Manic Fury
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I have a fancy fantail goldfish named Pontus. I did several large water changes yesterday because of extremely high ammonia levels. (I just got into this hobby and bought a master kit so I didn't know of the ammonia levels until yesterday).
The ammonia levels were 6 ppm. VERY BAD. So I did about 3 75% water changed and tested his water after an hour and they went down to about .5 to 1 ppm. After that I waited until the next day and did a 50% water change. The ammonia levels didn't go down, but they were still very low.
The one thing that is still a little high is the pH level which is 8.0. Not very very high, but still not healthy.
Anyways, after the water changes, Pontus seems to sit at one spot at the bottom. He doesn't move for hours and when he does get up, he swims around and seems fine and I get relieved thinking he's better now, but then he sits back at the bottom and does nothing all day.
He also has had no appetite. I'll put a very small amount of flakes in (very small because if he doesn't want to eat, not a lot goes to the bottom and rots) and he doesn't seem interested at all.
I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm thinking it could be several things.
-High pH?
-Stress from all the water changes?
-The big drop in ammonia levels that he was used to that aren't there anymore?
I don't know. I've done everything that I can think of to do. Any advice?
The ammonia levels were 6 ppm. VERY BAD. So I did about 3 75% water changed and tested his water after an hour and they went down to about .5 to 1 ppm. After that I waited until the next day and did a 50% water change. The ammonia levels didn't go down, but they were still very low.
The one thing that is still a little high is the pH level which is 8.0. Not very very high, but still not healthy.
Anyways, after the water changes, Pontus seems to sit at one spot at the bottom. He doesn't move for hours and when he does get up, he swims around and seems fine and I get relieved thinking he's better now, but then he sits back at the bottom and does nothing all day.
He also has had no appetite. I'll put a very small amount of flakes in (very small because if he doesn't want to eat, not a lot goes to the bottom and rots) and he doesn't seem interested at all.
I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm thinking it could be several things.
-High pH?
-Stress from all the water changes?
-The big drop in ammonia levels that he was used to that aren't there anymore?
I don't know. I've done everything that I can think of to do. Any advice?