hi me again with my 55 gallon goldfish set up with 12 fish, lol, i did a test with this tetratest, these are my readings do you think im doing okay, nitrate no 2 is o, nitrate no 3 is 50, general hardness is p3, carbonate hardness is p0, and ph value is 6-8, and i know i have to many fish trying to give some away, x
2007-02-12 20:16:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Everything seems ok for now. I am assuming your testing kit is a basic test kit, so the nitrate levels are probably around 40 which is ok, but with so many gold fish, you may want to do a 20% water change weekly until you can find new homes for your fish to keep the balance.
Remember the temperature is an issue as well. Keep it cool with that many fish in your tank.
Also when doing your water change, clean the gravel.
Your fish should be fine.
2007-02-13 01:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK,here goes,Nitrate NO2, this is good,it shows that you have a least 1/2 of the bacteria that you need at work. NO3, 50,(I'm guessing that this is PPM,(parts per million) BAD. You should begin doing 10% water changes every day until the tank pH is equal to the pH of treated tap water that you add to the tank after a water change. Then keep the water clean with weekly 25% water changes.Also aeration is important for cultivating the bacteria that clean the ammonia out of your water. They all need oxygen to function. Hope your fish are OK. Keep monitoring the ammonia and pH and keep doing small water changes until everything stabilizes.------PeeTee
2007-02-13 08:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sound like a nice soft water tank... tetras will love that water!
Your nitrates are a bit high, it's better for them to be down around 20 or so. Nothing to do for that except a big water change. Other than that it all looks good for fish that like soft acidic water.
MM
2007-02-13 08:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
those results are a bit vague. what is your ammonia reading? i don't use tetratest myself, i use individual liquid test kits for each bit i need to know. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, pH).
nitrate should really be below 25, 50 sounds high, but it's hard to tell from those vague results.
2007-02-13 08:29:24 · answer #4 · answered by catx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋