HELP HELP just lose one of 2 clown fish dont want to lose the other HELP ME PLEASE

[denniscoy420]

I have had these 2 false clown fish for about 3 years
I just moved to another house so i had to break the tank down
when I set the tank up the nitrate's when to red because I moved all the rocks around
not sure why but I am doing 3-4 gallon water changes in a 30 gallon everyday till the red goes down
well here we are 2 weeks later 24 gallons of water change in a 30 gallon tanks and still red
well i woke up this morning and the male clown fish was just dead stitting against some rocks
f....... me
well What should I do?
the female clown fish is all along
still have 3 other fish in the tank flame damesl, royal gamma
please help out with the nitrates and the lose of a long time fish thanks so much

 

[cableguy]

They make some products that will bring them down, but Ive never read where high nitrates can kill fish. Unless they are like 1000+. What are your ammonia and nitrite levels?

 

[tonysi]

are you sure it isn't nitrites?

 

[meowzer]

Have you tested ammonia too? You may have stirred up too mush debris
ALSO...instead of doing small daily water changes, you should do larger ones every few days....

 

[nanomantis]

Your small water changes are not accomplishing much. You need to do a series of 50% water changes at this point. Also I would add some carbon to your filter, seeing as you likely stirred up some hydrogen sulfide with moving all your rocks around.