Hello all, Its been a while!!
I have a 30 gallon cycled tank. Its been set up for about a year.
PH: 7.8
Amm. : 0
Trite: 0
Trate: 5-10
I have 4 nerite snails and a Blackmoor Goldfish.
As for plants I have Amazon Swords, Wysteria, Water Onion, and some sort of fern. I also have some drift wood.
I treat with flourish 1 cap full twice a week.
DIY LED Light system runs for 10 hrs. a day. I just switched to 6 hrs, that will start tomorrow.
Manny, the Blackmoor Goldfish, has been unhealthy since the first day I got him. If you read back through my past postings you will see he has been through a lot. He started off life in a tiny fish bowl, moved to a 1.5 gallon tank, then to a 10gal tank and now to his spacious 30gal tank.
Here's the problem, he does not swim. He just sits on the bottom of the tank. Every now and then, maybe once or twice a day, he will swim a bit but he always returns to his favorite spot laying on the bottom.
He had been pooing really long clear poos so I treated him with a parasite medication, we are on the last day of that. (Tetra Parasite Guard)
Still no change... although I haven't seen the long clear poos.
He (I should mention I don't actually know that he is a boy) also has some white cloud issues on his back and ends of fins. I tried peroxiding them, but it didn't change anything.
He has been in his current state for months and I am trying to figure out if he is treatable, or if it just is what it is. I am truly frustrated by the situation. I have spent a lot of money and people always ask if I actually have fish, and I have to point to him on the bottom of the tank. It's also frustrating because he can't be happy either.
Any help or advice you can give would be hugely helpful!
I have a 30 gallon cycled tank. Its been set up for about a year.
PH: 7.8
Amm. : 0
Trite: 0
Trate: 5-10
I have 4 nerite snails and a Blackmoor Goldfish.
As for plants I have Amazon Swords, Wysteria, Water Onion, and some sort of fern. I also have some drift wood.
I treat with flourish 1 cap full twice a week.
DIY LED Light system runs for 10 hrs. a day. I just switched to 6 hrs, that will start tomorrow.
Manny, the Blackmoor Goldfish, has been unhealthy since the first day I got him. If you read back through my past postings you will see he has been through a lot. He started off life in a tiny fish bowl, moved to a 1.5 gallon tank, then to a 10gal tank and now to his spacious 30gal tank.
Here's the problem, he does not swim. He just sits on the bottom of the tank. Every now and then, maybe once or twice a day, he will swim a bit but he always returns to his favorite spot laying on the bottom.
He had been pooing really long clear poos so I treated him with a parasite medication, we are on the last day of that. (Tetra Parasite Guard)
Still no change... although I haven't seen the long clear poos.
He (I should mention I don't actually know that he is a boy) also has some white cloud issues on his back and ends of fins. I tried peroxiding them, but it didn't change anything.
He has been in his current state for months and I am trying to figure out if he is treatable, or if it just is what it is. I am truly frustrated by the situation. I have spent a lot of money and people always ask if I actually have fish, and I have to point to him on the bottom of the tank. It's also frustrating because he can't be happy either.
Any help or advice you can give would be hugely helpful!