anyone have a female carpintis

[fish boy in toronto]

i would pick some up today if i were you your are poisoning your fish and if they are to breed the babies will die they are too weak for those water conditions

 

[fishguts]

belive me its not bothering them a bit. i do 3 water changes a week and keep my nitrates below 20 and have never seen a trace of amonia in any of my tanks.

 

[fishfreak317]

belive me its not bothering them a bit. i do 3 water changes a week and keep my nitrates below 20 and have never seen a trace of amonia in any of my tanks.

what about rusty metal poisoning?

can u test for that?

yeah get some eggcrate. the stuff is a pain in the @$$ to shape, but way safer then rusty metal grills.




actually though, throw those test kits in the garbage, cause from your pics it appears u got some serious nitrate issues. just a hint, and alot of the ammonia tests are inaccurate after so long of opening the bottle.

just trying to help. gl with the breedings

 

[ammerman19]

I would definitely add some salt too if you haven't to try and prevent infection from where your fish is losing his scales. That is a sign of very poor health btw. maybe add some stress coat also to try and help him heal up faster.

 

[Modest_Man]

If a little rust harms fish so much, why do people sink old boats and cars to form artificial reefs?

I mean, rust is just oxidation. Iron and oxygen. As rust has higher volume than the originating mass of iron, I don't see it leaching much into water?

Who knows. Random though. Total derail.

 

[ammerman19]

yeah I agree a little rust isn't going to hurt but something in the water isn't agreeing with that fish.

 

[fishfreak317]

i have no clue if rust or metal sitting in tank with rust will hurt anything...

i'm no underwater rust inspector or nothing, but i bet it does something, and i wouldn't want in in my tanks. was just trying to help