What time of day did you test the pH? Was it first thing in the morning? Was it later in the day? Do you have any other test results for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, GH, KH?
We went through this recently with someone else so yours may be the same situation.
Do you have live plants […]
I finally received some fish equipments! I remind you that I live in middle east, and had big issues with finding chemicals, test kits, medications, and even siphons!
Now i got (5 in 1 Tetra testing strips) , I know it’s not as accurate as the liquid testing kit, but that’s all I could get. But […]
Leave your pH alone. There is no need to aim for a neutral pH level. pH does not mean that much in the overall scheme of things, ,but rapid pH changes can adversely affect your fish.
Did you establish a nitrogen cycle prior to adding all those fish to your tank? If not, then this is […]
It’s good that you have a test kit and you are testing your water. And… you can almost never do too many partial water changes.
Fortunately, your pH is only 7.0 so that makes the ammonia less toxic to the fish but any ammonia isn’t a good thing. The higher the pH, the more […]
I always rinse the tube and cap with aquarium water before filling it for testing. Jimmy McHaney Husser, LA
Hi All,
I’ve had a go at testing the water using a Tetra Pond 5 in 1 test strip. The results are as follows:
Nitrate 50mg/l Nitrite 0mg/l General Hardness
My priorities on testing would be.
1. Amonia high amonia levels are quick killers of fish. Incoming water from fish that have just shipped are usualy vvery high in amonia which is why they need to taken out of the shipping water as soon as possible.
2. pH pH that is […]
Kim,
If it happened after new fish added they probably were diseased. Immediately add salt as pure as possible at 1 lb per 100 gallons over 1 or 2 days. That might help save some of the fish.
Edgar
On Jul 2, 2008, at 3:19 AM, kimlx90 wrote:
> Thankyou for the reply. The […]
Thankyou for the reply. The sequence of problems was: older fish died first, Two new koi died within days of being put in the pond, Second older fish died. Now all fish not feeding.
Unfortunately I don’t have any facilities to quarantine the new fish so they had to be directly introduced into the pond. Not […]
Ok everyone,
Here’s the results of my water testing with a high-range pH kit. It’s giving me a headache.
Water Source pH Alkalinity Range ================================================ Tank Water 7.6 […]