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So I called my water company again today and they assured me that the nitrate levels are within the legal limits. I asked them to come and test my tap water as I did six readings with two different kits, just to make sure I wasn't the one at fault. The readings all came in between 40 and 80 ppm ...

To break it down, you've had a bunch of random fish deaths in your 40 gallon breeder tank with 11 new cichlids, and you're trying to figure out why. You've already checked the water parameters and they seem fine, aside from the nitrates which are a bit high due to your tap water.

If you've got ...

The tank in question and the DIY setup I've got going on - so this 40 gallon breeder's been cycled, housed the 38 babies initially, and now it's the 11 new ones. I've had this DIY pathos plant setup above the tank for a bit, trying to bring down the nitrates, but it's only done a little.

I've had my 40 gallon breeder tank fully cycled for a while now, housing 38 babies from when they were taken from their mother to now, around 2.5 inches in size, some smaller, some larger. They were doing great, transferred from another tank, and I only lost maybe 2 or 3 in 6 months. Recently, I got ...