German blue ram is sick

[mperkins21]

I recently got a pair of german blue rams and there in a cycled 20g
The male was bullying the female extensively and it sort of stopped and everything was good and then i was about to do my weekly water change when the male is all dark in color and is vertically in swimming and his color is dark, but the female is fine and her colors are great, and she was the one getting bullied and never fought back so i figured the male had to be sick.

He is also breathing very heavily

 

[skar]

I recently got a pair of german blue rams and there in a cycled 20g
The male was bullying the female extensively and it sort of stopped and everything was good and then i was about to do my weekly water change when the male is all dark in color and is vertically in swimming and his color is dark, but the female is fine and her colors are great, and she was the one getting bullied and never fought back so i figured the male had to be sick.

He is also breathing very heavily

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Ya he looks rough....
I don't know how to fix it but.... personally I would continue with a water change.

Ime once a fish is sick ( except ich)
I haven't had success in saving them.

 

[ProudPapa]

What is the water temperature? They need low to mid-80°s F to thrive. If your water is cooler than that it might not be the whole problem, but any stress will magnify other issues. To paraphrase what I've heard Cory say on videos several times, most fish can handle one stressor okay, and maybe two, but that's it.