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I ended up loosing everything. Scraping the entire tank. Never figured it out. Inspected the dead and not a single sign as to what was happening. My assumption is some sort of bacterial infection.

I just did a medicated bath on one of the fish to see if it responds. If so I'm gonna try and treat. If not I'm going scorched earth and scrapping the entire tank. I've lost like 600 dollars worth of fish at this point. Super sad about losing all my wild caught and second generation peacocks. I...

My name is Bek, and I have been in the game for 30 years. I worked at a fish specialty store where I really increased my knowledge and skills. I specialize in highly aggressive freshwater fish. I at one point in time had 20 tanks one of which was 500 gallons hosting a 3 foot long south American...

I had a nice clean up crew that kept the bottom clean. Do you have gravel bottom? Gravel can hold onto waste and it could keep your levels high. I use sand because it's more like their natural element. Sand can make ammonia bubbles and spikes, however I rake the sand and keep waste from being...

Not sure. It stays pretty consistently that way. I have noticed that Africans respond well to constant water changes so I try and take 50% every 4 days. Could be why I stay super low

You could be having an algae bloom. Before the algae grows sometimes it displays itself as white water. Check to make sure the tank isnt getting too much light. You can buy sheets of white floss for really cheap, cut a square to fit in your filter and it should slowly pull the algae from the...

So I want to start off with I am not new to the hobby. Been in it for 30 years and worked at a specialty fish store for some time. I have been stumped by my mass die out of African cichlids mostly my peacocks. There are no visible signs that would suggest any reason for the deaths. The fish have...