Just joined forum but have kept fish for 30 years.

[angiemike6]

Hi all. My name is Mike and I am from Bristol in the UK. I have a Juwel Vision 180 litre tank at the moment and absolutely love it. It has a lovely curved front, and both it and the filter is so easy to keep clean. I have been keeping community fish now for 30 years. These days I tend to overstock my tank, but do not get fish dying or becoming ill. I do weekly water changes of about 35%, and only feed the fish 3 times a week. I have Boesemani Rainbowfish, Clown loaches, Congo Tetras, Bolivian Ram, Albino Corys, Golden Gourami, Plecs, Golden Dwarf Cichlid and Cardinal Tetras. Most of the above fish are about 8/10 years of age. Although I do have 2 Cardinal Tetras, they will not be replaced when they die as I find it very difficult these days to keep them alive. When I first started my aquarium I cycled my first tank on 6 Cardinal Tetras and they all survived. Perhaps these days they are mainly produced in fish farms, rather than from the wild, and have become weak. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated. I am really looking forward to this forum.

[Carl]

Welcome to EA!

As for suggestions, it seems you are doing well, so sharing your routines might be helpful for others that often visit this forum (this forum still has a somewhat high daily visitation number, even though posts are nowhere as common as in the past, since most persons use this forum as an information reference).

EA just created a new board just for the purpose of successful aquarium keepers such as yourself to share your routines:
everythingaquatic.proboards.com/board/72/routines

[devonjohnsgard]

Welcome to the group!

Just throwing things out there, cause it sounds like you have things figured out.

It could be a source issue, but I believe when there's a source issue it's more like 3 or 4 out of 10 get sick.

How about bullying? Even at night? That could be a semi aggressive tank and maybe that species of fish is lower in the pecking order?

Are you doing anything with electrolytes go keep fish immunity boosted? This is the GH reading.