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I have had my tank fully stocked 75 gallon for 6 months. Not one issue. All fish thriving. Yesterday I found my prized Copperband (fat little guy who started eating day one upon arrival) dead and my one spot fox space (my daughter's "fish") barely hangin on to only die five minutes later.. I tasted water and my nitrates were through the roof. All my other fish were breathing heavily. I was able to get them all out and into my ten gallon hospital tank that I keep running down in the basement. Lost my yellow tang within an hour. I am crushed. They were my three favorites. I have no idea why my nitrates spiked. All other fish are accounted for. Anybody have a guess? I don't know what to do. I stirred my sand to try and clear any food - I shoot my rocks each week with a turkey baster. This is a fish only tank with live rock. I left my snails in the tank. There have been no new additions in 6 months and every single fish went through six weeks of quarantine. I learned that lesson when I first got into this hobby. HELP! Any advice would be helpful. 24 hours later and all my other fish are breathing fine and eating fine. What the heck could have happened?!?!? Thanks in advance. And if this teachers you nothing else, have a hospital tank running if at all possible!