What’s happened to my ram? Pls help

[Fishkeeper123]

I have 2 Bolivian rams in a quarantine tank and my quieter one that gets bullied I’m concerned about.

 

[Fishkeeper123]

There is that dangly thing on the underside and don’t know what’s happened any help would be needed I can move them both into a 180l tank that’s struggling but concerned about the health of the fish. You can read my other thread on stocking to understand the situation

 

[Naughts]

Sorry, You're between a rock and a hard place. A quarantine tank that is smaller contributing to the bullying or a new larger tank with nitrite and no aquarium salt to hand.


Maybe they need de-wormimg (see section 3):

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[Fishkeeper123]

I posted it on another forum who believe it’s just fish poo so don’t know if it’s worms or fish poo.

 

[Fishkeeper123]

I’ve researched some stuff and I think it my be constipation from a lack of varied diet( they only get flaked food and then some vibra bites( it’s branded as for fish who like live foods it looks like bloodworms). Any ideas how to vary there diet other than live food?

 

[gwand]

I would log on the The Seriously Fish website. It will tell you the Ram’s dietary requirements. The site is an excellent and reliable resource.

 

[Back in the fold]

He’s just taking a dump . From the looks of it he needs to be fed better . Look into his dietary requirements as others have recommended .

 

[Fishkeeper123]

I have but I’m in a bit of a tricky situation. The rest of my family don’t like at all the idea of life foods so struggling on what to do? I have bought many kinds of fish food for them bloodworm like things but not sure if they have ever touched a bloodworm. And some flake food which has lots of meat in it. Any ideas on what I can get? I could get away with live food as long as it’s out of site from everyone else and not in the freezer.

 

[Fishkeeper123]

I just bought some daphnia for the rams so hopefully they enjoy that

 

[fishorama]

How long have you had them? Stringy whitish poo is a sign of something else. At least there are brown components (more normal poo). Feeding worms like bloodworms, black worms or tubifex can cause that poo look. They have a tough outer "skin" (chitin) that fish can't digest & may not be able to chew up. But long poop is not really normal most of the time. I hardly ever saw my cichlids (any species) have that, or even saw them poo very often.

Mix up the foods, daphnia is good to help "move things along" & as a treat. I think they also have chitin but much smaller bits than worms. Read the food ingredients, you want the first 2, or better 3 to be animal proteins. Things like shrimp, fish of most kinds, other seafood, bugs, & maybe some veggie foods like spirulina, etc. Not grains like wheat, corn or soy as the first 3. Foods are listed by what is most in it.

If its poo continues like that you may have to do something more but I'm not sure exactly what & what you may have available.

 

[Fishkeeper123]

First of all I have had the fish for 2-3 weeks. I haven’t witnessed again since Friday. Food is hikari tropical vibra bites(fish meal, krill meal, wheat flour) as the top 3 ingredients, pro jbl novo bel(salmon meat, wheat meal, shrimp meal) and then pure daphnia as a treat. I have seen them have a little nibble on my sinking pellets(herring meal, wheat, wheat gluten) but this is what the pleco eats.