mattkat1414
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I have had fish for about 2 years and they usually all died after 6 months. I always got 5 livebearers at a time for a 20 gal tank. Whenever I clean it out, there is a bunch of poop and particles that rise from within the rocks, however my ammonia levels have remained at 0, as well as basically everything else that's harmful. Is it normal for the poop and particles to be there?, or am I not cleaning it correctly. Could somebody please also describe fully what Kh and Gh are because I've never understood. I have asked on this forum before why the fish keep dying off slowly and that I have regulated pH using chemicals, but they say the real trick is regulating kH and gH and that the regulatory chemicals are bad so could somebody clear that up as well. I know I dechlorinate the water properly, as they don't die in the symptoms of chlorine, but usually diseases. The situation isn't completely horrible, as a few have lived for a long time, but I know they die off faster than they should. They usually from dropsy or other diseases, with most of them being them suddenly getting it. However, they don't all puff up with prickly scales when they die like dropsy would cause them to. I don't understand what this is either. I change the water weekly at about 25%. I have also heard people say that the carbon part of the filters are unnecessary because they only filter out antibiotics and I have heard contradicting information about how much to change it and other components of the filter so could somebody clear that up please? Also, what should I do with salt levels. Are livebearers more sensative than other fish and should I maybe switch to tropical fish or another type?