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March 16th 05, 07:39 AM
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"anemone" wrote in message ... For starters....even after you bought the 10 gallong tank, you are way too overstocked, as goldfish are very messy fish. What exactly were your test readings...."nearly zero" as you put it for ammonia/nitrITE can be...or IS fatal for any fish... SOunds to me like your tank went through a massive ammonia and nitrITE spike because you overloaded your tank... In future, cycle your tank without any fish (look up fishless cycling on google) to avoid unecesarilly stressing and killing your fish) If he has an established tank there's no need to do a fishless cycle. He can move his bacteria to the new tank and viola! Ready-for-fish. A 
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