cameronaus

Hi Folks,

I thought someone might be able to help with a problem I have with one of my male rams (click on the pictures). has anyone encountered this before. Despite his appearance and the sore above his left eye (which is getting worse), he is still eating and displaying the usual behaviours and appears quite happy. We lost another male a couple of weeks ago to a cyst that developed on the left back flank. The third male (on the left) is as sprightly as ever but it appears that he and the three remaining females (none of which appear affected by the disease), have lost their bright colours. Is this a common occurence in Rams nowadays or is there something more sinister going on. There are also 21 rummy nones and 4 Sterbai and 2 Peppermit Cats that are not affected. Water conditions are all ok. Would appreciate your help. Thanks, Cam.

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capekate

hello Cameronaus
and welcome to fishlore! Your Bolivians are beautiful, they look great. Sorry to hear you are having a problem with them. The sores, I do not recognize but hopefully someone will be able to give you a hand with this. Have you tried some fish protector with aloe in it? I hope that it is not a parasite and if it is, you can try a medication for parasites. I do not know what brands are available where you live.
Your pH is ideal for the fish you are keeping and your tank must be lovely with all the rummy nose you have listed. Any chance for a tank photo?

kacie

Beautiful Bolivians! I wish I could help with the sore. How do you tell the sexes apart and how do your interact?

04_si

those are GBRs not Bolovians

I wish i could help identify the problem.. maybe browse through the Fish disease forum http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/fr...-fish-disease/

maybe a mod could move?

Beeker

When I was fighting a cyst on my fish, I found that it was due to water conditions. Just to be on the safe side, please post your water tests and what product you are using. Also, you may want to take a small container of your water to your LFS to have them test it too, just in case part of your test kit isn't working properly. When my fish had the cyst, I tested my water, and according to my test kit, everything was fine. When I took a sample to be checked my my lfs, they found that the nitrates were a bit high. If you have them test your water, bring your results here before buying anything.
Loss of color in fish is usually due to stress. It can also be poor nutrition, but more often than not it is stress.

JCV

Your rams are some what infected.

Are they still alive??

If so, raise up the temperature to 84-90º F and put in aquarium salt.

The higher the temperature safest for the fish, the better.

You know when we boil water, the bacteria is destroyed, and when we cook meat, the bacteria (bad) is destroyed too.

So it's the same thing for Rams, and other fishes.

If you don't have any aquarium salt, then try something else.

Talk to a fish store, and they should be able to determine what type of medicine you should use.

My best guess is call them, and raise up the temperature.

Be warned, most fishes don't tolerate the high temperature. 87 is the highest most fishes will go to.

Discus fishes go up to 100º F, but you don't have discus I don't think.. so I guess I should tell you much about it for now...

Allie

http://www.nationalfishpharm.com/diseases.html
Best disease chart out there

BrushlessWonder

Rams are known to carry parasites and certain stresses and chemical changes bring them out ......I have had the same problem with mine in which i lost my female : ( your best bet would be to treat with "General Cure" made by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals. It will treat all sort of parasitic diseases such as gill and skin flukes,velvet,and fish lice........hard to say what that is....... is the respiration of the fish very rapid ?