Lost fish!! Help

[Mxryder]

Saturday I bought a blue ram to go with my beta and algae eater I've had for 3 months in my 5.5 g tank did fine till I woke up the next morning to a dead ram, algae eater, and beta hanging on still so I took the beta out and was doing better. So I took the ram back to my LFS and got a replacement ram and black convict like last time did fine to wake up to the beta in separate tank dead and blue ram dead. Any advice or anything that would be causing rams to die including my first three fish?


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[NitroDempsey]

I'll check your water for you tomorrow, till then anyone have any suggestions for him?


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[ckcdrummer]

Saturday I bought a blue ram to go with my beta and algae eater I've had for 3 months in my 5.5 g tank did fine till I woke up the next morning to a dead ram, algae eater, and beta hanging on still so I took the beta out and was doing better. So I took the ram back to my LFS and got a replacement ram and black convict like last time did fine to wake up to the beta in separate tank dead and blue ram dead. Any advice or anything that would be causing rams to die including my first three fish?


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Blue Rams need very good water quality. Try bolivian rams. There a little less colorful but they're much easier to take care of. I've got 2 and there awesome.


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[Mxryder]

The blue rams randomly died there's no reason why they would I had a black convict with one of the two that died an it only showed dominance never attacked it to we're it wanted it dead ....any opinions on what you think could have caused them to die not due to the convict?


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[Fat Homer]

Was the tank cycled? if so how? and what are the readings on your tank?

Plus, an exact list of what was in your tank will also help...

 

[NitroDempsey]

This is my girls little brother, I can help out, he had a Betta, blue ram, and Chinese algae eater to begin with. The day he added the ram it was fine, woke up the next day and the ram was dead and the Betta was dying. So he returned the ram, got a new one, took the Betta out, I have him my convict. He had the convict and the ram, next day the ram is dead again and convict is acting sick. The waters nitrites and nitrates are both 0, PH was at about 6.5-7. I can't figure out why his fish are dying......


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[chris_zx2]

You said nitrates and nitrites are 0 but what about ammonia?
You also didn't answer aboit the cycling.

how long has your tank been set up?

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[lil_pendejo]

That kind of bio-load on such a small tank is a recipe for disaster. Get a bigger tank for starters. Rams require pristine water and

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[lil_pendejo]

There is no way that the water was pristine with those fish.

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[ecoli73]

way too small of a tank for convicts...