start water changes????

[donle]

ammonia..1.0, nitrite .50 nitrate,nitrate 5.0...ph 8.0....8 common goldfish in tank..tank size 55g

 

[OrangeCones]

Yes!!!!!!!

 

[ValRasbora]

for sure! Ammonia is very high, poor goldies!!

 

[donle]

i swear it just spiked like that today.....

 

[Newman]

reduce goldfish to about 5 in numbers. less is even better. make sure you only have fancy varieties, comets and commons will not be good choices for your tank.

 

[OrangeCones]

I think the OP is using the goldies to cycle the tank.

 

[Newman]

whoops, he even mentions that they are all commons...
not the best way to cycle the tank IMO. WC ASAP if you want to keep this on the humane side.

 

[donle]

in my defense the goldies are not only being used to cycle the tank, actually two of the goldies are going to be placed in a tank in my daughters room..and the other 5 will be going to a friends tank. I have been watching very carefully like I said that spiked over night. I wasn't sure when to start the water changes so I asked. I love this forum you always get answers quickly.

 

[donle]

just read posted and I realized the post kinda comes off sounding like I'm being a d@#k...sorry if it reads that way...it's not meant to be that way..sorry

 

[achase]

What size is your daughter's tank? The 55 gallon?
Don't worry! We all have pretty tough skin here and don't take things personally (most of the time). Plus your post didn't sound d***ish (is that a word?) at all.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Plus your post didn't sound d***ish (is that a word?) at all.

Yes it is a word-meaning like a D#%k....FOTFLMAO

I don't think you sounded like that though, but you do have to do a massive water change ASAP, like 50%. Then check the levels again.

What are you using to test? Liquid or test strips?

 

[donle]

daughters tank is little 5 gallon put it's filtered for a 20 gallon.. so i figured 2 common goldies would be safe. to be honest i just glad i'm not in a huge hurry to put fish in my tank. my tap ph is over 8.8..i heard african cichlids are the way to go with such high ph. but even after looking that ph may be a little high..so i'm going to have to lower it no matter what..i might as just go ahead and deal with the ph and lower it to keep the I want. i figure maybe a nice piece of drift wood and maybe put some pete moss in with my filter and hopefully that will bring it down and stable enough to get the orandas I want. i really don't want to have to use chemicals all the time to keep it low. what do you think and is there anything that's not so chemical based that i can use to lower it..like a "home remedy" ???????????

 

[OrangeCones]

daughters tank is little 5 gallon put it's filtered for a 20 gallon.. so i figured 2 common goldies would be safe.

For two common goldfish, you will need a 40+ gallon tank. A 5 gallon tank will not work.

 

[achase]

Yes it is a word-meaning like a D#%k....FOTFLMAO

Lol! I know what it means I just wasn't sure if I could add "ish" at the end. I guess I can!

I agree with OC, a 5 gallon tank no matter the about of filtration on it is not acceptable for two common goldfish or even one. Once your done cycling you would be better off rehoming or returning the goldfish and getting your daughter a betta or something for her 5 gallon.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Lol! I know what it means I just wasn't sure if I could add "ish" at the end. I guess I can!

LOL at Achase... You can add "ish" to almost any word, like you could say to someone "You are being a$$holeish!" or "you are acting a tad jerkish" or "stop being anti fishish!" OK, I made that last one up! LOL*BOUNCINGS

 

[achase]

I guess but is it proper English? Lol! Jk....you don't have to answer that!

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Umm.....yes it is proper english! LOL

 

[marvin]

truly funny what a forum 11-21-2010, 10:09 AM #12
donle
Teenie Weenie Fish.... Donie do you think you got your question answered??? i have hundreds of fan tails in a pond with no filter system and the only time you see them is when they come up to feed the water is so green...rofl at the responses you recieved

 

[achase]

truly funny what a forum 11-21-2010, 10:09 AM #12
donle
Teenie Weenie Fish.... Donie do you think you got your question answered??? i have hundreds of fan tails in a pond with no filter system and the only time you see them is when they come up to feed the water is so green...rofl at the responses you received

What forum is that from?
What size is the pond? I don't know much about ponds but shouldn't they be relatively clean?