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So, I have a 55 gal tank. Set it up at the end of march beginning of April. It's cycled. My fish are:
3 adult neon black hi fun variatus
2 fry of those above
7 neon tetras (two are gold neons)
2 Mickey mouse platies
3 cobra endlers
2 rummy nose tetras (I know I need more but can't find them anywhere.)
3 zebra nerite snails
4 ghost shrimp.
8 or so MTS.
In the last week I have lost 1 gold neon, 3 neons, 1 cobra endler
I have a Marineland emperor 400 and a bubble stone. Temp is a steady 80 degrees.
I feed them flakes and blood worms. Also an algae tab every once in a while for the snails.
I have live plants.
Substrate is PFS.
My water params are 0 ammo 0 nitrite 20 nitrate and pH 7.8
I use a mix of RODI water and tap water because my tap has a pH of 8.3 and nitrates of around 80.
My fish swim about happily, eat vigorously, and seem to do really well. In the last week I turn on the light in the morning and find a dead fish. Any ideas what I could possibly be doing wrong? I do a 10-15 gallon pwc weekly. My husband says I mess with it too much and shouldn't change the water. I told him I have to vacuum out the poop! I'm so tired of losing fish. I'm ready to bag all these guys up and take them to the LFS!!!
3 adult neon black hi fun variatus
2 fry of those above
7 neon tetras (two are gold neons)
2 Mickey mouse platies
3 cobra endlers
2 rummy nose tetras (I know I need more but can't find them anywhere.)
3 zebra nerite snails
4 ghost shrimp.
8 or so MTS.
In the last week I have lost 1 gold neon, 3 neons, 1 cobra endler
I have a Marineland emperor 400 and a bubble stone. Temp is a steady 80 degrees.
I feed them flakes and blood worms. Also an algae tab every once in a while for the snails.
I have live plants.
Substrate is PFS.
My water params are 0 ammo 0 nitrite 20 nitrate and pH 7.8
I use a mix of RODI water and tap water because my tap has a pH of 8.3 and nitrates of around 80.
My fish swim about happily, eat vigorously, and seem to do really well. In the last week I turn on the light in the morning and find a dead fish. Any ideas what I could possibly be doing wrong? I do a 10-15 gallon pwc weekly. My husband says I mess with it too much and shouldn't change the water. I told him I have to vacuum out the poop! I'm so tired of losing fish. I'm ready to bag all these guys up and take them to the LFS!!!