- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- 10
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 51-60%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
I had a 12” Oscar an 8” goldfish and several guppies in a 75 gallon tank and everything was good. Guppies never got eaten. Then I got a 14” pleco free with a 30g tank, who I moved to the 75g. Wow can they poop! It was almost impossible for me to keep the nitrates down. Oscar got a white fluffy patch on his one fin which turned into a hole. I quickly rehomed the pleco and goldfish and added indian almond leaves. The next day Oscar started swimming in circles and back and forth like he is stressed or looking for his lost tankmates. Its been 2 weeks and his fin looks to be healing but he still swims in circles occasionally and now is refusing his pellets. He will eat crickets and red wigglers but thats going to get pricy. In the last 3 days he has eaten one pellet.
The pellets we’ve been feeding him for the last year are koi pellets. How long can he go without eating?
The pellets we’ve been feeding him for the last year are koi pellets. How long can he go without eating?
