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UVvis wrote:Did the tank smell alright? Did you do any maintenance to the substrate or filters? What other fish are in the system?

Smelled normal, added 1 filter with new media 1 week prior, nothing else.
5 2-3" fronts and 2 tiny rams , 2 striped raphaels

Um. Well, nitrates are pretty high for any fish, don't think you really want to be above 50ppm at the MAX and clowns are really sensitive to water quality, with clowns 5ppm is really as high as you want to be. By slightly pale I am guessing they were grayed out? (that means they were stressed) Did ...

Lost my entire group in less than 3 days. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 60 max nitrate. 125 gallon.... They were perfectly happy 1 day and then within 3 days all had died. Fronts in tank and others never got sick. Lost 2 spotted raphaels also. No real signs of ich, slightly pale, minimal struggles. Just rec...