Circle of Life

Another one of my tuxedo platies died for no reason again, leaving just the 5 red wags and the one tuxedo. I think they were sick at the aquarium store where I bought them, which is odd since, although they don't give very good advice, have fairly healthy fish. I cleaned out the 50 gallon and the water perimeters are all good, so no real other problems. With the death of the platy, the platy babies are doing well, and I see about 25 babies swimming in the plants. One dies, 25 appear. I really hope at least one of them is a mix between tuxedo and red wag, because I haven't hybridized fish before. My reef is declining! The corals aren't doing great, and the rocks are overrun with hair algae and chaulerpa. Not good. Every time I clean the tank I take out everything and scrub it of algae, I think I really do have to switch to spring water, and do water changes every week. The mobile life is good though. I really hope I can upgrade soon, I shouldn't have sold all my other tanks......