blackberry75
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jan 11, 2021
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Quick back story, my stepson agreed to pet sit his brother's goldfish while their mom moved. She's refused to take them back. They came in a 29g tank. All 12 of them. The tank was disgusting and every fish had ich, fin rot, fungus, and a few where septic. I did what I could but there where heavy losses. We're down 7 goldfish and 3 surpises I didn't know where in there. There's a algea eater (pleco?), a snail I thought was a tank decoration but is actually alive, and a little silver thing about an inch long with a hump back which I've no clue where it's been hiding.
I've just moved them all to a 65g. I know very little about fish and just learned about cycling. The fish have been in the new tank for a week already. I bought a master test kit and have 0 ammonia but nitrite and nitrates are high. How freaked out should I be. I've been doing daily water changes to dilute the nitrite/nitrates. I'm at work right now so I don't know exact numbers but will retest when I get home and post those. Ph is stable at 7.2 temp is high, hovers between 75-77 depending on time of day.
I've just moved them all to a 65g. I know very little about fish and just learned about cycling. The fish have been in the new tank for a week already. I bought a master test kit and have 0 ammonia but nitrite and nitrates are high. How freaked out should I be. I've been doing daily water changes to dilute the nitrite/nitrates. I'm at work right now so I don't know exact numbers but will retest when I get home and post those. Ph is stable at 7.2 temp is high, hovers between 75-77 depending on time of day.