Please help me, Im on new territory

No - most dead fish sink - I have only seen a few floaters.

 

oh, right, just curios, thanks

 

Im thinking of adding about six blue Rams. What would you suggest Zafgat? Should I give it another two or so weeks?

 

Dougger -I would wait a week or two - and then introduce ram pairs one at a time...If you want to see fish die - get rams !!!!!!!! They are bloody finicky about water parameters - most people manage to keep them alive for a couple of weeks only....

 

Any more deaths?
(Curious)Are there any LFS in Hoedsspruit.
I went there quite a lot recently,and could only find a PnP,Garage(2)and some or other restaurant and MTN shop?
Where do you get your Equipment/Fishes from?

 

Ive been lucky yesterday regarding my deaths. I'll check today ass soon as I get home if there is anything today.

Hoedspruit is a small town. A guy is trying to sell fish in a small take-a-way shop in our tourism centre, but his got 4 small tanks, I think their about 35L, but his prices is moer expensive. He wants about R18-00 for scissor tails, R24-00 for red eye tettras. So I useually go to Nelsruit or Lydenburg for stock.

I'll let you know about the "deaths" later on.

 

I'll let you know when i go to Hoedspruit if you need anything i can bring it for you then.Much much cheaper here.:bigsmile:

 

Thanks Slojo.

 

I agree... Most of the Rams available locally are sold with their death warrants. You need to find a source that can supply good quality European Rams, otherwise, don't bother.

A nice alternative would be their Bolivian Cousins. Bolivian Rams are more hardy and tougher than the Blues. They are less colourful, but they are great fish.

With regards to your "Death Problem", I would say it's limited to the platy's themselves. They are one of the few tropical fish which I have totally struggled to keep alive. I have had seriously bad luck with Live bearers. Don't know why though?

Did you say you have red-eyes in your tank? Some say they are extremely aggressive little guys. Serious fin nippers.

 

There might be a simple solution to this...
What temperature was the water in the pond?
Because going from pond water in the teens to 24 degrees in you tank could have caused quite a bit of shock.

 

I was thinking the same thing... :idea:

 

Did you quarantine the new arrivals before adding them to the existing tank because they might have had an underlying disease.

 

Read and Read and read ... and agree with "Whipme" and "Gareth26" mostly likely water temp change was a shock to there systems.. would drop water temp and raise it slowly. try and get a temp reading on the pond and start 2 degrees higher than that and work you way up. If you still continue to loss fish. Another thing you can look out is the water current from the power head, used a spray bar to distribute the force of my 1800l power head.

 

any update since then?

 

Your fish could be in danger due to water conditions and over crowding maybe. Test water , add tablets to bring down new water, do PH checks.Main thing is get a good Canister filter. I have a set it and forget it attitude with my canister in the diffrent areas I stayed in.5 layers of filtration in the canister and your sorted FLUval items for filtration is good .Good luck with the tank!

BTW undergravel filters are Silent killers of a tank.All the bad water etc. get stuck under the gravel and your tank will stay sick or have PH issues.Throw undergravel filters out ASAP =)

 

what is a UGF ????

 

UGF= Under gravel Filter

 

oh right i dont know what some of the short terms are yet...