Which Fish Are Most Hardy?

My stocking:
Angelfish
Cardinal tetras
Clown pleco
German blue ram
Banded gourami

I just want to know which fish are the most hardy and which fish are delicate. Thanks!

 

The German Blue Ram is a very hard fish to keep. They need perfect water at all times.

 

Nice stocking!
Angelfish are very delicate when young, but they become quite hardy as adults. Cardinals I believe are hardier than neons, not extremely hardy but shouldn't be a pain to keep alive. Like most plecos, clowns are very hardy; keep in mind that they need driftwood though. GBRs are well known for being very fragile, aI'm for your nitrates to be <10. I don't know much about banded gouramis, but most websites seem to say they are quite hardy.
I hope this helps!

 

Don't banded gouramis need cooler water to the rest of that stock?

Hardiest to least hardy in my opinion
Clown pleco
Banded gourami
Cardinal tetras
Angelfish
German blue ram

 

Don't banded gouramis need cooler water to the rest of that stock?

Hardiest to least hardy in my opinion
Clown pleco
Banded gourami
Cardinal tetras
Angelfish
German blue ram

Yeah I read its 75-82F I think. Maybe a different gourami

 

I have kept discus alive for many years, I have yet to keep a German ram alive longer than 2 months. I am so drawn to them, but have killed all that I will allow myself to. So now I just enjoy them in the Fish store and tell myself No!- you will only kill it!

 

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I have kept discus alive for many years, I have yet to keep a German ram alive longer than 2 months. I am so drawn to them, but have killed all that I will allow myself to. So now I just enjoy them in the Fish store and tell myself No!- you will only kill it!

How hard is your water? Apparently so very soft water keeps them alive

 

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How hard is your water? Apparently so very soft water keeps them alive

That must be what it is then, my water is hard.

 

Don't banded gouramis need cooler water to the rest of that stock?

Hardiest to least hardy in my opinion
Clown pleco
Banded gourami
Cardinal tetras
Angelfish
German blue ram

That sounds about right.

That must be what it is then, my water is hard.

Tank raised can usually handle harder water then wild caught.

 

Danios.

 

Tank raised can usually handle harder water then wild caught.

I imagine the 3-4 I have had in the past at different times from the LFS were tank raised? Maybe not. I am reluctant to even try them when I know they are tank raised- I was so disappointed when I couldn't keep them alive. It was not high nitrates, for sure, I changed water during that time 3 days a week as they were in my discus tank. That's why the hardness of my water made since.

 

I imagine the 3-4 I have had in the past at different times from the LFS were tank raised? Maybe not. I am reluctant to even try them when I know they are tank raised- I was so disappointed when I couldn't keep them alive. It was not high nitrates, for sure, I changed water during that time 3 days a week as they were in my discus tank. That's why the hardness of my water made since.

What's your PH?

 

What's your PH?

7.8

 

That's not that hard. I've done live caught in 8.2 PH I had to use a drip system to acclimate them. Took about 3 hours. But you should be just fine with tank raised.

 

I definitely didn't do an adequate acclimation, thanks for mentioning this. Maybe I will try again.

 

Your welcome and good luck.

 

I definitely didn't do an adequate acclimation, thanks for mentioning this. Maybe I will try again.

I wouldn't recommend it. If your GBR's already died due to your water hardness, its too hard for them. Ph doesn't represent water hardness it is the dh which is the amount of grains you have in your water per gallon. Ph is acidty of water.

 

I wouldn't recommend it. If your GBR's already died due to your water hardness, its too hard for them. Ph doesn't represent water hardness it is the dh which is the amount of grains you have in your water per gallon. Ph is acidty of water.

Thank you for the distinction. I will do this test- most likely where the problem lies...

 

GH and KH will let you know if you have hard water . usually if you have hard water high PH comes with it.