Steves Killies Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Hi all, ive recently had a problem with my,bless his soul,wonderful male blue ram. He was the most dominant fish in the school and had awesome colour.about a week ago I noticed him swelling up to quite an abnormal size around the gut area,then he died....yesterday I noticed another smaller ram with a slightly bulbous eye. Seems odd.Could this be velvet disease?or some other form of nasty... I probably should have isolated him with a salt bath perhaps? Your response and advise would be greatly appreciated.. have a safe waitangi weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 with the one that died did his scales poke out and all and make him like like a pine-cone... if your having another one thats getting pop-eye you might want to check your water as it could be bad conditions lowering there immune system and making them acceptable to diseases. Have you added and fish or plants recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 I could be wrong, but I thought velvet...ummm... the fish had like a "film" on them...does your fishy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves Killies Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Hi guys,thanks for your replies JoandWilly,I did some research and thankyou,was it Dropsy that you were referring to?Mr Ram seems to have had all the syptoms minus having the scales protrude,as i recall he wasnt as peckish as normal,and was isolating himself .The only fish i'd added as of late was a single male killie,which is healthy and does not show any aggression to his tank mates. No plants had been added. He hadnt developed any "film" on him,just the obvious change in colour from a fantastic specimen to a pale drab,and the bloating. They get really well fed on white worm and bbs,maybe more regular changes have to be made though to keep everything healthy....er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Yeah i was refering to dropsy but i c ouldn't remember the name of it when it wrote that post, yeah since your feeding alot of live food by the sounds of it, i find that live food breaks down faster in water than proccessed foods and you have to be careful of over feeding. We went through a bad patch last year when our water conditions dropped and we had a bunch of fish die from various reasons, dropsy being one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves Killies Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks for the pointer J&W. I do try and regulate the amount of live food,and ensure that its all eaten whilst feeding,putting little bits in at a time. Gave the tank a real good clean last night so hopefully with the improved water quality it will help the little ram which has popeye.Fingers crossed. He has maintained eating so thats a plus. Cheers Happy fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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