Have I Made A Mistake?

[haleem8777]

Basically i have platys, harlequin rasbora and german blue ram in my tank. I got the platys yesterday and today i figured out the platys prefer low temperatures and the GBR prefers high temperature. So can i keep them together or shall i remove one of the fish. I was thinking of removing the GBR

 

[fluttermoth]

Is your water hard or soft, haleem? And what's the nitrate level of your tap water?

 

[Antoniakr]

German blue rams like 25.5 - 29.5

Platys like 18 - 26

so just keep it on 25? or 26, they will be fine

 

[haleem8777]

My water is between soft and hard, so it is medium

 

[fluttermoth]

You're probably better off keeping the platies then.
 
Rams are a very difficult little fish, IME. They do absolutely need warm, soft, very clean (certainly less than 20ppm nitrate) water, if they're to stand any chance of surviving more than a few months.

 

[haleem8777]

Ok, i will do just that. I will miss my ram.