Goldfish resting on the bottom of the tank (really annoying), PLEASE HELP!!!...

(marcos) wrote:
My tank is a REKORD 70 by Juwel Aquariums, so it's a 70 litre tank. I
change the water every week, every fridays. I change 25% of the water
and I've done 50% water changes as well when I felt that the water
quality was poorer than usual. I never thought it was the water
quality as the water is real clear, I assure you. The ammonia,nitrite
+ nitrate levels,well i dunno about that yet.
...clear water doesnt mean anything. nitrATE levels should be kept 20 ppm or less.
this is the reading used to determine how often and how much water needs to be
changed.
leave the algae alone on the back and sides of the tank. if it is growing on the
front so it needs to be scraped off more than every other water change your wastes
are too high.
yes..... inactivity in otherwise active fish is a behavior pattern that indicates
something is wrong, the first thing goes wrong is water quality 98% of the time.
this leads to stress in the fish and the immune system goes down and the fish gets
overrun with parasites and then bacterial infection.
Ingrid

But i can tell you that the pH is always neutral or a bit alkaline.
And the temperature is at a constant 20 degrees C. Lights are on 8
hours a day and there are 4 plants in the tank. Algae is another
constant battle, i must say. So you're saying that the fish are
resting on the bottom due to water quality?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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.

wrote in message ...
..clear water doesnt mean anything. nitrATE levels should be kept 20 ppm or less.
this is the reading used to determine how often and how much water needs to be
changed.
leave the algae alone on the back and sides of the tank. if it is growing on the
front so it needs to be scraped off more than every other water change your wastes
are too high.

What do I do with the algae on the plants itself because I have one of
the plants half overrun with algae? Should I scrape the algae off or
leave it alone or should I throw the plant away?
Another problem is the positioning of my tank. The tank is in a corner
that faces a south facing window + the window is about 20 feet away. I
live in the northern hemisphere so the sunlight will be slightly
towards the south. I have nowhere else in my house to put it. Is this
alrite or what should I do? Due to this, do I get more plants to
compete with algae or what should I do? I currently have 3 plants in
my 70 litre tank. lights r on 8 hrs a day. Thanks Ingrid..



yes..... inactivity in otherwise active fish is a behavior pattern that indicates
something is wrong, the first thing goes wrong is water quality 98% of the time.
this leads to stress in the fish and the immune system goes down and the fish gets
overrun with parasites and then bacterial infection.
Ingrid




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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.

yeah, clean the algae off the plants, but you will need to change water more often to
keep nitrates low enough that they dont coat the plants so fast.
sunlight is good as long as the temp of teh water doesnt swing up and down.
LOL.. I cut strips of clear plastic bag, tied them in the middle and tied em to a cup
handle and let the algae colonize... looked like seaweed after a while. Ingrid

(marcos) wrote:

wrote in message ...
..clear water doesnt mean anything. nitrATE levels should be kept 20 ppm or less.
this is the reading used to determine how often and how much water needs to be
changed.
leave the algae alone on the back and sides of the tank. if it is growing on the
front so it needs to be scraped off more than every other water change your wastes
are too high.

What do I do with the algae on the plants itself because I have one of
the plants half overrun with algae? Should I scrape the algae off or
leave it alone or should I throw the plant away?
Another problem is the positioning of my tank. The tank is in a corner
that faces a south facing window + the window is about 20 feet away. I
live in the northern hemisphere so the sunlight will be slightly
towards the south. I have nowhere else in my house to put it. Is this
alrite or what should I do? Due to this, do I get more plants to
compete with algae or what should I do? I currently have 3 plants in
my 70 litre tank. lights r on 8 hrs a day. Thanks Ingrid..



yes..... inactivity in otherwise active fish is a behavior pattern that indicates
something is wrong, the first thing goes wrong is water quality 98% of the time.
this leads to stress in the fish and the immune system goes down and the fish gets
overrun with parasites and then bacterial infection.
Ingrid




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
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.