fed up,what am i doing wrong

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
CHOMPERS;2030319; said:
Spring for the master test kit ($30). Also, look into a swimming pool test kit from Walmart, HD, or Lowes ($5-10). If money is an issue, get the pool kit, nitrite, & nitrate.

The Master Test Kit has ammonia, pH, nitrite, and nitrate.
The pool test kit has chlorine and pH.

The pool test kit is to test your tap water and to test your treated water to verify it is safe to use. You also need to test it for ammonia (chloramines).

Don't do lazy refills like the Python way. That is a first class ticket to dead beneficial bacteria (indicated by your ammonia readings)...among other things.



Don't discount the possibility of bacteria infections. Are there any frayed or decayed fins? Any red streaks on the fish or fins? The salt method for bacteria is a craps shoot but worth a try. Use double the normal amount of salt and lower the temperature. Raising the temperature can kill your fish. Higher temperatures will increase the metabolic rate and reproductive rate exponentially in the bacteria to the point that the fish won't stand a chance. At lower temperatures, the metabolic rate in both the fish and bacteria will be lowered but since the fish are multi-cellular, they can still fight the bacteria. Just don't lower the temp to that what will kill/stress the fish.
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ya i got the pool tester for chlorine
tap has chlorine and ammonia but not after prime "tested in a bucket a while back"

also i have a pump and hose pumping water from the bottom filter to the top filter then back to the bottom filter while i clean/do w/c lol

fish do have a few frayed fins but when they get hungry they start to pick
no streaks that i know

last w/c i added more salt then normal and it hasnt done anything :irked:

Ksane;2030336; said:
I never did see if the 2.2 pH was a typo. Was it? Your pH isn't really that low is it? Maybe I missed it but if it is, that's your problem. You're not using any sort of pH upper or lower products are you? Don't.
You can have the best filters in the world but they don't take the place of water changes. I'm not harping, just hoping you realize how important stepping up your water changes are. I'm way understocked compared to you and I do 4 times the water changes you do.
I really think that's your problem right there (unless you're also using some ph lowering product).
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no ph ups or downs
no 2.2 lol
and ya ive seen some crazy w/c schedules some people do
if my tanks need that much bye bye tanks lol
:irked:
 
The same thing happened in my prized IT. He;s the only one in my main tank that developed cloudy eye. I think he is already blind and partially blind. All the other fish are fine.

Hope you fix whatever is wrong though.
 
I think your pH test is BROKE ;)

Unless your fish look like they are being digested.... As

pH of 2 is the equivelant of Gastric acid ;) I would buy a new test.
 
I got you beat there. 3 kids and 16 dogs. And the 8 bottle-fed sheep count.
My only point is (and I know you don't agree) is that if we're going to keep fish....or kids or dogs...then we have a responsibility to do it right. And if we just "like them alright" but don't take care of them 100% then I don't understand the reason for keeping them at all.
I know I'll catch flack for saying that. Just had to throw it out there anyway.
 
midnight;2030501; said:
huh?lol
check post 32
i never said a thing on ph i dont think lol
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:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

OOOPs :D
 
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