Please Help, Crazy Rainbows!

[WILDER]

Most of it point to bacterial, but the darting about can say parasites but here no other systoms like gasping and flicking and rubbing.
I think I would Treat for a bacterial infection.
Just want to make sure that your ph hasn't altered.

 

[bmiranda]

pH...hmmm...there's an interesting question....I noticed that my pH wasn't reading accutately on the test strips, and my buffering...(alkalinity) was 0 so I've added BufferUP over the last few days...no noticable changed in alkilinity or pH, but who's to say that the ph is even reading right...

 

[WILDER]

And you use water conditioner.
Have you been decorating or using any house hold products nears the tank.
Can you post water stats as members say fine and there not sometimes.

If ph is out it can cause a fish to spin.
Need the ph reading to your tap ph reading.

 

[bmiranda]

Temp 80 (raised to treat)
Nitrite Ammonia 0
Nitrate 40 or less
Buffering capacity 0...tried to rais with buffer up to no avail
PH, reads low, but I can't get an accurate reading...
Use water conditioner every time i add tap
use salt whenever i add tap, 1 tsp per 5 gals

 

[WILDER]

I wouldnt use salt all the time.
Need to look into your ph,, what your ph reading now to your tap ph.
Go to go now be back in 40 minutes.

 

[bmiranda]

Give me an hour or so, I'm going to go to the store and get a pH tester.the one I have now is the 5in1 srtips and I'm not geting an accurate reading from them

 

[WILDER]

Ok.
Liquid test kits are the best more accurate.

 

[WILDER]

Some info on them.
http/madhunag.tripod.com/bosemanirainbow.html