I NEED HELP ASAP, PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[FishGeek]

My fish are droping like flies!! My Nitrates are high for some reason. I am doing a (25%)water change, again. I just did one so.... But within 4 days I have lost my Angel and my Female Krib and the male is not looking good (but everyone else is looking fine) These fish would hide for about a day and then all of a sudden... I dont understand this, can someone please help me?

 

[OCCFan023]

are all you other paramaters ok besides nitrate?

Are you missing any other fish that you didnt take into account that may have died and started the nitrate problem? The water changes will help and they should come down

 

[FishGeek]

Yes everything is fine but Nitrates. And no there are no other dead fish. I count my fish 2/3 times a day. (probably sounds weird but...)

 

[TLH]

Have you added anything lately?New fish or plants etc.

 

[FishGeek]

The most recent was last week and it was just before the problem started; I added 1 more Botia. He is very tiny though. One piece of driftwood is fairly new, but was soaked for 2 weeks first. Would this cause this spike?? And in case anyone is wondering this tank has been cycled for a few months now.

 

[FroggyFox]

high nitrates probably aren't going to kill fish unless its a prolonged thing. When you do water changes do you gravel vac?

Have you had any temperature fluxuations or pH fluxuations lately?? The driftwood could cause a drop in pH that would be more harmful than elevated nitrates.

 

[FishGeek]

That is why I am a little confused. I did a water change Sat. and again Sun. Now both my Kribs are dead. My temp stays pretty consistant. Same with my pH. ????????

 

[Salty Fishes]

Have you checked ALL of your water parameters? I know that you said that your pH stays consistant, but did you check it recently? A couple of months ago, a bunch of my fish died for what seemed like no reason. A couple of days later, I realized that my pH had dropped to about 5. I pretty much felt like an idiot when I figured it out...

 

[FishGeek]

I came home from work today and I lost my new baby botia!! I checked my tank again and the nitrates are safe again (barely) and pH has dropped just slightly. It went from being 6.9ish to about 6.6ish. What would cause that? I am going to do one more water change anything else that I should do?

 

[TLH]

Observe closely all fish.Look out for stress,bullying,skin problems etc.
If the new fish introduced something the others have no immunity to you'll just have to ride it out.You could try upping the temp to 29-30°C for a couple of days.That sometimes helps with certain things.Try and aerate the water at the same time though as it will reduce the available oxygen.
I wouldn't worry too much about the ph drop aslong as it doesn't go any further.I think the maximum change in a day(when your adjusting ph) should be 0.2ph.