I had purchased a group of wild caught rams Jan 23 2024 and most of them had some sort of fungus on them and this mark on this fish. This one is near death so i was able to catch it to remove - the others from the group died over the long run with one left - i have a second group that did not have these 'thing' and is doing much better.
This specific ram was in my discus tank which has an ec of around 30; temp range from 82 to 84.5 (discus get very upset when the temp drops below 81.5; so i've had to make it a wee bit warmer). THe other group is in harder water (ec around 130; and temp 79-81):
I have this fish in a specimen container in case more pictures are required though i expect it to die in the next 12 hours. It looks like some sort of tumor and i don't know if it was related to the fungus like substance that was on the other rams (it wasn't quite fungus but some other white filiment thing). Unfortunately the aquarium is quite large so i can only catch a fish like this if it is near death - the tank is 24 inches high 24 inches wide and 72 inches long with an abundance of hiding locations.
This specific ram was in my discus tank which has an ec of around 30; temp range from 82 to 84.5 (discus get very upset when the temp drops below 81.5; so i've had to make it a wee bit warmer). THe other group is in harder water (ec around 130; and temp 79-81):
I have this fish in a specimen container in case more pictures are required though i expect it to die in the next 12 hours. It looks like some sort of tumor and i don't know if it was related to the fungus like substance that was on the other rams (it wasn't quite fungus but some other white filiment thing). Unfortunately the aquarium is quite large so i can only catch a fish like this if it is near death - the tank is 24 inches high 24 inches wide and 72 inches long with an abundance of hiding locations.