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MY FISH are dieing to often2007-11-24 23:09:47

If this is a new tank that isn't cycled, and you suddenly introduced a whole bunch of fish, then you are probably killing them with ammonia poisoning. Look up 'aquarium cycling' on google and you'll find a wealth of information on it. If you have made this common beginners error, I recommend taking back all your fish except a couple of them. You can add more later once the tank is cycled.

As mentioned, cleaning your tank weekly is the best thing you can do for your fish (they can't have water too clean, whatever people think), just make sure you are cleaning it right. You should be replacing the water in portions only - about 25% per week is a good schedule for most tanks to keep them fresh and clean and stable for a long time to come. You should be treating this replaced water with dechlorinator and matching it fairly close to the temperature in the tank.

You should be vacuuming the gravel when you do this, that way it prevents too much of a build up of waste. vacuuming the gravel will not harm the bacteria, and niether will water changes.

You should not be cleaning the filter unless the tank is fully cycled. Once it is cycled, make sure you clean the filter media in de-chlorinated water only (you can just use the tank water) to preserve the bacteria. If you need to replace the media, do it in portions, not all at once, unless you have a fully funcitioning bio-wheel.

You should not be adding anything to the tank besides dechlorinator. The more junk added to the water, the more likely things will go wrong. Keep it simple.

Forget trying to breed guppies. They'll do that themselves - concentrate on keeping them alive.

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your fish might be stressed out. Did you use anti chlorine chemical? your water may be too hard. Condition your water at least an hour before putting fish. 2nd, cleaning aquarium every week is too much. Once a month is fine. Changing at least 40% water twice a month is recommended tho.