Not to sound snide or patronizing, but this is what happens when you mess with your water chemistry. The pH of the water is held by a buffer, once this buffer is “broken”, the pH can drop precipitously. Thus far, you do not seem to be into too much trouble, other than the rapid shift […]
Dave,
I know what you mean about purists and their opinions of butterfly koi, so to avoid yet another sermon on how they’re a bastardization of the breed I just don’t mention them, but this spring I fell in love with two absolutely stunning metallic gun-metal grey ones at one of the […]
Hi Dave. Thanks for the follow-up on your pH saga. As for your cloudy water, several seasons ago I took a jar of my cloudy water to one of the local aquarium stores that I’d bought a few things from that season and they tested the water for me to […]
Hi Don. I couldn’t figure out where you’d gotten to when I first posted the problem and didn’t hear back from you. I thought you were away on vacation or something. Anyway, I’ll look for the gel medication, but I have one important question. How does one sedate […]
Dear Lorraine and Kim,
Lorraine, I got your e-mail yesterday evening and was just about to reply today when Kim’s came through, so I’ll respond to both of you at once.
To begin with, the missing information about the filter: it’s a Fluval FX5. Second, the medication Malcolm picked up at a local […]
Hi Brenda -
I suspect that dirty water is the culprit — and that your fish has become stressed and has taken on some kind of bug and/or virus. When this happens, you usually have to treat the bug/virus with 2 medications, cuz the stress and virus make […]
On 21-Mar-08, at 6:18 PM, guppytrain wrote:
> Hi Brenda. I might be able to help. Here’s a few questions for you. > > How long have you had the fish? This is Tubby’s second indoor winter, and he (?) will have been with us three years come May. > How many […]