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Rob2000X

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This is Rob. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
I was wondering if any one could help me. I have A 150 Gallon tank set up with all sorts of chiclids. The problem is I can't seem to keep them alive. This is my second go around at trying to keep chiclids. The first time I had 12 chiclids and after about two months of success 7 of them died in 2 days. I spoke with some fish people and they went over my whole set up. I found out that I was doing every thing right but one. When I did my water changes I was not treating the water with any chemicals. I know now it sounds stupid but I was not told about it till after words. I was told that I needed to treat the tap water to get rid of the clorine. So now I treat every water change with Stress Coat, And I change my water about every 2-3 weeks and I change about 1/4 to 1/3 of my water at a time. This is what I was told to do. But I was told that I was doing everything else right. I tested the water every week for PH...Ammonia...Nitrite...Kh...Gh...all of my levels were with in standards according to the fish people I spoke with. My Ammonia was very low close to none, my Ph was around 7.9 to 8.1 my nitrite was very low close to none, my kh was at around 85 and my gh was around 105. I know it has to be something I am doing because for the second time since I have had this tank the majority of my fish have died in one day, they are all dying at once. I also use CYCLE to help keep the tank healthy. My tank also gets very coudy with a green tint but then I add CYCLE and it clears up in about a week. The only Fish the has lived though this is my Gold Severum. Please If anyone has any advise please give it to me. You can even call me at 1-571-334-5207 ask for Rob. Thanks to all In advance.
 
Rob,
Sorry to hear about all of your trouble, and i do not know much about your type of fish, but i was wondering what type of setup you have? How often you do water changes. Do you test for Nitrates? If my nitrates in my tank go up above 20 i notice that things start to get bad in there. Like my water starts to cloud and the fish start to act funny. I would get a nitrate test kit and see what they look like, i think 40 is the highest you can go with them before there starts to be trouble. Hope this helps, let us know. Sandy
 
Hi Rob,
I would suggest you PM Ciclidmaster, he knows a lot about your species of fish. I'm sure he can help.
 
This is the same post I've seen for the 4th time since I replied to your thread in the cichlid forum. I thought the cichlid forum thread was the only one when I replied.
 

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