imissmytruck
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A friend of mine bought a house with a pond. She didn't want it. So while I was draining it I found 3 nice butterfly koi, several other goldfish up to 7 inches and three 8.5 inch goldfish. I kept the three 8.5 and put them in my 90 gallon that I was cycling for koi.
I should mention the pond was not maintained for over a year and I had no clue there were fish in it until it was 3 inches deep! That's how green the water was! IT WAS NASTY!
So anyway...two of three have now died. And my third, a beautiful platinum color...is just quickly swimming from one side of the tank to the other. He is the only fish. And the parameters are fine with 2 exceptions:
Ph: is at 7.6 same as my tap and all 6 of my tropical tanks. I have done everything I can to lower it with no luck so I go with it.
Ammonia is 0
Nitrite is 0
Nitrate is sadly over 80. But I like that in all my planted tanks. I would prefer 60 but find the maintenance for 60 to not be worth it as the tanks hold themselves at 80 with my filtration.
The tank cycled for a month and was ready for the fish when I brought them home. He has eaten all my "grasses" but hasn't touched the hornwort I bought FOR him. and he leaves my elodia alone.
Anyway. Now that 2 of them are gone and this one is acting NUTS I am afraid he will die as well. I keep the 90 gallon in my meager tank room with my two 10 gallon shrimp tanks and my 20 gallon neon tank. They are all heated, but with it being summer and us without a/c even the 90 is at 76 degrees. could the temperature be the problem?
I am overly frustrated that these fish could live in what amounted to a mud pit, but once they were set free in a nice home they bite it! When they were transferred over they went through a 3 hour drip acclimation AFTER spending the night in a bucket of their home water.
I would like to know why his behavior is so erratic and if it is a sign of his end times.
Thank you all for all your help!
P.S. It has been 4 weeks since the rescue. No one died the first week. One died the second week. Last Monday was week number three when I lost number two. So here we are week 4....
I should mention the pond was not maintained for over a year and I had no clue there were fish in it until it was 3 inches deep! That's how green the water was! IT WAS NASTY!
So anyway...two of three have now died. And my third, a beautiful platinum color...is just quickly swimming from one side of the tank to the other. He is the only fish. And the parameters are fine with 2 exceptions:
Ph: is at 7.6 same as my tap and all 6 of my tropical tanks. I have done everything I can to lower it with no luck so I go with it.
Ammonia is 0
Nitrite is 0
Nitrate is sadly over 80. But I like that in all my planted tanks. I would prefer 60 but find the maintenance for 60 to not be worth it as the tanks hold themselves at 80 with my filtration.
The tank cycled for a month and was ready for the fish when I brought them home. He has eaten all my "grasses" but hasn't touched the hornwort I bought FOR him. and he leaves my elodia alone.
Anyway. Now that 2 of them are gone and this one is acting NUTS I am afraid he will die as well. I keep the 90 gallon in my meager tank room with my two 10 gallon shrimp tanks and my 20 gallon neon tank. They are all heated, but with it being summer and us without a/c even the 90 is at 76 degrees. could the temperature be the problem?
I am overly frustrated that these fish could live in what amounted to a mud pit, but once they were set free in a nice home they bite it! When they were transferred over they went through a 3 hour drip acclimation AFTER spending the night in a bucket of their home water.
I would like to know why his behavior is so erratic and if it is a sign of his end times.
Thank you all for all your help!
P.S. It has been 4 weeks since the rescue. No one died the first week. One died the second week. Last Monday was week number three when I lost number two. So here we are week 4....