water quality or feeding or lighting etc i guess its just sheer luck sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 the bolivian rams i got from you are going great pretty sure i have 3 males and 2 females but still unsure on how to sex them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Long fin tips = male Short fins = female. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/images/potm/20090703.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 thankyou definitly 3 males 2 female! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I have Electric Blue Rams. I have had them in the tank for a little over 2 months. So far so good. I'm hoping this issue isn't with Electrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 No.. there is nothing wrong with the electrics, or the most recent batch of german blues. I even have babies that someone bred from and they are fine. Also have the blue veil tails and apart from a certain incident of a disease i will not mention :lol: there were no problems there either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Our water in Bulls is more or less instant death for Rams, literally they will die in a week here, so to keep them alive I use carbon and then peat filtered rain water now (or I would if I could get some). They are really hard work and I would say they are as hard or harder than apisto's to keep alive. I have seen what you are describing too and I hope you have better luck than I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allister_B Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 not good at all this morning she died, found her against the filter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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