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Another angle showing the red gills. I'm not sure if it's what you would consider red gills or something else. I am new to the fish world

Here is a picture of one fish with the red around his gills

I'm getting so frustrated ? I've been doing between 40 and 50% water changes, using prime added to the new water prior to adding, AND lugging the water from my mother in laws as my water has nitrate from my taps I tested this morning I have 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrIte 7.4 ph Between 20 and 40...

I wasn't able to go to my mother inlaws and get water and bring it back. Fish all seem to be hanging lower in the and and acting more normal. Tested right after and nitrate dropped to somewhere between 20 and 40 I'm thinking that nitrate is getting in my water from the ground being unfrozen...

Ok guys I've been working relentlessly to get my numbers down but nitrate will not budge. My husband suggested testing the tap water and sure enough it's reading somewhere between 60 and 80ppm !!!! We have a well, bought the house about 6years ago, I know before it was purchased the water had...

Should I Be concerned about my nitrate reading ? And will Prime help balance that? A partial water change today? I added just under a full cap last night when I got home with my Prime Nitrite is perfectly light blue at 0ppm, any readings high go to a purplish colour Also picture makes my...

PH is showing high, around 7.4 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite is definitely a 0 ppm Nitrate looks like a 40 ppm but may be a bit higher Added prime last night, but before test was showing very similar readings Should I be concerned about my PH and if so how can I safely alter it? I've been reading a...

How is it possible that she does 100% water changes, uses no product like Prime and they live without issues I just got done about a 50% water change Added the last of the conditioner I have here, hoping to get to town to atleast pick up some sort of water treatment for the meantime and the...

so if I had of chose gold fish, I wouldn't have had to worry about the cycle of my tank balancing and the whole bit. Just a huge water change every once in a while and they'd be good ? Tempting lol No, i like the idea of the type of fish I got. Just gotta get the proper stuff and I'll be set I...

The funniest part is my mother in law has gold fish and the odd different type of fish. Every spring they go out in an out door tank, come in during the fall. Generally by the time she gets to setting up her indoor tank for the winter the outdoor tank has a layer of ice on it. She uses 2 indoor...

I did think of a pet food store in my local town called feeds and needs. They use to carry fish but got our of it. They have high end quality products. I'm going to call tomorrow and see if they maybe carry it. Y'all have to understand I had zero knowledge before starting this endeavour other...

In the site listed, I typed in my location and got zero results in 100 miles I live in Canada. 35 minutes away is a walmart 95minutes away a pet smart 3hours away, possible other pet stores but too far to travel. Other then that, I'm kinda limited Thanks again for the help, hope I didn't...

He is a she lol But yes, I'm getting Prime as soon as possible, and the kit. I have to order off the internet because it's not carried anywhere near me. I'm still a bit confused as to why other brands wouldn't work, like the one I used after doing my major water change but that's neither here...

So today should I do a 30 to 40 % water change and add some of the water conditioner I have here Until I can get some Prime? Or leave the tank be and hope the cycle finishes soon ?

What's two different animals ?

I've checked and no store carries it within a 100mile radius I'll have to order it off line

Just tested water again for ammonia n3 and n4, coming back perfect If I had too much nitrite would that not affect all levels. I've read a bit about cycling and it seems they all play a hand in hand as it goes through the cycle. So would my ammonia and what not be showing a reading of .25 or...

And would Prime just be a different brand of what I've used for balancing the tank?

So is prime used for removing chlorine or a mixture of everything that is needed to balance water ? Is it at all possible that some of the fish couldn't handle the ich treatment, I did use a bit less then recommended because it said if you have small fish as well to use a smaller dose And could...

I'll definitely skip the soap next time and stick to a tad of bleach to clean the bucket

My water supply comes from my well, I didn't think their would be chlorine in that And I can't kill the remaining fish (on purpose anyways), their is five still alive so starting over isn't an option

After the ich treatments the water was cloudy and was reading between .25 and point .50 so did a large water change and added the stuff that says it will imediatly balance the water. The water cleaned up within a day and my anmonis levels returned to zero. I'm wondering if I had done sometbing...

Cleaned the tank with hot water and a little vinegar

So for now should I start doing some 25-30% water changes ? Try to bring the levels down that way, until I get somewhere to buy a test kit and that Prime you were talking about ?

I'll try but I'm pretty sure it's the closest and the next would be around 3 hours away Also I'm not sure what you meant when you said "that's the medium" etc