Honestly, this last week has been straight from fish-owner hell. Since I got home from college- after nearly seven months of having no issues with my fish- *everything* seems to be going haywire. I'm stressed out of my mind enough with life as is, to be dealing with seeing my fish looking so unhealthy and in pain.
Anyway, I noticed my larger goldfish was showing signs of suffering from bad water quality, sucking at the filter hose, gasping at the surface, occasionally flashing on the gravel, and swimming with his dorsal fin down. Also, wouldn't you know it, I used the last of my de-chlorinator last night when I was doing an emergency water change on the other tank.
I feel basically trapped at this point. I can't do a water change because all the water I will be able to get tonight will have chlorine and chloramine in it. I cannot drive for now because I need to wait until next tuesday to re-activate my car insurance, and I am literally dirt broke for at least a few days.
Is there anything I can do to relatively quickly dechlorinate tap water, or is there any common household item I can add to it to at least make it possible for the fish to survive in with as little complications as possible?
ugh...seriously, next time it's going to be some kind of fish that doesn't literally poison its water every day.
Anyway, I noticed my larger goldfish was showing signs of suffering from bad water quality, sucking at the filter hose, gasping at the surface, occasionally flashing on the gravel, and swimming with his dorsal fin down. Also, wouldn't you know it, I used the last of my de-chlorinator last night when I was doing an emergency water change on the other tank.
I feel basically trapped at this point. I can't do a water change because all the water I will be able to get tonight will have chlorine and chloramine in it. I cannot drive for now because I need to wait until next tuesday to re-activate my car insurance, and I am literally dirt broke for at least a few days.
Is there anything I can do to relatively quickly dechlorinate tap water, or is there any common household item I can add to it to at least make it possible for the fish to survive in with as little complications as possible?
ugh...seriously, next time it's going to be some kind of fish that doesn't literally poison its water every day.