#*%&$@#^ aquarium...

[knewsom]

Well, the Shrimp and the Snail are the only ones left. :banghead: I even changed out half the water (VERY slowly) with Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water, which I treated in the jug before adding it in, as the two that were still alive looked less than fantastic this morning - didn't make a lick of a difference.

Whatever is killing these fish, t's NOT the water. Gotta be the gravel, the filter system, the snail, or the plants. I suppose I could put each in a container by itself with fresh water and two goldfish and see which one is the culprit...

 

[fishEH]

Hate to tell you this but your "mountain spring" water is tap water. Go ahead and see where its bottled. Bet its not the mountains.

 

[JAKD-UP]

CSI....lol

 

[Blue]

I've had a goldfish here in a little quart-sized plastic tank that my little girl won at the state fair nearly 5 years ago. When the water is so full of algae that I can no longer see the fish I change the water and clean the sides of the tank. I just leave some tap water out for a few hours or overnight so it's room temperature and dump the fish in the tupperware tap water container, clean the tank, and dump him back in the tank with the new water. Presto, happy fishy.

 

[knewsom]

 

[JAKD-UP]

Put bradford pa water in the tank I bet your fish will grow like a weed and sprout tits and sell ya a bumper

 

[jhk07]

California water is killing your fish. Temperature shock???? Did the gravel come from Fukushima? I think goldfish eat their own shit. You can't kill them suckers.



Time for a dog............ and a shovel

 

[bri]

Do you know what cycling a tank is? If not, please research it a bit.

 

[apg]

Hate to tell you this but your "mountain spring" water is tap water. Go ahead and see where its bottled. Bet its not the mountains.

Absolutely. Most public water systems stopped using chlorine a while back. Too expensive to transport a poisonous gas used in WWI.... Now, chloramines are the disinfectant of choice. While chlorine will vaporize in a day or two. chloramines are there to stay, and have to be neutralized by chemicals designed specifically for that task.

When rain isn't enough to replenish the fish pond out back, I'll add chloramine-killing chemicals to the rain barrels and fill with 'city water'.

Cheers

 

[Sam C.]

Do you know what cycling a tank is? If not, please research it a bit.

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