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Ph levels and missing fish

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Question
My fish keep going missing. No signs of skeleton nothing in matter of five minutes. I have cloudy water and my ph is 6.2. Tank has been up at least 2 months and I have 10 gallon. I know has 2 dalmation fry, tiger bard, albino cory catfish, african dwarf frog left

Answer
The cloudy water is due to ammonia. The best way to take care of that is water changes, also to keep the PH at a normal level, yours isn't too but but it could go just a little higher. Make sure you gravel vaccumm really well when you drain the water for water changes, never ever change out more than 50 percent of the water.

Tiger Barbs are semi-aggressive fish and if you just have one. If the fish are dieing due to ammonia, the tiger barb might be eating them over night. The best thing you can do is try to clear up that ammonia. I hope this helps you!