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Posted by Angrie.Woman on March 16, 2005, 2:39 am
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> For starters....even after you bought the 10 gallong tank, you are way too
> overstocked, as goldfish are very messy fish.
> What exactly were your test readings...."nearly zero" as you put it for
> ammonia/nitrITE can be...or IS fatal for any fish...
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> SOunds to me like your tank went through a massive ammonia and nitrITE
> spike because you overloaded your tank...
> In future, cycle your tank without any fish (look up fishless cycling on
> google) to avoid unecesarilly stressing and killing your fish)
>
If he has an established tank there's no need to do a fishless cycle. He can
move his bacteria to the new tank and viola! Ready-for-fish.
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> overstocked, as goldfish are very messy fish.
> What exactly were your test readings...."nearly zero" as you put it for
> ammonia/nitrITE can be...or IS fatal for any fish...
>
> SOunds to me like your tank went through a massive ammonia and nitrITE
> spike because you overloaded your tank...
> In future, cycle your tank without any fish (look up fishless cycling on
> google) to avoid unecesarilly stressing and killing your fish)
>