One of my pairs of rams were put into quarantine (10g) because the male had white stuff all over his head and his eye was beginnign to puff out. I dosed them in meth blue for 3 days and started tetracylcine. I think it was fungus growing on a wound.
The male started getting better and him and his girlfriend were swimming aroudn the tank hapily.
Last nigth, her egg tube was showing and she apprantly was looking for a place to spawn. He left her alone and watched from a few inches away.
I turned off the light to go to sleep and she started attacking him in his eye that was injuured. I turned the light on and she stopped. I turned the light back off a half hour later and she started attackign his eye again. He didn't fight back and was desperately trying to get away. I took her out and put her back in the 40, but he is in really bad shape now. His eye is half out the socket and looks very puffy.
I dosed the tank again with tetracycline and will keep it up until he gets better.
What would cause her to attack him when the lights went off. She went straight for the eye and continued to go after it.
I presume this pair will never be together again, they had spawned 3 times already and were such a happy couple.
The male started getting better and him and his girlfriend were swimming aroudn the tank hapily.
Last nigth, her egg tube was showing and she apprantly was looking for a place to spawn. He left her alone and watched from a few inches away.
I turned off the light to go to sleep and she started attacking him in his eye that was injuured. I turned the light on and she stopped. I turned the light back off a half hour later and she started attackign his eye again. He didn't fight back and was desperately trying to get away. I took her out and put her back in the 40, but he is in really bad shape now. His eye is half out the socket and looks very puffy.
I dosed the tank again with tetracycline and will keep it up until he gets better.
What would cause her to attack him when the lights went off. She went straight for the eye and continued to go after it.
I presume this pair will never be together again, they had spawned 3 times already and were such a happy couple.