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Short Version, 75 gal community tank, one sick ram. White "pimple" on it's top fin area. EI dosed tank, co2 injected, also dosing a little bit of excel.
What has been done so far, raised temp to 26deg C and added melafix.
Long Version.
I have a 75 gal community tank. Water tests look normal (no ammonia, nitrates and nitril looks ok). Tank is fairly low temp at 24 deg C normally.
Rams where purchased as healthy adults and have been in the tank for 8+ months. So far they have been lovely. Peaceful and healthy.... untill now.
The Female has now what appears to be a white pimple on it's head. It is also much darker than it usually is, turning almost into a chocholate orange colour.
Now, I also have another 20 gal tank with a few rams in there (4 pairs) and last month suddenly lost 2 of them. This tank is dosed with excel, + EI. The tank is also run MUCH warmer (26-27C). The first one, also had a pimple outbreak on his head.. It ended up with 4-5 pimples.
I noticed this in the morning, and moved to a QT tank, upped the temp sligtly and dosed macryn 1...... it was dead by the end of the day.
Next ram got "fat" / bloated. Again I moved to QT tank and upped the temp. Tried pimafix + melafix + salt + increased temp this time... it too was dead by the end of the day.
So, now a month later I'm having difficulities with the one in the 75 gal.... what can I do?
btw... tanks recieve currently water changes twice a week... 25% on wed and 50% on sat.
Update as I type this: Another ram has passed away in the 20 gal tank. Even as of this afternoon the ram looked "normal". by dinner time it was dead. The wierd thing was that this ram looked perfectly normal, even after it was dead it's colour was still ok.
The tank currently is running a 25w UV + two 2236 eheim filter + AC110. Water temp is at 28 deg C. One thing that I did find odd was that it has always seem to be the male fish that has trouble in the 20 gal. Of the 4 pairs of rams I have in there, i've lost 3 males!
Any help or insight would be appreciated. I did another water change for good measure.
I also have a few pics of the sick ram in the 75 gal, unfortunally I don't have enough posts in to post the link yet.
What has been done so far, raised temp to 26deg C and added melafix.
Long Version.
I have a 75 gal community tank. Water tests look normal (no ammonia, nitrates and nitril looks ok). Tank is fairly low temp at 24 deg C normally.
Rams where purchased as healthy adults and have been in the tank for 8+ months. So far they have been lovely. Peaceful and healthy.... untill now.
The Female has now what appears to be a white pimple on it's head. It is also much darker than it usually is, turning almost into a chocholate orange colour.
Now, I also have another 20 gal tank with a few rams in there (4 pairs) and last month suddenly lost 2 of them. This tank is dosed with excel, + EI. The tank is also run MUCH warmer (26-27C). The first one, also had a pimple outbreak on his head.. It ended up with 4-5 pimples.
I noticed this in the morning, and moved to a QT tank, upped the temp sligtly and dosed macryn 1...... it was dead by the end of the day.
Next ram got "fat" / bloated. Again I moved to QT tank and upped the temp. Tried pimafix + melafix + salt + increased temp this time... it too was dead by the end of the day.
So, now a month later I'm having difficulities with the one in the 75 gal.... what can I do?
btw... tanks recieve currently water changes twice a week... 25% on wed and 50% on sat.
Update as I type this: Another ram has passed away in the 20 gal tank. Even as of this afternoon the ram looked "normal". by dinner time it was dead. The wierd thing was that this ram looked perfectly normal, even after it was dead it's colour was still ok.
The tank currently is running a 25w UV + two 2236 eheim filter + AC110. Water temp is at 28 deg C. One thing that I did find odd was that it has always seem to be the male fish that has trouble in the 20 gal. Of the 4 pairs of rams I have in there, i've lost 3 males!
Any help or insight would be appreciated. I did another water change for good measure.
I also have a few pics of the sick ram in the 75 gal, unfortunally I don't have enough posts in to post the link yet.