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MitchStavely

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  1. I appreciate the outstanding advice. I definitely understand how pH swings can upset the balance of water. I worked at an industrial water treatment plant for the Government cleaning and processing industrial wastewater to strip aircraft, long before retiring as an IT system admin for Government applications. We kept our water @ 6.8 - 7.2 pH. I remember there were times the aircraft lines would have to use city water, because the treatment plant was down for various reason and they would complain the stripper of all things, didn't work as good or took longer to work, so with that said, yes, it's very important for the makeup chemistry in water and I should be checking this more thoroughly. I will obtain a TDS meter along with a pH meter, instead of strips. With TDS however only an RO can take that down, which shouldn't be a problem for the water treatment plants, but I do understand the problems they can encounter. I will take your advice and run with it to update mine with what is going on with our water. I, also, will take some sample to a friend still working at the Gov lab to get a breakdown of the water. Nonetheless, thanks for the knowledge and it will be used. I need to know exactually what happened. I should have known better to jump to such drastic conclusion of what happened.
  2. Thank you for the advice. I regularly check my parameters and have zero chlorine or chloramine, due to treating the water before entering the tank using complete, prime, ect... Most of my nitrates were absorbed by the plants and also some water changes. The only conclusion, I can come to at this point is seachem flourish has a lot of iron and my water here in Florida is fairly hard water, due to the lime. I lost a total of 4 grown cory doras, 4 neon tetras, 3 Dalmatian molly's. My Angels, 4 Dalmatians, 2 large bristlenoses, German Rams, and more tetras seem to have survived after (3) 50% water changes in two days. I'm going back to the API root tabs and will research Aquarium co-op fertilizers, which get high reviews. I just can't chance Seachem Flourish anymore, which seem to work for a lot of people. However, I found quit a few people who experienced the same issue with their fish dying after using Seachem Flourish tabs. There is not enough of a buffer for error to give this product any further consideration. My fingers are crossed that I don't lose anymore fish. I feel I may be passed this, hopefully! again, thanks!
  3. My water parameters are zero ammonia and zero nitrites and very low nitrates. I've been using API root tabs with no problem and decided to switch to flourish to give it a try and it immediately started causing this issue. I should have been more careful about switching ferts, so lessons learned. I quarried and found a lot of people have had this issue using this product. Now, i'm only worried about keeping the remaining fish i have.
  4. I have a 75 gal with Angels, Blue Rams, corys, bristlenose, several schools of tetras and plants. I decided to add seachem flourish freshwater plant supplement (tabs) under my plants. Sadly, I experienced some fish deaths after I made these additions and used this product. All my of my corys and some tetras have died. I'm very upset that this happened, and am wondering if there may be a correlation between my actions and these losses. I am going to order some ferts from aquarium co-op, but haven't yet. I'm trying to get this stuff out of my tank, which includes multiple water changes. Any knowledge or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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