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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / August 2003Blue Rams
I was in a fish store yesterday and saw a very crowded tank of Rams. They were good size, at least 1.5" and their colors were fantastic however they all had torn tails. About the last 25% of the tails were either split or partially missing. The owner said the would grow back. Is that true? If it weren't for the exceptional coloring I wouldn't have thought twice about buying them. Steve could be fin rot... I'm not knwoledgeable on this condition to comment much on it, but I would definitely wait to hear some more responses before considering them. > I was in a fish store yesterday and saw a very crowded tank of Rams. They > were good size, at least 1.5" and their colors were fantastic however they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve > I was in a fish store yesterday and saw a very crowded tank of Rams. They > were good size, at least 1.5" and their colors were fantastic however they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve Yes, tails grow back, unless the damage goes right to the base of the fin rays. In nature, few of these fish maintain perfect fins. Note that there is a small chance that a split tail may stay split (more so if it reaches the base, but still only a small chance IMO), and missing chunks of tail might fill back in but have jagged overgrown edges or be without a perfect colour match to the undamaged tail. Generally speaking, the more time the tail has to grow back, and the younger the fish, the more perfect the filled tail will be. IMHO juveniles tend to grow their tails back the quickest and with the least discernable differences. NetMax NetMax wrote in message ... >> I was in a fish store yesterday and saw a very crowded tank of Rams. >They [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >NetMax I had bolivian butterfly that I found head first stuck in the filter inlet grill. I got it out and it swam around, it was ok except for the fact that it had the middle 2 thirds of it's tail severed. It died soon after. I put this down to the fact that the barramundi I had in the tank at the time had a go at it.(barramundi - most efficient predator in the fish world by a long way - stupid to have it in with a ram I know) a story that is useless to you, but a story non the less. Steve, Tails do grow back.....I have a "feeder" goldfish in my 55 gallon that somehow survived my Oscar and Green Terror, but not without losing half a tail and many scales. He has been in the tank about 2 weeks, and I can already see new growth in his tail fin and his scales are coming back in nicely. I would spend the money for 3-4 of them, if you are sure that the tails were the only problem. (look at the gills, breathing frequency, etc. ....) Let me know if you get some......and maybe hook up some pics. Aaron > I was in a fish store yesterday and saw a very crowded tank of Rams. They > were good size, at least 1.5" and their colors were fantastic however they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Steve Thanks to all that replied. This is a very helpful group. Some of you legitimately suggested to make sure it was not a disease that was chewing up the tails. I have always admired Rams and other than the tails these were the healthiest looking ones I have seen. I was in the same store yesterday and they were very few left in the tank. May be too late. Steve |
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