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Hello England; It was definitely not completely cycled when I added eight small Goldfish. Nitrite level was at 0 ppm without fish. Fishless cycled for two weeks. The minute I added the Goldfish Nitrite levels went up daily. This tank had all the old filter materials from two different tanks. I...

Do you know the name of the bacteria I'm trying to kill with the bleach bath? I didn't want to kill all of my good filter bacteria off. I added 10 tbsp salt to this new tank water and it still has 20 ppm nitrates. Do you think this tank would be safe as is for a hardier fish than angelfish? Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate everyones help. I gave my non fish person exact measured food per day in vials. I think that stock tank was not cycled and needed a water change daily like I was doing before I left. It's pretty much impossible to enlist the help of the unwilling in this fun...

Six days, it was a 100 gallon stock tank newly cycled. So it was pretty unstable.

Yes, know this. It was a hot week here in Nebraska when I went away. The Goldfish went from 75 outside temp to an inside temp of 78 and the Angelfish tank was 80.

Hello; I'm not sure if I'm just an idiot or missing something but I have an ongoing issue. I went on vacation and left the care of my fish to my nonfish loving husband and while gone the Goldfish pond outside went toxic on nitrites. Fish were jumping out and being eaten by my dogs and by the...