Thanks. i talked to my dad. over the next few days i'm gonna do 2 ice cream buckets full of soft water. i think i might put some more plants in to take down the nitrate level because nitrate is what a plant can feast on. Thanks. I don't know if this will do it but i'll post my results quite soon.
The nitrite levels are toxic, way beyond toxic. 50% Water changes every other day if not every day are going to be needed to get them down to levels low enough that your fish aren't being poisoned, below 2ppm. Reduce feedings to every other day and cut the amounts in half. The least of your worries should be the hardness. Fish can adjust to that. The nitrites will kill them quickly. Heavy duty gravel vacs with every water change also to make sure you don't have something rotting in the tank causing the high levels of nitrites. Nitrates need to be below 40ppm but are not near as toxic, nor as quickly.
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