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| Author: | Kyle [ Aug 14th, '11, 20:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Goldfish dying |
Hey guys over the last couple of days I have had several goldfish die. It began when I brought home some new goldfish (little guys) and placed them in with the 5 larger goldfish that I already had. About a week went by and everything seemed great. We have been having some really hot days here and I saw that I was feeding them a little to much because I could see pellets still floating in the water when I would get home from work. So I pulled out as much of them as I could get to and stopped feeding for a day or two. Since then (last Wednesday) I have lost a total of 5 fish, and 4 of them have been my big goldfish that were doing fine till the little ones came along. My ammonia is .25 and everything else is 0 except ph which is 7.6 or above. I found out last week I have lime in my gravel. But I have been having good luck with my fish all summer long till now. This is a barrel ponics setup. I have one 55 gallon barrel that is the fish tank, it is filled about 3/4 full of water. I figure its got at least 30 gallons in it but probably closer to 40. I added 1lb of salt last night because I thought that would be the thing to take care of all the deaths but when I got up this morning I had lost another big fish. These fish haven't been fed since Friday either. Because I was worried that I had to much ammonia or something in the system but the tests say otherwise. So now I have 1 big fish (5in) and 12 small goldfish ( 2in) in the system. Am I overstocked? Any help would be appreciated. |
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| Author: | arbe [ Aug 14th, '11, 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Goldfish dying |
I had 9 gold fish in my indoor aquarium. Had been there for months then 5 died over a few weeks for no apparent reason. Some research suggest they get bound up and that you should feed them peas. |
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| Author: | Kyle [ Aug 15th, '11, 20:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Goldfish dying |
Well had another small one kick it this morning. Is that frozen peas or thawed, or does it really matter? |
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| Author: | arbe [ Aug 15th, '11, 20:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Goldfish dying |
I have used frozen ones but I don't think it matters. |
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