One Balloon Blue Down

[Fish are friends]

sad news... i lost one of my balloon blue rams today... not sure why though. There is trace nitrite 0.1ppm which a 25% water change should sort that out. the rest of the readings are fine, ammonia 0 nitrate is less then 5 ppm. could it be stress that killed it...

 

[fluttermoth]

Rams are notoriously sensitive to water conditions; any amount of nitrite could affect them.

Nitrite also indicates that something is wrong with your biological filtration somewhere; did you add all the rams at once? You could have overloaded your filter bacteria and they'll take a few days to expand to deal with the extra waste being produced.

 

[Fish are friends]

i did add them all at once... thought 6 rams in a 300l tank wouldnt have overloaded the filter.... This is the nitrite reading it looks darker on the pic but i read it as 0.1.... (unfortunately since my first post i have lost another one) big water change in on the cards

 

[onidrase]

What are your stats in regards to temperature, pH, and hardness as well?

German Blue Rams, balloon variety or not, are fragile little guys. They like the pH 7 or below, soft water, and around 82F.

+1 on the nitrites being too high for them. Do a good big water change and take care of that.

 

[Fish are friends]

Not sure on the hardness of our water dont have a test kit for it but I know it is fairly hard. Ph is about 7.2 and the temp is 82. Ill sort the nitrite out tonight. This is the only down side to a large tank. Lots of water...


did a 50% water change and tested again and still the same value does that mean same tomorrow?/