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270 Gal. pond 12 goldfish I don't know what kind. Not sure of water stats I will check tomorrow. The red spot covers the entire tail on one side of this fish and theres another small white goldfish which is being covered with red spots also. One of the bigger gold goldfishes has a white spot...

There is a red spot on the tail of one of my white goldfish, and as it swims around the other fish it seems they try to eat at it or something, what could this be and what can I do. also I noticed the red spot sort of runs down the body like a line.

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Well while we are talking about african tanks, is a 55 gal ok for a mbuna tank?

I sure hope so

Eh long story lol. I was following some guide on here which was completely wrong after talking to someone, it was telling me to put just 4-6 drops of ammonia per 5 gal or something and then this guy told me to get ammonia to 4-6 ammonia each day so i started doing it and i could never get it to...

Ok so I have been doing the fishless cycle for 3 months now yeah don't even ask lol but anyways my nitrites yesterday was 0.25 and ammonia was 1 so I got ammonia back to 4 and today nitrite is 0 and ammonia is still 4. Is this normal for ammonia not to drop but nitrite has?

this might help www.thepondguy.com

At petsmart I asked what fish would be ok for my 55 gal...and they told me that any of the fish their could go in my 55 gal and the size shouldnt matter.

Another problem...I ran out of ammonia test strips yesterday, I did get the ammonia to 4-6 though. But will it be ok if I don't put ammonia in for 1 day, it wont kill the process will it. My new kit should be in tomorrow :/.

so just keep ammonia 4-5 each day and wait? what do i wait for, nitrite to go to 0?

well the nitrite is 7 or 8, its on the chart

so the numbers I have now are not reasonable levels? what do i need to get themdown to andshouldi do another water change..sigh :P

ok..makes sense now, i hope i dont mess this up again :( ill cry lol so many water changes

Ok I just added like 2 cap fulls, the cap is very small and the color is diff now. lol but i cant tell what number it is, it isnt a 6 its like in between 2 and 6 its hard to tell on the test kit i have. my brother cant tell either. :/

Why do I need to raise ammonia to 4-5 ppm. I thought the reason for doing that was to get a nitrite spike which I have lol. But I am noob so pleas explain why I need to get ammonia to 4-5 ppm.

Ok I did another water change modernhamlet. Now my readings are nitrate 20-40 hard to tell. nitrite 8 or 9. ppm hardness is 50 ppm alkanity is 80 ph is about 6.4. ammonia is 0.25 what should i do now everything is on the chart now atleast :P

low side. the lowest my chart says is 6.0 and the color mine is looks about a 5.0 i would guess

what should i do now, anothjer water change or just wait it out

k did another50% water change and test nitrate is 40. nitrite is around 10(above). hardness is 80. alkanity is 250 and ph is still off chart probly a 5. and ammonia is still off chart i am guessing around a 7-8 by the color

ok ill do another 50% change and ill see what happens

yeah my sticker one says 80 always but it feels much cooler

well i thought 50% water change was a big change :/

It is a fishless cycle. Well I dechlorinate it after i put the water in. like right after the water gets in the t ank i pour the stuff in to dechlorinate it. Test results, well I don't know cause they are all off chart the highest my tester goes is 6.0 for ammonia and its like blue and the 6.0...

Ok I have had my 55 gal for 3 months now or so. been cycling whole time, the ammonia was off the chart 3 weeks ago, and now everything is off the chart. so i did a 50% water change and its all the same. what should i do

the stuff im using is called stress coat, says it removes chlorine and neutralizes chloramines. this will work right

Ok I have been doing a fishless cycle. I am on my 3rd week or so. And someone told me to keep the ammonia at 4 ppm each day or so until nitrite spike etc. I couldn't ever get it to 4ppm so I kept adding little more each day and well the color of my ammonia is off the chart now (it's blue...

My first tank will be a 55 gallon and should I get real plants or fake plants. I am a huge noob :/

I want a peaceful community. umm i dont know about plants, rocks, wood, ill add whatever the fish need ? lol

So yeah, anyone have some good ideas for me :)

Could you please paste the link to the article. I would like to read it as well :) thanks

large number of fish

Oh yes I know that :) but thanks

I'm buying the 55 gallon deluxe kit at wal mart. What would be a good selection of fish for a noob. :D