Fishkill

My golden ram Fingers has died.  :(

 

He’s always been a very timid fish, not helped by the fact that he was being bullied by the male betta we had when we got him.  Even afterwards, he was always shy, to the point where it was noteworthy that he came out into the open when we got the two dwarf gouramis.  All the other fish have always swum together and come to the front of the tank for food – the gouramis were doing it within a day of being introduced, but not the ram.

 

I had noticed him being a bit off colour over the weekend, spent a lot of time hiding in the caves and not coming out.  He wasn’t coming out for food either.  I was hopeful he was just going back to a shy phase but I was pretty certain he was not going to make it last night as he was resting on the bottom in the smallest cave, and this morning he was dead.

 

I had a look at a few websites, they say the rams tend to be a shy fish, although not necessarily hard to keep.  I think I might get something like a swordtail to replace him, the rams just seem a little delicate to me.

 

RIP Fingers.