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Thank you. You are right. Thankfully this tank was given to me so I didn't waste money on it and I can use that money to buy a bigger tank. I didn't realize goldfish got that large. Probably a public misconception since I've been reading alot that most goldfish die shortly after being owned...

OK got new strips to measure PH and it is 6.0 which is quite low. I don't know the environment in which they were bred or even where they came from (like I said they were given to me by a person who has almost no knowledge of goldfish). Should I really attempt to adjust PH and KH? I have...

Thank you both i have much to think about here

My KH is 0. My TAL is 50. My GH is 30. I will purchase new PH test strips that can detect a lower range than 6.4 so I can obtain reliable test result. But it sounds like Caliban contradicted him/herself. First said that Aiken is correct. But then said that many aquarists run on 0KH...

If I am correct, ammonia is less toxic at lower PH. But the downside is that the cycle may never get started or take ages in lower PH. So should I leave it alone or attempt to slowly raise it to 7 over the course of a month or so? The fish appear happy and healthy. One has a little black...