Help! Chemical Balances

[Aquaholic]

I meant the KH not the GH.

Sorry

[rickjames]

Are you sure the dead hermits aren't just molts? They molt their skin every so often and sometimes all in one piece. Other then that get yourself a higher quality alkilinity test kit like seachem or salifert, the salifert one is excellent.

And try increasing water changes to get the nitrates down.

HTH.