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Utterly perplexed -- the day before yesterday i vacuumed the substrate and I did a 30% water change. Fish started getting sick. Yesterday when I tested the water there was no ammonia. Today I did a 75% water change and just discovered there is a significant amount of ammonia (50 ppm). What...

UPDATE w/ PICS (apologies in advance for the overkill; trying desperately to save what I can and need all the help/guidance I can get! Thanks for reading!! First the bad news: when I woke this morning, I had two dead goldies and one dead angel (the one that was dying yesterday). But the other...

Many thanks to all who have responded. I'm grateful for your encouragement and kindness. @AdoraBelle Dearheart , thanks for all the detailed guidance. I'm going to give it a whirl. I'm going to change the water and use your suggestions for controlling temp. I'm wondering if I should...

Many thanks for your grace and kindness! :) Truly.

Thanks so much. I’m so sad and feel TERRIBLE about this. I suppose it’s too late to do a big water change this minute. But I will do it as soon as I’m up at 6 am. I’m a little scared because I don’t know how to handle the temperature of a 75% water change. How can I warm the water first? I...

Pop & Set Up: 1 Molly; 2 platies; 2 angelfish (one is dying); 2 goldfish (90 year-old dad brought these home, they had been doing fine in the tank for the last two months); 1 pleco (died 2 days ago) 75-gallon tank; fluval 407 canister filter; fluval e300 heater; a 200 watt supplemental heater...