German blue rams

[xVipersz]

not sure what it is live in California we have places that sell purified drinking water & that’s what I used & the water I drink...

 

[xVipersz]

what would be the ideal gh for the rams & angel fish??...

 

[Byron]

what would be the ideal gh for the rams & angel fish??...

These are soft water spcies so ideally they would or should do well in soft or very soft water. However, ther is some adaptability and moderately soft to moderately hard should be OK. Fairly hard is likely to be troublesome.

Bottled water is generally not good for fish; it can contain minerals and salts. It really wold help if you could find out what your local water is so you/we would have a starting point.

 

[xVipersz]

Thank you guess I will have to invest in the gh test & I will do my best live in apartments....

 

[xVipersz]

But water I do get I fill them up in 5 gal plastic jugs so I’m guessing it is similar to bottled water... would it be better to use tap??

 

[Byron]

But water I do get I fill them up in 5 gal plastic jugs so I’m guessing it is similar to bottled water... would it be better to use tap??

We have not been given the parameters of your tap water so we cannot answer this.

 

[xVipersz]

Woke up too 2 of my 7 cardinals dead now would this be because of hardness too maybe?? I am waiting on the test kit for it to come in through amazon since my lfs or Petco didn’t have it don’t want anymore fish dying

 

[Colin_T]

Pictures of the dead fish and the remaining fish?

Do a big water change and gravel clean the substrate now. Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
If you use bottled water, aerate it for 30 minutes before using it.

 

[xVipersz]

Only have the 2 that died today but they don’t look like they have anything wrong...

 

[xVipersz]

Just did my test again & everything still at 0 ammonia is real yellow 0 nitrite is at 0 real blue too & nitrate is real yellow 0 too using api master test kit

 

[xVipersz]

So a friend had some api strips but I’ve heard they aren’t that good but here are the gh & kh... kh was like between 80-120 gh was between 60-120

 

[xVipersz]

Anyway to add a vid onto here to see my fish that are alive?

 

[Colin_T]

upload the video to youtube, then copy & paste the link here. hold your phone horizontally so the video fills the entire screen.

post pictures of the live fish too

 

[xVipersz]

That link is for the vid of the fish & kinda hard for me to take pics of the cardinals I’m having issues with

 

[xVipersz]

This might be a bit better...