Thanks for your help people it's much apprieciated.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
it is time to thoroughly clean the gravel, that is move the fish to
a tub of the tank
water with an airstone (must have airstone in there) and completely
remove and rinse
the gravel in treated water until water rinses clean. then
reassemble. when I had
gravel I had to do this every 4 months or so.
dont scrub the tank down. there are lots of good biobugs on the
tank.
Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Think I'll have to buy some testing kit (any suggestions). I have a
90L tank with one fish & change 20L each week. Have 2x Fluval 3
plus
filters & 1x vigorous airstone. Also I hoover gravel about once a
month (this routine has gone on for 4 years).
Too be honest I thought I was quite good at house-keeping -
obviously
not
Thanks for your advice.
Bolly
wrote in message
...
what are your water parameters. nearly always this is due to
really
poor water
quality. start changing 30-50% of your water ever day for a
week.
add 1 teaspoon
salt per 5 gallons (salt with no additives). predissolve before
adding OR use rock
salt. Ingrid

"Bolly Olly" wrote:

Hi
My 4yo. fantail goldfish has started to shed his scales on one
side.
No change to tank ornaments etc. He/she has had a recurring
problem
(looks like fungus) on the tail - but I've been trying to treat
this
(gently) for years.
Otherwise he is bright healthy and seems to enjoy life.
Any ideas?




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Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.