Okay since I don’t know every fish then I guess I can’t give advice, that seems to be what you’re saying. I was quoting from the link I posted, which said that many loaches don’t like heat and salt (especially salt). Guess I will leave advice for people who know every kind […]
Lenny’s advice is still very valid you need to rehome those fish soon before they take over the tank and/or start eating the other fish. Even if those fish are small now they will grow with each feeding and water change that you give them. I have a red tailed catfish in […]
Here’s a few GOOD and detailed articles on treating Ich (aka White Spot).
http://aquatic-hobbyist.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/ich.shtml
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php
Besides the obvious issues of having a severely overstocked tank, are there any other issues that happened recently that would have caused the outbreak? Ich is often brought on by a drastic fall in temperature of a tank and this drastic fall in […]
Have you experienced drastic temp fluctuations this spring?
All sound good but there is something not being accounted for.
thanks I will do this too In a message dated 5/7/2009 1:44:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mchaneyjm@yahoo.com writes:
Since 7.4 is the lowest reading on the high pH test kit are you double checking it with the low pH kit to make sure of the pH?
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ph high range 7.4 ammonia 1.0 no2 0 no3 1.0 Id a 25% water change this morning will recheck levels in 2 hours should I keep the light off and should I feed her In a message dated 5/6/2009 11:04:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, GoldLenny@gmail.com writes:
Yes, if you go […]
Yes, if you go to my blog page, “A to Z of Fish Keeping”, right near the top is a good article on Cycling With Fish. With only a single goldfish, albeit a decent sized one, in a 46G tank and since your gravel should still be cycled, if you take some of the […]
If you haven’t opened the Stress-Zyme, bring it back.
Don’t PANIC. Wait and see what further test results reveal. Ammonia of 0.5ppm is nothing to be alarmed about. You do have to watch it but not do anything drastic.
Re-test the tank in the morning and give us the numbers.
Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog […]
Since 7.4 is the lowest reading on the high pH test kit are you double checking it with the low pH kit to make sure of the pH?
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On May 7, 2009, at 8:42 AM, jan1213@aol.com wrote:
ph high range 7.4 ammonia 1.0 no2 0 no3 1.0 Id a 25% water change […]
did test again, this is before the PWC this time I just ammonia and no3 ammonia .50 no 3 was between 10 and 5.0 did partial water change again In a message dated 5/7/2009 1:44:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mchaneyjm@yahoo.com writes:
Since 7.4 is the lowest reading on the high […]