Another One Died

well i bought some test stuff today
n i tested my water
i have like 10 nitrite and like 130 nitrate
so im guessing tats y my plecos died
so how do i make it go down to zero?
i have had fish for many years and i never test stuff so i dont no this stuff
im not gonna put salt anymore now
 
jasonskillz said:
well i bought some test stuff today
n i tested my water
i have like 10 nitrite and like 130 nitrate
so im guessing tats y my plecos died
so how do i make it go down to zero?
i have had fish for many years and i never test stuff so i dont no this stuff
im not gonna put salt anymore now
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You are a blithering IDIOT!!
 
Jason,

You have OTS, or Old Tank Syndrom. This happens when people do not do water changes and it will kill any new fish you put in the tank. Your old fish will get used to it, but eventually they will die as well.

Nitrates over 40ppm can kill. The only way to remove them is with water changes. Do not do a whole bunch at once. Start with 20% every day for about 4 days, then step up to 50% a day until your nitrates are down to under 10ppm. You don't have plants, so 0 ppm can actually be your target.

I'm not even going to get into the nitrites issue. That reading is totally outrageous.

You must do water changes every week and test your water as well!

Now you can thank us for saving your giant gourami, because it would have died -- maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but most certainly soon -- had we not repeatedly told you to test your water.

Roan

[Edit: the more I think about this the more angry I have become. Jason, I'm sorry but you've been here for a while now and it's obvious that you either don't read any threads on proper fish keeping or just don't think that things can happen to you or don't really care. Regardless, I'm tired of people trying to help you and all you do is ignore their advice and then trot along on your merry way. Take this as an "adios", because I will no longer help you with anything. I'm also sick and tired of trying to decipher your "cyberspeak" crap.]
 
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Wow, its pretty hard to **** off Roan.

Jason, the best thing I ever did for my fish was find this forum. There is so much info on this site that I'm here everyday reading up on stuff and have learned tons. I still ask questions if I don't grasp a subject and I try to give advice on what I know, not what I think I know.

I had the same problem with nitrates, follow the water change directions. It took me 9 days to get to acceptable levels. I did 25% changes daily for about 5 days then another 4 days at 33% until I dropped down to 20 ppm. I have plants so I don't want to get to 0. I also added Purigen to my filter and now after a water change my nitrates are down to 10 ppm.

The nitrites will drop with the water changes, 1.0 is high!, I didn't see an ammonia reading but I'm sure its just as high.

Just research other posts, the search engine for this forum isn't perfect but it helps, and when you see 5 people giving you the same advice then follow it.
 
IceH2O said:
The nitrites will drop with the water changes, 1.0 is high!
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The reading he gave was 10 and not 1.0, which if true makes the tank just a basin of toxic soup.

Jason are you sure nitrite reads at 10ppm? What is your ammonia level?

No one here can/will help you if you don't start helping yourself.
 
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Ever consider the possibility this person may even have no tank, or if he has a tank he does not experience the problems described ... and that he's just a child who gets some sort of amusement by baiting well-meaning members on these forums?

He's almost certainly a master at baiting IMHO :troll:

But I am very glad personally for those of you who attempt to answer questions even when the seriousness of the person asking them is in question -- you always put the health and well-being of the fish first, and you have a lot more patience than I would.
 
reiverix said:
The reading he gave was 10 and not 1.0, which if true makes the tank just a basin of toxic soup.
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I don't think any fish could live at that reading,no matter how acclimed they have become.It has to be a typo.

Or NotGumbel is right and we have a :troll:
 
Do what Roan said in her last post and STOP ADDING SALT. And learn to talk for god's sake.

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salt bad....

ok. i haven't been here long and thanks to folks like Roan, Kribs, and Mojo we have been helped tremendously - so have our fish and they are so much happier.

in going through other links on plecos (because they are soooo cool) there is a thread explaining that plecos need minimal to no salt. bottom dwellers like plecos absorb the salt. it basically shuts their system down and they die. some will give neurological symptoms first - shaking/trembling, low activity, or may develop skin symptoms.

please listen to what these folks are telling you -
1- frequent water changes and testing
2- NO MORE SALT - although gouramies, mollies, etc can handle LOW LEVELS, plecos cannot (neither can the smaller aglae eaters - like ottos)
3- give as much info as possible
4- type clearly, this is not a text message from your phone or an instant messanger. although it is easier for you to type "shorthand" it is not easy for us to read. most members will only glance at your post (if they bother to exert any energy with it at all)

Help is available here, but what everyone is trying to tell you is that you have to meet half way.
Good luck.
 
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