This is a tale to make your blood run cold, six goldfish are dead in the tank of doom (normally known as a Nemo Fish tank). My six year old won a fish from the fair - as they do, we went to our local garden centre and got a "suitable" tank, more fish and made the usual beginners mistakes. Some weeks passed, more fish were put to death in the attempt to cycle the tank.
Having given up on cycling with live fish I quarrantined the last fish - spot. I contiuned to feed and test the tank until the nitrites and nitrates had fallen. After 4 weeks at last they had gone - so in went spot, he lasted less than 12 hours.
Now completely lost I have trawled the internet for an answer - what is going on, I have a collection of chemicals aquired from nearly all my local aquaria shops, test kits etc.
The tank tests fine (with one of the 5 in 1 strips), the filter has been churning away now for six weeks, I coniue to feed the empty tank in the vain hope it may magically cure itself.
I have taken the water for testing - the shop told me that the pH level was too high (turned blue in test tube) - the strip says is it is on the low side (yellow in clolour) - what is going on, which test do I believe, will this cause a fish to die overnight or is there some other problem?
I don't want to give up - but I don't want to continue to sentance these poor creatures to death
Having given up on cycling with live fish I quarrantined the last fish - spot. I contiuned to feed and test the tank until the nitrites and nitrates had fallen. After 4 weeks at last they had gone - so in went spot, he lasted less than 12 hours.
Now completely lost I have trawled the internet for an answer - what is going on, I have a collection of chemicals aquired from nearly all my local aquaria shops, test kits etc.
The tank tests fine (with one of the 5 in 1 strips), the filter has been churning away now for six weeks, I coniue to feed the empty tank in the vain hope it may magically cure itself.
I have taken the water for testing - the shop told me that the pH level was too high (turned blue in test tube) - the strip says is it is on the low side (yellow in clolour) - what is going on, which test do I believe, will this cause a fish to die overnight or is there some other problem?
I don't want to give up - but I don't want to continue to sentance these poor creatures to death