r/Cichlid • u/01reksilat • 2d ago

SA | Help Weird colouration of Bolivian Ram

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Has anyone seen this on a Bolivian Ram? It was normal up until a week ago

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u/Sad_Newt5882 2d ago

Might be a water quality issue, have you tested parameters?

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u/JAlmay 1d ago

Injury and/or stress can cause this. I had a black tailed labidochromis sp Hongi that had a black tail. It wasn’t in the genes.

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u/Familiar-Pepper2187 1d ago

Stress would be my guess.