Hi Manda,
I had a similar problem last year in a larger pond that had been established for 14 years. The mid size gold fish I had kept on being found dead. I tried a lot of chemicals and remedial action but it took a lot to get the whole thing under control. We actually took […]
While many people do 50% or larger PWC’s, doing more than 25% PWC’s at a time can result in a change in water parameters too much, too fast which can result in pH shock, temperature shock, osmoregulatory issues, stress issues, etc.
That article was dealing with a SW tank and did not give any actual test […]
Hi, I found this ‘controversial’ article on making several ‘huge’ PWC to reduce the nitrate level in a short time. I’m wondering what you’ll have to say about the effects of this on fish.
Noura
An Instant Nitrate Reduction Method How to Reduce High Toxic Nitrates Quickly & Efficiently Many people try to reduce […]
thanks for accepting me here, i hope i can share my knowledge in keeping aquarium and to get some info also from all of you. thank you very much. i write blog for fish and i have my own website. feel free to give some suggestions and comments on it. i will […]
Dear Dave,
I’m not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but up here we’re told that anything between a measurement of 7.2 and 8.5 pH is considered acceptable. I also have been under the opinion that pH measurements are slightly elevated in the afternoon, but of course that wouldn’t […]
Traci, While it may be that you have 2 males and they are getting territorial as they mature, with the larger one being dominent and the most aggressive (as they may behave in the manner you describe), its also quite possible that you have a pair bond forming between a […]
> > > > If you are going to put the fish in the > > > 10 gallon tank as soon as its set up again (with well water), > there no need to even consider water changes in the cups. > > > > > > Really??? Wouldn’t they be shocked with […]
Ray, As I mentioned before, I don’t have a testing kit “neither does any LFS here”. But I performed a 25% PWC earlier today. I’ll bring an antibiotic first thing tomorrow, but the only one I could find “that can be applied to fish tanks” is called “GREEN something!!”, I’ll write […]
I have since clarified this several times over, including a full explanation of what I meant by the original statement. You do realize that email threads evolve, right? You can’t keep going back to the first message in the thread and insisting that you’re right when further explanations have come to light. […]
Rob,
The particular tank I referred to with the 5% water change was a species tank. No plants were present, but a number of rockwork and flower pot caves were present. These particular fish in that tank are very sensitive to water changes and rapid changes in water quality., hence the small amount of water changed. […]