The fish is a Bolivian ram (Mikrogeophagus altispinosus) and is different to a blue ram (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi).
The fish is being bullied by the other Bolivian ram and the Apistogramma. It needs to be rehomed.
It might have an internal issue, possible swim bladder problem that is stopping it from being able to swim in mid water. Or it could just be the fish is severely stressed and really struggling to cope. If you can put it in another tank without any other cichlids, then see how it goes. If it is just bullying, the fish should recover and be able to swim around normally again after a little while. If it's a swim bladder problem, the fish will continue to sit on the bottom.
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If you have midges around the area, you can use a fine mesh net to catch them and put them in a plastic ziplock bag and put that in the freezer. When they are all dead, you can put them into a plastic container wiht lid and feed them to the fish a couple of times a week.
You can do the same with small flied or mosquitoes caught without chemicals. And if you have roses in the garden, check them for aphids. You can collect aphids by putting a plastic container under the rose bud and gently tapping the stem. The aphids will drop into the bucket and can be frozen for use later on.
Some fish will eat ants and ant eggs. Collect and freeze them.
You can get white worm, grindal worm and micro worms cultures from some pet shops and online. These can be cultured at home and used as a supplement to the normal dry food diet.
If you have a bucket with flour or rice in, this can get infested with weevils and the weevil larvae can be fed to fish. I used to sieve the flour at my Dad's cake shop and collect the flour weevils for my fish and birds. Sometimes I got some and sometimes I didn't. I thought it was good when I got them but Dad was never pleased to see them.
If you have buckets of water sitting under a tree and a few leaves fall into the buckets, then mosquitos will probably lay eggs on the water and these hatch and become mozzie larvae. These larvae should be removed and fed to the fish so they don't turn into adult mozzies and spread diseases. If you get too many you can put them in an ice cube trays and freeze them into cubes.
If you live in a cool climate you might be able to grow Daphnia in containers of green water outside. You might even be able to buy a Daphnia starter culture online and use that to get your own cultures going. Some places on eBay used to sell dormant Daphnia eggs and these can be sent through the mail for a small few.
The following link has information on culturing live foods for baby fish and might give you some pointers.
@AbbeysDad also has links on his website about culturing live foods for fish. He might come on and provide them for you, or you can click his name and check his links.
STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...
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Given her recent cammelanus worm infection and the fact that I’m the only fish owner I even know with a tank larger than a couple gallons, rehoming really isn’t an option. I have plants coming and more caves.
