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    Cycling end?

    where can you get these test kits?
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    Cycling end?

    So as some of you know i had a goldfish from a project and came home totally unprepared and tried my hardest to fight for this fishy but he ended up passing :/ So i said im going to do a fish less cycle, i cleaned the tank and added water with ammonia, the ammonia level has gone down, the...
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    Thanks guys, Josh will be missed, but i have leared from my mistakes i did a 95% water change and added some ammonia, time to get the fishless cycle started!
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    reallly sad to say but little josh passed away last night :( He had this awesome day where he was so playful and was doing great i was sure it was the end of his battles, but sadly the next day he slowed down and i did a water change, he slowed more, i did another water change, he was laying on...
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    I really am too! he is still kind slow though :/
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    Its flat and just like discoloration of his scales, it has actually decreased over the last few days, the water has no detectable amounts of anything bad!! I think im finally done cycling!!! :D
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    He is doing good i think. He does like to spend a great deal of time at the top...with his mouth closer to the surface and his tail down towards the bottom. He has just very very recently developed brown spots on his head and around his gills.. I have read somewhere that this is a sign that...
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    Emergency! help!!

    Josh was more active today, did another 50% change, will do another one this after noon :) This fish is gonna live!!! he has no choice! lol
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    Emergency! help!!

    Thanks for your help!!! Its so stressful to own a fish! lol I cant wait until this tank is stabilized!!
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    Emergency! help!!

    Tested again, my ammonia is at .25, he is just kinda drunkenly swimming he seems to wanna go to the top, and gets there but cant stay there long :/
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    Emergency! help!!

    yes i did keep the old filter in there, can the water change wait till tomorrow? its barely been an hour since the last one..is this too much? of is it immediately nessecary?
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    Emergency! help!!

    I know im really sad about this, i was so determined to keep him alive, i really hope he makes it. But if he dont, im gonna change out the water and then let the tank cycle properly and then go about getting some new fish. He is swimming around a little bit now,then goes back the bottom...
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    Emergency! help!!

    No i just cleaned the tank with hot water...i really dont think this little guy i going to make it :(
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    Emergency! help!!

    i did a 75% water change again, when should i do another? And No my tap has no detectable amount of ammonia, i have well water and have tested it. He was acting slow, i came here asked why was told a 1 gallon was too small for a goldie...switched him to a 20 gal, he was doing good until he...
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    Emergency! help!!

    I have tested the water, neutral ph with 1ppm ammonia, .5 after the change, put in the ammonia fizzer tabs, and there is 0 nitrite/nitrate. He hadnt moved from in the cave so i picked it up and he is still alive and moved, but now he is just laying in a different spot gasping :/ Is there...
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    Emergency! help!!

    Josh (goldfish) Just move into his new 20 gallon tank, and ammonia is present, At least i think that is why josh is acting so sickly. Right now he is laying in his cave gasping... I went to the store and bought ammonia clear fizzy tabs, did a 50% water change prior to the addition... Is...
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    Studied him longer, had to sit really still for the longest time!! hes not comfy with me yet :/ And found out he isnt gulping at all a the top, he just goes up there and swims around with his head like just below the surface...odd really lol
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    UPDATE: Josh was very active this morning, tonight ehh kind of... I did a 25% water change since we are going to be restarting cycling :/ I will do this every day. Im hoping he is just acting a little slow because his water temp has dropped since this morning so im heating that back up right...
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    Yeah thats what i was thinking!!! The bubbles are gone i will try to get better pics later today!
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    worried new fish mom, help!

    The weird line things you see are bubbes..i know weird right? And sorry for the crappy photos, my bro took the good camera to college so these were taken with a cell phone :/ The black one just shows how awesome the led light thingy is at night!
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    Josh's new tank!

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    worried new fish mom, help!

    He is a single tail striped goldie :) pics coming in a minute!!
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