Gold Ram not feeling so well

[theelff]

Hello all,
Any thoughts on a gold ram thats turning white very sluggish but still eating. I can't find anything on the net about this.

[Judge]

Hello Elf, maybe if you could provide a little more info..how long has tank been up, other tankmates, how long have you had the Ram, water params, etc... Maybe it is just stress? How long has it been this color?

[theelff]

I have a 30 gallon long with 2 small gold rams, 1 German blue (1 died), 7 rummy nose tetras, 1 little pleco, 1 other algae eater, and 2 cory cats, and my friend gave me 2 of his tetras (he's changing it to a saltwater tank). My parameters are good ph is between 7.5 and 8.5, ammonia is 0, nitrites <0.3 - 0.3, temp holds at 82 F, and my water changes are close to on time. The tank had been running since the begining of February.I would say the ram has been losing color for a couple of days. I first thought something was wrong when I noticed the tail fin wasn't fully spread verticle and that was about a week ago. All the fish a really young none bigger than 2.5 - 3.0 inches (1 of the algea eaters) . I hope to one day get a picture up I'm quite proud of this one. Oh I have had the fish now since the end of Feb. I feed them Tetra Tetracolor tropical crisps, and Tetra MicroCrabs cyclop-eeze granules. Thank you for the response I hope you can help.

[Jay]

Hey theelff

Rams are sometimes difficult to keep. They demand excellent water quality and will wither and die without it.

I agree with Judge...You have not given us much information about your water.

I would check out the getting help sticky and post back as much information as you can, this will give us the best shot at solving the problem.

http://www.fishtankforums.com/5-fres...ting-help.html

Jay