Help : dying rams?

[nuart]

Hi I have a dead ram and the other turning rather dark in color. No major change except removed some plants but still very well planted and added air pump to improve water circulation

[taizi]

what's the ph level ? are there any other fishes inside ?

[nuart]

It's excessive nitrates. Ram dead plus and a loach, neon tetra. Keep doing 50% water change now. Sigh...

[stormhawk]

Do you have sufficient plants in the tank? Water changes will help, but having some plants like hornworts or frogbits will go a long way.

[tetrakid]

Believe it or not, I know of people who NEVER change their fish water, and their fish didn't die.

It's excessive nitrates. Ram dead plus and a loach, neon tetra. Keep doing 50% water change now. Sigh...

[taizi]

Do you have sufficient plants in the tank? Water changes will help, but having some plants like hornworts or frogbits will go a long way.

dun think he has those plants. most likely nana ~

[nuart]

It is a well planted tank. I just cleared a portion of plants and also been doing dry dosing, I guess I overdose on the nitrate. Now its down to 20 ppm, I think the plants take up the excess nitrate from this point?

[stormhawk]

That depends on whether you have fast growing stem plants present. Slow growers like Java Fern, moss and Anubias will not take up the excess so quickly.

[driftbaker]

Believe it or not, I know of people who NEVER change their fish water, and their fish didn't die.

i second that. but they do need to add water to compensate for the evaporated loss.