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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / June 2005Goldfish With Warts
Geezer From The Freezer Wrote: > KIRSTYANNE wrote:- > > I am not sure on how you test for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate but I > have tested the PH of the water which was 7.2. The tank we have a > the > moment holds just over 20 gallons but I have just purchased a Juwel > Vision 180 which holds 180 litres. They are not in the new tank a > yet > as I am currently treating them with an anti-bacterial remedy.- > > Kirsty, > > You will need to buy test kits to test these. It is very important to > do this from time to time, especially when problems are occuring. > Sometimes you can take water samples to your local fish shop and > they will do a test for you. I bought some amonia and nitrate kits and tested the water in the tank The ammonia levels were ok but the nitrate levels were high at 80. When we went the our local shop they said that the nitrate level woul not harm the fish. We have also bought another bacterial remedy to tr and eradicate the problem with their cloudy/growth on their eyes -- KIRSTYANNE > I bought some amonia and nitrate kits and tested the water in the tank. > The ammonia levels were ok but the nitrate levels were high at 80. > When we went the our local shop they said that the nitrate level would > not harm the fish. We have also bought another bacterial remedy to try > and eradicate the problem with their cloudy/growth on their eyes. Your local shop are idiots then. Nitrate will harm fish at high levels and over a long period. If this was not true, what would be the point of water changes? Try and get the levels down to 20ppm or lower, if possible. Check your filter immediately! Are you using ammochips or some other amonia remover? Replace it or take it out completely and substitute a good quality carbon. Do you use resins? Are they old - more than 4 weeks or so? Replace or remove. Is your filter sponge clean or filled with debris? Rinse out with treated tap water or (better) aquarium water from the tank and replace. Do you use biomedia? Is it exhausted? Some (like the ones in the Aquaclear filters) need to be replaced after 3 or 4 months. Others only require rinsing. Don't change everything in the filter at one time. Rinse the sponge, change the carbon or amonia chips now. Change bio media in a couple of weeks OR, mix new biomedia with old to seed the new stuff faster. You should see IMMEDIATE improvement. And don't add any medicines YET! n |
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