i just want to add.. it is my 14 year old sisters tank, at our mothers house 45 mins away from me... so i do not have total control of the tank.
i am trying to get them to get rid of 2 of the 4 common goldfish they have (I KNOW THE TANK IS VERY OVERSTOCKED, AND GOLD FISH NEED TO LIVE IN PONDS)
i have my mom convinced but not my sister. also we are working on getting the pleco rehomed but it is hard to convince them.
i have been doing 50-60% water changed ever 4 or 5 days... since i do not live there. i went there yesterday and did a water test: amm:1 Ites: .25 Ates:20-30
so i did a 50% water change, added prime, filled it back up, tested the water again. did another water change (55%), added prime, filled it back up, tested again: amm: .25 Ites: 0 Ates: 5-10
I tested the tap water and there is .25 ppm traces of ammonia, so now working on getting my mother to buy RO water for the tank.
what else can i do to help this tank????? i feel so bad for the situation. my sister believes that because the fish are alive and have lived in worse conditions that they are fine and that she does not need to do water changes more than 1x per month.
also, i am facing issues with the tank being super cloudy, i will attach a picture of the cloudiness AFTER the 2 water changes