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Jshafer81
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Hello,
I came home tonight to find my Gold Ram dead in my 29 gallon tank. The fish had shown no indication of being unhealthy. Water conditions had been constant since I bought the fish about half a year ago....
ph= 6.5, Nitrates, Ammonia= 0, temp= 80 degrees..
It's tankmates included a pair of Apisto caucatoides, two angels, a dwarf gourami, a small pleco, small farlowella and three tetras. When I first introudced the A. cacautoides the male and the ram sparred for about two weeks, but things eventually calmed down.
The ram was floating in the water column and it looked as if it's side had been torn out. I say this because what appeared to be a large mass of tissue was hanging out and it appeared as if it had bled on that side. This may also have been a fungus. I'm not very familiar with diseases, having just gotten back into the hobby in the last year.
Anyways, just trying to get any ideas on what may have happened and on any other conidtions I may need to check to insure the safey of my other fish.
thanks,
Justin
I came home tonight to find my Gold Ram dead in my 29 gallon tank. The fish had shown no indication of being unhealthy. Water conditions had been constant since I bought the fish about half a year ago....
ph= 6.5, Nitrates, Ammonia= 0, temp= 80 degrees..
It's tankmates included a pair of Apisto caucatoides, two angels, a dwarf gourami, a small pleco, small farlowella and three tetras. When I first introudced the A. cacautoides the male and the ram sparred for about two weeks, but things eventually calmed down.
The ram was floating in the water column and it looked as if it's side had been torn out. I say this because what appeared to be a large mass of tissue was hanging out and it appeared as if it had bled on that side. This may also have been a fungus. I'm not very familiar with diseases, having just gotten back into the hobby in the last year.
Anyways, just trying to get any ideas on what may have happened and on any other conidtions I may need to check to insure the safey of my other fish.
thanks,
Justin