raingerr
New Member
Hi, I have a small comet goldfish and two rosy red minnows living in a 10 gal tank. Iāve had the goldfish for over a year and the minnows for about 5 months. Yesterday I noticed the goldfish swimming erratically and unable to balance. I assumed it was swim bladder disease as the other two fish were fine and all chemical levels were normal. Come today I change the water and the minnows both die in the process. Both ended up swimming erratically in a similar manner for a few minutes and then died. Each had been acting perfectly normal not even 10 minutes before they died. The goldfish is now curled up on his side and I feel like it could be nitrate poisoning instead, however the nitrate levels read at 20 ppm which I have heard is a typically safe level. Other parameters are:
Nitrate 10-20 ppm
Nitrite 0
GH ~150
Chlorine 0
KH ~100-120
pH ~7
Ammonia 0
He still attempts to feebly swim around although is very uncoordinated and bumps into things. I can still see his gills and mouth moving even when he lays otherwise limp. Is this nitrate poisoning or something else? Can I still save my goldfish?
Nitrate 10-20 ppm
Nitrite 0
GH ~150
Chlorine 0
KH ~100-120
pH ~7
Ammonia 0
He still attempts to feebly swim around although is very uncoordinated and bumps into things. I can still see his gills and mouth moving even when he lays otherwise limp. Is this nitrate poisoning or something else? Can I still save my goldfish?
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