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First of all welcome to Aquarium Advice. :mrgreen: Is your platy a Red Wagtail Platy? If it is, your platy might be getting to its maximum life expectancy. The average lifespan is only like 3-4years. If it isn't this, it'll probably be your water parameters. Please post so we can help :wink:

how high is your nitrates in your tank? This sounds like bullying in the tank. Have you notice the danio to be seperated in the tank? A good resolution to bullying is to bring it out to another tank for a while.

Water change monthly is too risky especially for new tanks. I suggest 10% each week or so.

Or it might be not enough CO2 to photosynthesize thus explaning why its brown

Has you're tank been cycled before? I think that you have another mini-cycle happening. Because you have high ammonia levels yet you already have nitrate levels. Keep changing water 10% to control the ammonia levels.

Air pumps are a must if you don't have a heavily planted tanks. You need oxygen in the water

Yes you need one. Nitrates level beyond 40ppm would be lethal to fish. Also i think that the main reason the guppy was dead because due to breeding so much to get a fancy guppy, it would easily die from slight problems.

The best possible way is to have another tank. But if you want a cheaper way, get a tank divider and divide the tank before the female gives birth.

Could you see little black dots just a little behing the belly? If you can then its pregnant

Don't worry, even if they do breed, chances are that they won't survive long because the parents usually eat them. And keeping more barbs is a good idea, but what size is your tank? You don't want to overcrowd it. And the best thing you can do to it right now is buy some stress coat to...

There should be 3 temperature that lights up.

Have you got an aquarium near by? Not a fish shop but an actual aquarium that doesn't sell fish, just for display. I think they'll happily take the 20 or so fish off your hands

The green one is usually the temperature, the brownish one is one above the temperature and blue is one below the temperature. Its not as accurate but much more easier to read

Maybe its a parasite infection?

You shouldn't worry too much, unless you don't like them there. Then you should do some water changes

You should bring out the one being bullied.

You should bring out the one being bullied.

It a natural case of bullying in the tank. The only way to stop this is to remove the weaker fish for a while so that it won't get bullied no more.

Its definately a bad idea to start them off in a 10 gallon tank. Your tank is way too overcrowded and you'll see dead sharks within a few days.

The scientific name for it is Ichthyophthirius and there are several ways to treat it. 1) Salt bath- Helps kill the parasites 2) Raise the heat- again kills parasites 3)medication in pet shops. Also there are 3 levels of the parasite, first it floats around in the water, then in merges at the...

Cycling is a process where the ammonia produced by fish respiration, excretation and uneaten food get turned into nitrite. Bacteria builds up in the tank and the filter. These bacteria are called Nirosomonas. It takes time for Nirosomonas to colonise the tank so it might take a few weeks for...

You should separate the spawn from the angels. This is because... 1) Chances are that the angels will eat the frys 2) Angel fish are territory, especially at breeding times and will harm other fish in the tank if put together. :D

It is just probably some algae growing. Have you got any algae eaters? If you don't, then you should probably get one. Also, is the tank in direct sunlight? Because it helps remove algae if it is. :mrgreen:

The only thing i could say is get a hydrometer. It measures the salt content in the water. :)

Also only rinse your filter with aquarium water and don't forget to equalize the temperature before putting your fish back in