I would love a bigger tank. Believe it or not I actually love the few fish I have and would like to be accomplished at more breeds. I am proud of the fact that my tetras have been with me over five years. Also, it took me a couple years to get the live plants down. I lost them over and over.
More water changes I can do. And I will get an exact read on the nitrates because I cannot find those dead fish in the huge java fern roots. I have tried over and over. I really think that platy "dissolved" because I picked up some pink "fuzz" with the vacuum that looked like some of the remains attached to a mouth. He only lasted six months. You might be right...there has to be a reason I can't keep these other breeds alive. I've tried platys, loaches, catfish, goldfish, mollies, gouramis (oh, it killed me when I lost the rainbow gourami--I tried everything to save that fish. I tried for days. I bathed it, etc.)
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