San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.
"We need to make a sacrifice to the pond gods, find me a young ***... oh,
and bring something to kill"
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Elaine T __
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~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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>>I tested my pond water. I have Nitrite at 10.0 Nitrate at 40 and ph at
>>7.4 and alkalinity at 120 hardness at 120 Ammonia at 0.50.
> Your pond is in the middle of its cycle to balance.
>>But the small baby 1 inch fish are dying.
> They are dying due to brown *** disease because of the nitrite. Salt in
> the pond will help this. I recommend going to 0.1%, this requires 13 ounces
> of salt/100 gallons of water. Morton's water softener salt with NO
> additives.
>>Last night they seem to gulp at the surface for air.
> They are gulping for 2 reasons, they're gills have been fried by the
> ammonia spike that happened prior to the nitrite, and because the pond
> doesn't have enough aeration going on.
>>I did a 20% water change after the reading. Im worried The water
>>is toxic. The pond is 3 weeks old. Thank you
> No worry there, you're right, the water is toxic. :-\ The good news is, it
> is fixable. Unless you have no ammonia showing don't do a water
> change without treating that ammonia with an ammonia locking chemical. Then
> you can safely do a water change. Don't feed anyone till your test kits
> read zero, then start feeding a little bit once/day and gradually increase
> that. ~ jan
> See my ponds and filter design:
> www.jjspond.us
> ~Keep 'em Wet!~
> Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
> To e-mail see website
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Of course, you lose the protection against ciliates and other parasites
that higher levels of salt can provide.
--
Elaine T __
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rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://www.moonsgarden.com/
~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
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