Sick Ram

Mandy wrote:
Thanks, Elaine. Do you happen to know if there are any anti parasite
treatments that can be used jointly with Maracyn 2?

I'm not crazy about putting too many drugs in the water at once. It
tends to create water quality and/or toxicity problems. Adding medicine
to the water is really a catch-22 with sensitive fish like rams because
a sick ram needs very clean, soft water, while medications add dissolved
solids and can mess with bacterial filtration.

Try adding a single dose of copper to the tank (add at water changes to
maintain the doseage) until you're done with the Maracyn 2. Copper
shouldn't do much to the water quality. I do not have any idea whether
metronidazole and Maracyn 2 are compatible. Perhaps someone else knows.

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__ Elaine T __
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Priscilla died that evening.

I'm soooo sad. Elvis is scared of me now. He hides and won't even
come out for live worms if I'm near the tank. I didn't cause a
comotion when I took her out to put her in the hospital tank. She was
right at the top and didn't even try to escape...

What was once so pleasurable has become a source of sadness.

And I have blue green algae now, too. Damn.

"Mandy" wrote in message
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Priscilla died that evening.

I'm soooo sad. Elvis is scared of me now. He hides and won't even
come out for live worms if I'm near the tank. I didn't cause a
comotion when I took her out to put her in the hospital tank. She was
right at the top and didn't even try to escape...

What was once so pleasurable has become a source of sadness.

And I have blue green algae now, too. Damn.

Hey, sorry for your loss :-) The only fish I've had probs with are the
Rams....don't know why

I first introduced 3 together, 2 died within hours.....had one survive in a
different tank and bought a new one who thrived in the main community tank
for weeks with no probs...put the two back together and lost both....no idea
why....fantastic fish and I loved them to bits...specially they seemed to
have a certain amount of dignity and aura about them....I'd love to keep
them again but I'm too worried that'll lose them....

Wishing you luck with Elvis

Gill

Mandy wrote:
Priscilla died that evening.

I'm soooo sad. Elvis is scared of me now. He hides and won't even
come out for live worms if I'm near the tank. I didn't cause a
comotion when I took her out to put her in the hospital tank. She was
right at the top and didn't even try to escape...

What was once so pleasurable has become a source of sadness.

And I have blue green algae now, too. Damn.

Aww. I'm so sorry. Elvis is probably simply adjusting to being alone.
I'm sure he'll be out again.

I know exactly how you feel about rams. My #$%&*#$ ram has what I think
is lymphocystis on her nose and has been showing stress colors since the
last water change. And just in time for me to go out of town.

Did you read the threads in r.a.f.plants about blue green algae?
Hopefully the thread is still there. If you have a plant tank, it's
easy - just follow Tom Barr's instructions.

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__ Elaine T __
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I hadn't read that but I will now.

Blue /green is a pretty color for something so icky! lol My poor
anubias look terrible!

I don't even want to get a new female - I'm so scared to introduce
anything new to the group. I'm going to wait until I get the algae
completely under control and then maybe another month. Then I'll keep
the ram in the 5.5 gallon with the snails for another month... she'll
be bored but I'll be sure.

Thanks for the kind words.

"Mandy" wrote in message
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Priscilla died that evening.

I'm soooo sad. Elvis is scared of me now. He hides and won't even
come out for live worms if I'm near the tank. I didn't cause a
comotion when I took her out to put her in the hospital tank. She
was
right at the top and didn't even try to escape...

What was once so pleasurable has become a source of sadness.

And I have blue green algae now, too. Damn.


Darn. Sorry to hear about Priscilla. Sick happens.

Blue green algae is just another stage you get to experience on your
way to Aqua nirvana, I'm afriad. It's easy to get rid of with a black
out. The next 3 stages of algae are harder.... :)

steve