kribensis12
I know where you live
Well, not technically an emergency as the fish has died..... but I'm wondering if it's a "happenstance" v. a problem that I have not detected.
Three weeks ago (roughly), I had two Dark Knight Ram Cichlids mailed in (overnight) and they were superbly healthy. I mean, they were eating in a few hours type of healthy.
Even this morning (if I remember correctly), they were eagerly coming to eat. This evening, I am simply devastated --> one has since died. I found "her" (not mature, so making an educated guess) floating in the hornwort --- DEAD.
If you are not familiar with Dark Knight Rams, here is a synopsis: it's a very new color variant that is known for their intolerance to anything less than perfect water conditions - arguably close to a Discus in their sensitivity.
So, I checked my water:
pH: 7.6 (I have been slowly, every week, introducing 2g of R/O water that has been naturally stabilized to 7.0 pH, so slowly and safely lowering it)
kH & gH: Unsure, but the total hardness is 300ppm (which is 500+ straight out of the tap -- R/O water has been lowering this)
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Temp: 84 F
Tankmates: temporarily, 1 molly & fry, 3 female guppies and a baby bristlenose pleco.
Unless I am blind, this fish showed 0 signed of illness and suddenly died - they are very expensive and I'd rather not lose the other one too.
Any suggestions as to what might have caused it?
** For anyone that is curious -- they came from the state of New York with a tap of 7.4 and were raised in that.
Three weeks ago (roughly), I had two Dark Knight Ram Cichlids mailed in (overnight) and they were superbly healthy. I mean, they were eating in a few hours type of healthy.
Even this morning (if I remember correctly), they were eagerly coming to eat. This evening, I am simply devastated --> one has since died. I found "her" (not mature, so making an educated guess) floating in the hornwort --- DEAD.
If you are not familiar with Dark Knight Rams, here is a synopsis: it's a very new color variant that is known for their intolerance to anything less than perfect water conditions - arguably close to a Discus in their sensitivity.
So, I checked my water:
pH: 7.6 (I have been slowly, every week, introducing 2g of R/O water that has been naturally stabilized to 7.0 pH, so slowly and safely lowering it)
kH & gH: Unsure, but the total hardness is 300ppm (which is 500+ straight out of the tap -- R/O water has been lowering this)
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Temp: 84 F
Tankmates: temporarily, 1 molly & fry, 3 female guppies and a baby bristlenose pleco.
Unless I am blind, this fish showed 0 signed of illness and suddenly died - they are very expensive and I'd rather not lose the other one too.
Any suggestions as to what might have caused it?
** For anyone that is curious -- they came from the state of New York with a tap of 7.4 and were raised in that.
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