random dead electric blue ram
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How many fish? Added when? What type of testing are you doing?
'Cycled' is not a constant state. If something happens to shift the amount of waste produced, the bacteria have to play catch up. That's why overfeeding is an issue--suddenly, fish produce more waste, anything uneaten breaks down, and now there's more ammonia. If you aren't testing daily, you might miss this little mini cycles, but it can still cause damage to the fish.
'Cycled' is not a constant state. If something happens to shift the amount of waste produced, the bacteria have to play catch up. That's why overfeeding is an issue--suddenly, fish produce more waste, anything uneaten breaks down, and now there's more ammonia. If you aren't testing daily, you might miss this little mini cycles, but it can still cause damage to the fish.
How many fish? Added when? What type of testing are you doing?
'Cycled' is not a constant state. If something happens to shift the amount of waste produced, the bacteria have to play catch up. That's why overfeeding is an issue--suddenly, fish produce more waste, anything uneaten breaks down, and now there's more ammonia. If you aren't testing daily, you might miss this little mini cycles, but it can still cause damage to the fish.
'Cycled' is not a constant state. If something happens to shift the amount of waste produced, the bacteria have to play catch up. That's why overfeeding is an issue--suddenly, fish produce more waste, anything uneaten breaks down, and now there's more ammonia. If you aren't testing daily, you might miss this little mini cycles, but it can still cause damage to the fish.
i feed them once a day and most times they get all the food just i noticed while doing it today that a few flakes werent caught, i have a stick on sensor in my tank that lasts 12 months thats been in there for 4 months that about 3 months ago i had cycling problems with fish read 0.05 ppm of ammonia but ever since that its read 0 ammonia ever since, i have 4 guppies, 4 platies, 2 mollies, 6 cardinal tetras, and many guppy fry who are all doing fine, these have been added seperately to my 60g tank over the span of the last 6 months ranging from 2 fish at a time to 6, when i add 6 its obviously been a while atleast a month since ive added anything, pH is tested through putting the ph drops in its water sample and shaking, i can assure you this isnt a recycle occuring.
With your limited experience with ram behavior it would be easy to overlook simptoms of stress by observing the Ram's activity.
Might be worth testing the water to confirm the accuracy of the stick on. But, that said, it doesn't sound like that's the issue. Nitrates creeping up seldom cause immediate problems, it's more likely to cause problems from long term exposure to high levels (kind of the difference between walking through the room after a smoker versus being a smoker--one might make you cough, the other gives you much higher odds of getting cancer).
Tank doesn't seem to be overstocked.
Just trying to run through other possibilities. Fish seldom 'just die', despite what we're told.
Tank doesn't seem to be overstocked.
Just trying to run through other possibilities. Fish seldom 'just die', despite what we're told.
I can describe it, it acted the same though the entire time, when i first got it it was skeptical obviously and hid for a few hours it wouldnt eat flake food so i got live food and thats how i got it to adapt to both kinds, it moved very suddenly, and occasionally ran up and down the tank possibly being its reflection, it also seemed to breathe/ move its mouth hard im not sure.
