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Apology accepted. It happens. The fish are doing alot better today. I have not added the the bubbler yet (being 8 1/2 months pregnant and trying to dig through old supplies is not easy in this heat). But I will do that and I think that will help ALOT! Thanks again, Christina

1. tank setup for well over a year 2, both rinse and replace when I rinse I use tank water 3. none of the 4 turtles are more then 3 years old, maps, painteds and a musk turtle 4. they are all constantly shedding no sign of swim bladder disease. Christina

Yes I do regard my turtles as more importat in this particular tankb/c this is a turtle tank the fish were feeders that never got eaten. As mentioned before I have several tanks including 4 salt water tanks and in those my fish are more important!!! These fish would hav been eaten normally...

I am not going to a LFS I used to work at one. I always use the dipstick as a baseline and then I used a real test kit to get accurate results. I now how to test my water. And trust me the water parameters were good. Yes I know turtles and goldies are messy but I do regular water changes...

sorry so used to dealing with turtle stuff (uvb is a turtle light). I meant the uv sterilizer. I had a skimmer but it stopped working months ago never got it working again. Never really needed any other filtration even when the tank was stocked. Maintained levels very well with water...

I am using the dipsticks and I double checked it with a full test kit (I am drawing a blank on the brand names right now). NItrites were zero, nitrates were trace and ammonia was zero. No the tank is a 110 it has about 90-100 gallons of water. It is just about 2 inches below the surface...

Ok yeah the water is pretty warm. I will double check to see the exact temp (I am not home right now). But with the turtles the water is usually in the mid 70's. I had added the power head last night to move hte water around which might be helping it is hard to say. But I do have an air...

Hmmm.... I don't really know how old they are. I don't replace them until they die. Since it isn ot a reef or anything I never thought it would matter, does it? The uvb bulb is only 1-2 months old so I know that is good. Christina

cause the water is clean. It is very possible. It might have like 5 if it turned a tinge but the water is clean trust me! And not he tank is not cycling or anything like that. nitrates, nitrites and ammonia were zero. Christina

filtration is up there it is a 30 g sump. phosphates are zero. and I use tap water that is conidtioned. Christina

This is actually a 110 g turtle tank that the feeder fish in there have grown to a decent size and the turtles don't eat. I have grown quite attached to the fish. It is 4 good size goldfish and some minnows and some guppies. The tank has a fluval 404 and a fluval 304 on it. Been up and...

I have a very well established 90 gall sw tank. It has a 30g sump and right now there is only one fish in there. A few months back I had an ick outbreak and lost all my fish except this one. Ick is now gone from this guy and he is now back in the display tank. Parameters are all good, I do...

Ok I don't have the qt tank setup yet. I will in the next week or so. One of hte two fish died today. The other last one is doing well. Yes I am using a refractometer. SO once I get the last fish into the new tank setup I should raise the sal in the display tank let it run for a few weeks...

Well I slowly dropped it over time. It has been at the lowest for I guess a week or 2 now. Would having it dropped too long cause a problem? Ok so setup a qt tank for the last two survivors what about the rock and stuff that doesn't matter right? Thanks, Christina

Well I recently royally messed up. Lesson learned! I have a 90g sw fowlr tank that has been up and running for almost 2 years. I intorduced a new fish with qt it and well..... ICK!!! Yup wiped out my whole tank! I so far have 2 fish left! Was so mad b/c these fish have been in here since...