Hi there,
sorry to hear of you losses. I love rummys and keep them myself.
Rummys are sensitive fish especially to nitrate, they need impeccable water quality. Often they are used as an 'indicator fish' to warn of declining water quality as the red in there noses fades when conditions are unsuitable.
Your existing fish may have slowly become adjusted to a possible water quality issue/or high levels of c02. I noticed you added them "last night", perhaps at the peak or getting towards the peak of your c02 levels? I tend to air on the side of caution when introducing new fish and add them when the c02 is off, or if this is not possible then i simply leave it off until ive introduced the fish so they can slowly acclimatise as the c02 is added.
I hope you get to the bottom of this as rummys will suit your scape beautifully.
Hope this helps,
Ady.
sorry to hear of you losses. I love rummys and keep them myself.
Rummys are sensitive fish especially to nitrate, they need impeccable water quality. Often they are used as an 'indicator fish' to warn of declining water quality as the red in there noses fades when conditions are unsuitable.
Your existing fish may have slowly become adjusted to a possible water quality issue/or high levels of c02. I noticed you added them "last night", perhaps at the peak or getting towards the peak of your c02 levels? I tend to air on the side of caution when introducing new fish and add them when the c02 is off, or if this is not possible then i simply leave it off until ive introduced the fish so they can slowly acclimatise as the c02 is added.
I hope you get to the bottom of this as rummys will suit your scape beautifully.
Hope this helps,
Ady.