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Posted by dr-solo on January 23, 2012, 10:15 pm
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High nitrates is due to:
too much food fed at once, goes thru fish without being digested and rots
gravel trapping of rotting food
wrong food, high in carbohydrates. GF need proteins and fats only, like in itty
bitty critters. So high protein, high fat type foods. Krill is good because it is
salt water and thus doesnt carry freshwater diseases.
too little filtration. If you construct some kind of veggie filter on the tank
the
plants will remove the nitrates.
Ingrid http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/
>On 12/11/2011 2:08 AM, Taryn wrote:
>> I lost a common goldfish to high nitrates a year ago. Since then I've
>> been trying to get the nitrates under control (unsuccessfully). I have 2
>> goldfish, a 5 inch common and a 3 inch fantail and they were in a 10
>> gallon tank. They both just sat around on the bottom of the tank most of
>> the time and the common goldfish has weird lumps on his sides. No amount
>> of water changes would bring the nitrates down so this week I bought a
>> 30 gallon tank for them.
>
> I can't speak to the environment, but perhaps they are bored. Goldfish
>like to shoal together and root for food on the bottom. Maybe they have
>nothing to do? What do you have in the tank?
>
>
>I thought would help and that they would perk
>> up but they still sit around on the bottom. There is a little ammonia in
>> the water right now (about .25-.5) but all of the other parameters are
>> great. Are these little guys just permanently brain damaged from sitting
>> in nitrates for a year?
>
>Is it Nitrates or Nitrites?
>
>Jeff
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>I lost a common goldfish to high nitrates a year ago. Since then I've
>been trying to get the nitrates under control (unsuccessfully). I have 2
>goldfish, a 5 inch common and a 3 inch fantail and they were in a 10
>gallon tank. They both just sat around on the bottom of the tank most of
>the time and the common goldfish has weird lumps on his sides. No amount
>of water changes would bring the nitrates down so this week I bought a
>30 gallon tank for them. I thought would help and that they would perk
>up but they still sit around on the bottom. There is a little ammonia in
>the water right now (about .25-.5) but all of the other parameters are
>great. Are these little guys just permanently brain damaged from sitting
>in nitrates for a year?