Urgent Help needed for RTC - Bloated belly, won't eat, black worms in filter media
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Your worms look like insect larvae to me. Any chance he might have eaten something indigestible?
Nope. The tank is bare. No chance he swallowed something.
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80 ppm NO3 alone I am thinking can do it. Long-term high nitrate has been linked to bloat and poor digestion in goldfish as well as problems with the swimming bladder and one of the causes of the "float" symptom. I cannot link the scientific paper but that's what I remember.
What test kit do you use to come up with this number?
NO3 in general is impossible to measure at home, even hard in the lab. So those numbers are a very general guidance. Still, everyone agrees that if one uses API MasterKit kind of a liquid test, the NO3 is better be kept below 20 ppm for sure, 5-10 ppm is the best.
Metro and Prazi will not harm your BB's, as Aquanero said.
What test kit do you use to come up with this number?
NO3 in general is impossible to measure at home, even hard in the lab. So those numbers are a very general guidance. Still, everyone agrees that if one uses API MasterKit kind of a liquid test, the NO3 is better be kept below 20 ppm for sure, 5-10 ppm is the best.
Metro and Prazi will not harm your BB's, as Aquanero said.
Yeah I'm using the API master kit. Been using that on my tanks for years. I know it's not perfect but I think it's pretty good.
Well he see to be doing better. Bloating is going down a little, more active, and ate a few massivore pellets. I'm going to do one more dose of the Prozi and see if he continues to improve. Keep you all updated!!
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Well he see to be doing better. Bloating is going down a little, more active, and ate a few massivore pellets. I'm going to do one more dose of the Prozi and see if he continues to improve. Keep you all updated!!
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