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Hi,
Last week I got a pair of Blue rams, they spawned within 24 hours of getting them, I was most happy about this, they left the nest after 24 hours, they are about 6 months old, and I planned on spawning them in a seperate tank in a week or too.
Yesterday I got 2 small Boliviam rams (unsexable), and about an hour ago, when i feed the the fish, I noticed the male darted on a rock and was lying on his belly, panting. I thought I better take out the Bolivian rams out as I noticed they were being a bit dominant today.
When i was trying to net them gently, I put some bloodworm in the net and straight away the Male Blue ram swam in the net to get food, then turn upside down, and promptly drop dead with in 30 secs 8O .
I was shocked!! I inspected him very carefully and there was no sign of disease or fin damage. Now the female is at the surface of the water and is panting..
I have the 2 suspected offending Bolivians in a breeding net in the tank now.
This is all very odd as today, apart from being chased by the bolivians every now and then they both were acting normal.
One bolivian is the same size as the blue ram male and the other bolivian is smaller then the female.
All my water parameters are pefectly fine, and apart from introducing the bolivians yesterday, the only thing different is I fed them all live black worms yesterday and today as part of the meals. I also fed all my bettas and Betta spawns Black worms and all are fine, so i am ruling that out.
Is it possible that the bolivians harrassed them silly and they are dying of fright??
Is there anything else I am missing?? I am somewhat upset as the male was a really good Blue ram and they were a good pair.
faewyn
Last week I got a pair of Blue rams, they spawned within 24 hours of getting them, I was most happy about this, they left the nest after 24 hours, they are about 6 months old, and I planned on spawning them in a seperate tank in a week or too.
Yesterday I got 2 small Boliviam rams (unsexable), and about an hour ago, when i feed the the fish, I noticed the male darted on a rock and was lying on his belly, panting. I thought I better take out the Bolivian rams out as I noticed they were being a bit dominant today.
When i was trying to net them gently, I put some bloodworm in the net and straight away the Male Blue ram swam in the net to get food, then turn upside down, and promptly drop dead with in 30 secs 8O .
I was shocked!! I inspected him very carefully and there was no sign of disease or fin damage. Now the female is at the surface of the water and is panting..
I have the 2 suspected offending Bolivians in a breeding net in the tank now.
This is all very odd as today, apart from being chased by the bolivians every now and then they both were acting normal.
One bolivian is the same size as the blue ram male and the other bolivian is smaller then the female.
All my water parameters are pefectly fine, and apart from introducing the bolivians yesterday, the only thing different is I fed them all live black worms yesterday and today as part of the meals. I also fed all my bettas and Betta spawns Black worms and all are fine, so i am ruling that out.
Is it possible that the bolivians harrassed them silly and they are dying of fright??
Is there anything else I am missing?? I am somewhat upset as the male was a really good Blue ram and they were a good pair.
faewyn