Dead fish....random? Water?
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Freshwater fish are constantly urinating, so if you are over stocked, the only thing that will keep your tank stable, and from becoming a toilet ( having a pH crashes) are large frequent water changes.
And because you really didn't have much biological filtration going on, a fish die off was bound to eventually happen.
I didn't realize you were so overstocked.
An overhead planted sump was a great suggestion, but even with that, if plan to be so over stocked, you need massive amounts of filtration, and should never slack off on water changes.
Here is an overhead planted sump I use, it is not complicated, and took very little time to set up.
These plants (papyrus) are about 4ft tall, to offset overcrowding you need heavy, thick plant growth.
And because you really didn't have much biological filtration going on, a fish die off was bound to eventually happen.
I didn't realize you were so overstocked.
An overhead planted sump was a great suggestion, but even with that, if plan to be so over stocked, you need massive amounts of filtration, and should never slack off on water changes.
Here is an overhead planted sump I use, it is not complicated, and took very little time to set up.
These plants (papyrus) are about 4ft tall, to offset overcrowding you need heavy, thick plant growth.
See I don't really have the room to put a over head sump like that. I have to basically do it all by the filters in the tank....I went to my lfs and ask my guy. He gave me some stuff to put in my HOB filter and I did so. Also gave me some stuff to help cycle my tank.Freshwater fish are constantly urinating, so if you are over stocked, the only thing that will keep your tank stable, and from becoming a toilet ( having a pH crashes) are large frequent water changes.
And because you really didn't have much biological filtration going on, a fish die off was bound to eventually happen.
I didn't realize you were so overstocked.
An overhead planted sump was a great suggestion, but even with that, if plan to be so over stocked, you need massive amounts of filtration, and should never slack off on water changes.
Here is an overhead planted sump I use, it is not complicated, and took very little time to set up.
These plants (papyrus) are about 4ft tall, to offset overcrowding you need heavy, thick plant growth.
Just checked the water and my nitrite is already down! I want to say it's at a .50ppm now instead of 5.0ppm 
tmrw it should be better. Ph is at 7.6 low range and high range at 7.4
tmrw it should be better. Ph is at 7.6 low range and high range at 7.4