Severe water issue! Help

HI guys thank you in advance for taking the time to read and assist me. I have a 58L tank. It had been at my parents for over a year with an established cycle and successful keeping of the fish. Original fish being an electric blue ram, 5 ruddy nose tetra (one has one eye but has been that way for a while and seems fine and happy.) One neon tetra and a grown honey gourami and one smaller honey gouramis. I had a sword tail which has now also died There was an angelfish there for a while whom lived peacefully in the tank but when we moved the tank to my new place about 5 months ago soon after his behaviour became more dominant but didnt pose a threat really more of a chase however ive rehomed him in my spare 25l tank for the moment as he was picking off the gouramis. I have the apI master kit but recently have encountered a higher nitrate reading so I bought a cycle aid to reduce it but also bought a balloon molly and a plec. I also bought a pure water bomb to help balance the live bacteria and promote health. Since doing this something is now really wrong! Unsure if it's the new additions or a water issue that's worse. My ruddy nose tetra seem twitchy and not as vibrant which suggests a problem. The two new additions the golden spotted plec and the balloon molly died about 40 hours after being added. The fins on my blue ram seem whethered a bit and some scale loss on one of the tetra I've noticed. In addition to all this I've done a water change and conditioned the water to try keep in control. The honey gouramis (lsrge) has all of a sudden started attacking its smaller friend and I've woken up to notice the smaller ones eye is missing! It's not doing well so I have isolated him for the moment. Something is just really off in the tank it smells quite strongly too which it's never smelt quite so bad!I have the heat at 27 degrees and thought I was doing well in tropical gish keeping but it seems I have a lot to learn. I feel the gills are unseen some stress too. I will take readings and post pictures of the apI results. I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to help my fish and establish a good community again so please don't be too harsh with me as this is the first time I've encountered a problem I have a 4 year old tank that I kept the same fish through their lifespan in previous years and felt I had this sussed. Please help advise me. Thanks for your time. Ps the aquarium water bomb I used came as just water when I thought it may be jelly type like the ballast to put into the filter which I've previously used and found helpful. Maybe there was an issue here too as it rapidly has declined in health. It's a pump system filter which I'm not as sure about compared to my good old plug in fluval I had in my smaller tank. Thanks again

I'll add a picture but to me the reading from apI are
pH 6.0 (or below as it doesn't register under)
Ammonia (Nh3 and NH4) around 0.50 I think maybe higher
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 160ppm
I'm unsure if I'm reading it correctly so I'll add the picture thank you so much for your time and consideration

 

Some questions. . .
1. How long has your tank been running? Given the ammonia reading, your tank isn’t fully cycled. Your profile says you’re not familiar with the nitrogen cycle.
2. How often are you doing water changes? How much?
3. What is a water bomb?
4. Until your tank is cycled, are you using anything to protect your fish (Prime)?

 

Some questions. . .
1. How long has your tank been running? Given the ammonia reading, your tank isn’t fully cycled. Your profile says you’re not familiar with the nitrogen cycle.
2. How often are you doing water changes? How much?
3. What is a water bomb?
4. Until your tank is cycled, are you using anything to protect your fish (Prime)?

It has probably started a minI cycle due to the water changes I've been doing in the last 2 days to try counter act what's been going on. It's called an aquapure aquarium bomb suppose to be good for promoting health. The tank itself has been going with the original fish for around a year and a half. Used stress cowt etc. A few months back when they moved here and all seemed to be going well. I think I'm limited in my cycle knowledge but I'm gathering from my actions trying to make it better I've actually made it worse. I have used tap safe and the latest fluval cycle biological enhancer containing super concentrated live bacteria helping fish loss and eliminate ammonia. This was added yesterday. Thank you for your time

 

The test results (especially the high nitrates) are after the water changes? What size tank and total stock?

I would suggest you continue the water changes until you get the nitrates at or below 20 ppm. Until your tank is cycled, I’d also suggest you use Prime to protect your fish. Although the biological enhancer may help the cycling process, it’s not going to protect your fish during the cycling process.

Sorry, but I still don’t understand the water bomb or why you’re using it.

 

Thanks for your reply I will continue the water changes how quickly in succession would you reccomend I do this? It was a gimmick product I should have known better really it had been recommended to me by a pet store when I had said my readings were a little off and the product was recommended at that time. However I feel like maybe it was off or something as that's when the real problems started with my tank. My poor fish I feel terrible. I'll make sure I'm educating myself more on the cycle but how to correct the wrong doing is my main concern. Rookie mistake thinking I had this under control and made it worse. Live plants coming just now and more bio enhancer with water changes hopefully ph will come up and nitrates down. Thanks

 

I’d suggest daily water changes until you get the nitrate level down.

If your pH is below 6, you should probably also consider putting a small amount of crushed coral in your filter. A low pH can stall the cycling process.

 

What is the ph of ur tap water? A ph of 6 or lower will stall ur cycle/crash it. Test ur tap water for everythin including nitrates. U need to slowly get those nitrates down and I wouldnt add anymore fish. Also get some prime water conditioner, itll protect ur fish while ur tank balances out. In my opinion its never a good idea to trust pet store people cuz they just want to sell stuff and most have limited knowledge. The less chemicals and things u put in ur tank the better. So to reduce nitrates u need just water changes, nothing more. And u could add a bacteria booster but I wouldnt add anything else, clean water is key. Do u vacuum the substrate ever? Or rinse ur filter media in TANK water ( not tap)? U can do that to help get those nitrates down but I wouldnt go clean everythin really well all at once. U need to get the ph up by either adding crushed coral to the filter or substrate. But depending on ur tap water ph u may b able to do that slowly by doing partial water changes. Sorry I'm kinda in a hurry so my thoughts are a bit scrambled. And I just noticed I said pretty much the same thing as dunk2...sorry lol

 

Sounds like a tank that never had its water changed. Change it, nitrate is acidic hence low ph.

 

1) Do a large water change. I recommend at least 50% of the water. This will help dilute the high ammonia and nitrates
2) change at least 20% of the water each day to further dilute nitrates. The best way to remove nitrates is with water changes, but fish can be sensitive to rapid fluctuations, hence only change a bit each day after the initial large water change. A stable aquarium should have 20% of the water changed once a week to keep nitrates from building too high
3) if there is a large size difference in the gouramis or not many places for them to hide it is not uncommon for them to fight, especially as they mature
4) the high ammonia and low pH is probably stressing out your fish. This can show as behavior or physical changes ex. Scale loss, torn fins. This can lead to other health problems
5) research the nitrogen cycle And "old tank syndrome" as it is probably what caused the death of the new fish, and those deaths may have triggered the ammonia to spike high enough to kill your beneficial bacteria, rasing your ammonia even more.

 

Much higher ph reading it was definitely acidity below 6.0 apI test. Slowly but surely and frequent water changes to try and control the nitrates in picture is ph then I checked against high range which didnt apply but I was just double checking,ammonia And finally nitrate which is still too high. Any other suggestions. My poor angelfish has gone blind with the poor water quality both eyes are super cloudy I don't think even when moved into the quarantine tank I have it hasn't helped at all. Had some disease control in there too but what else can I do to ease his suffering? Can attach picture but its horrible