"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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Sorry for the lack of response...I was hoping someone would jump in with
something positive. I've tried on numerous occassions to keep Dutch Rams
with very little success. The max period I've achieved is 6 months. My
current Ram, having lost his two companions, is now 2 months on and still
healthy. With the ones that I've lost I saw much the same symptoms that
you are/did - including two dying within hours of going in the tank around
a year ago with no tangeable cause - other than new fish getting stressed.
After a lot of research I now put it down to issues with my water - I have
a high pH and hard water - Rams prefer a lower pH and soft water. My LFS
assures me that the fish are acclimitised but does admit that there are
probably more issues with Rams than most - either they do great or die
quite quickly...and the most likely cause is the water parameters...


No probs at all, and thanks for the response. Well I did find the other Ram,
after about 4 days of it being a recluse. One is looking fine, but I noticed
it has a habit now of sitting balanced on it's fins just surveying the world
around it. The other just looks helluva lot darker and myabe a tad thinner,
but both of them are feeding OK, when I come towards the tank they both are
still curious enough to want to know what's going on. They've been in the
tank about 4 months now, and apart from one guppy dying out of 80 odd fish I
have to suspect it's something to do with specifically them. All of my water
chemistry looks spot on, so we'll just wait and see.

Cheers

A