goldfish question

"dc" wrote in message
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"Koi-lo" wrote in
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I'm going to suggest you do some partial water changes using ONLY a
product that removes chloramines and chlorine. Then watch to see if
there's an ammonia problem.... others may have other ideas.

A sal****er (two part) ammonia tester that is not based on the Nessler
method should measure the presence of ammonia despite the use of
detoxifying agents.
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I see. I was just wondering if these products were screwing up the nitrogen
cycle.

Thank you.......
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"Koi-lo" wrote in
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I see. I was just wondering if these products were screwing up the
nitrogen cycle.

It wouldn't surprise me, but an un-circulated bowl doesn't sound like the
most favorable environment for highly aerobic nitrifying bacteria to form
anyway.

My experience with products like Ammo-Lock is that they may temporarily
prevent sudden death from toxic shock, but they only prolong cause of the
problem. I only use it to temporarily treat fish that have been
transported long distances while acclimatizing them to a clean and healthy
environment.

There other detoxifying products out there that do not appear to have any
negative effect on the nitrogen cycle at all, the tap water conditioner
Prime made by Seachem is a good example of that.

But I think the best solution to the original poster's problem is to
increase the frequency of his water changes to half the bowl twice a week
and decrease feeding to every other day until he can add a proper
functional filter to it. Something that small might be able to get by with
a bubbler and a UGF for one very small goldfish. When the g-fish grows he
will certainly need a new home though.

IMO, AmQuel+ is one of the best dechlorinators on the market and THE
best for uncycled tanks like Ians. I would continue to use it. It's
meant to be used in conjunction with Kordon's NovAqua though. You'll
want to use them together.

-Christie

"IDzine01" wrote in message
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IMO, AmQuel+ is one of the best dechlorinators on the market and THE
best for uncycled tanks like Ians. I would continue to use it. It's
meant to be used in conjunction with Kordon's NovAqua though. You'll
want to use them together.
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I have so many tanks, pools, tubs and two ponds that we buy Sodium
Thiosulfate by the 10 lb container and make our own dechlor'. Fortunately
we only have chlorine in our water, nothing else. I seed new pools and
tanks from old. All I add is KoiZyme for both koi and goldfish to help
prevent an ulcer outbreak.
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Aquariums since 1952
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