Recent content by Bribri547

Ammonia is still testing at 0

I'm confused about the whole cycling thing. Does it affect the fish even if you keep the water levels safe? And does it still go through a cycle if you're moving most of the aquarium as opposed to completely starting fresh with new everything? Also I just did the last water test for the day, and...

No, I'm not 100% sure. I just assumed if I transplanted enough from the 10 gal and tested the water a couple times a day it would be fine. The day I transferred her the nitrate level was 0 in the 10 gal but I had also just done a water change the day before.

So a little background, I rescued a goldfish from a hoarder house, and after a battle with various illnesses and adapting to a clean environment she pulled through. She has been in a 10 gal since I wasn't sure she would survive, and since she has I got a 40 gal breeder. I ran the new filter...

Good to know! Hopefully I won't come across this again, but you never know. I did end up using the parasite meds and I think you might be right about the melafix...yesterday it was so bad chunks of her tail fin were falling off and it spread to her other fins. She was so miserable she sat in the...

I just noticed the tear in her tail fin turned into her entire fin being badly frayed...i assume it's fin rot? I can't believe how quickly everything is escalating. I feel so bad! She finally pooped too and it looks like a white/clear string of hair...should I use the parasite medication just in...

Hubby got off work early today so i was able to get some test strips. The ph is a little low but everything else looks good. How long do you think it will take for her eyes to clear up? And any idea what could have caused it to appear so suddenly?

Unfortunately amongst my rushing around the night before Thanksgiving trying to get her out of there as quick as possible i forgot test strips. I won't be able to get any until tomorrow. But I did get melafix! Also was it a bad call not using her old water? I know it doesn't matter now, but I...

Yeeeaaahhh speaking of which, somehow overnight her eyes are now very cloudy and she can't see. The water got really cloudy too...help?

That's a good idea, I never really thought of fish being picky eaters. The two I had just loved food in general and would eat anything lol

Yesterday I rescued a goldfish from a house that belonged to a hoarder. They left the fish behind and the water was so dark and there was so much build up you couldn't even tell there was something living in there. I didn't use any of it's old water in the new tank because it was just so...