Fluval-1200
Fishaholic
Hello, im new to the forum so unsure if im posting this in the right place.
Ive recently bought a fluval profile 1200 and fluval 405 pump, the pump needed to repaired so i just left the tank in the corner waiting to be repaired.
Went to the local fish shop to see what bits they had and ended up coming home with 2 gold fish as an impluse buy for my pond, the man in the shop said the pond would be to cold for the fish so i thought id stick them in my old 20gal setup ive got in my loft, got them home and cleaned the tank set it all up and filled it with water etc
I put the bag in the water so the fish can get use to the tempature of the new tank, then i released them after about 30mins.
They were fine, swimming and eating properly, but i noticed one of them was attacking the other as soon as they were released.
2 weeks have pasted and ive got my profile fixed and been filling it up 10% at a time to make sure theres no leaks.
The goldfish thats getting attacked is hiding away now?
I went back to the fish shop to buy some dechlorinator and a water test kit, came home added the dechlorinator to the profile tank and done a water test on both tanks. The profile's water what in perfect condition for the goldfish, but the small tanks nitrite and ammonia levels were completely off the scales. I instantly thought just put them in the profile, i put them in a floating container and let them float around to eqaulise the water.
They went in fine and were eating/swimming fine, but then over the last few days the attacked fish was floating near the top and then laying on the gravel, its tail wasnt looking the best as the other gold fish kept nipping it.
Day later its still on the bottom and moving its gills once every minute or so, then it died
Flushed the dead one and put some internal bacterial no9 into the tank as it obviously had an infection and i want to make sure the other one doesnt die aswell.
Now the other fish is being more shy than usall, when hes stopped hiding ive had a good look at him and hes got white patches on his sides, ive added anti velvet and finrot and the white patches are getting smaller so i think thats fixed that.
My question is what going wrong here, they seemed to be healthier in a dirty tank? i thought goldfish could handle anything as my pond goldfish has been in the pond for around 6 years with no food (he eats the algae) and no pump.
Hope this is in the right place if not could an admin move it for me.
Cheers
Ive recently bought a fluval profile 1200 and fluval 405 pump, the pump needed to repaired so i just left the tank in the corner waiting to be repaired.
Went to the local fish shop to see what bits they had and ended up coming home with 2 gold fish as an impluse buy for my pond, the man in the shop said the pond would be to cold for the fish so i thought id stick them in my old 20gal setup ive got in my loft, got them home and cleaned the tank set it all up and filled it with water etc
I put the bag in the water so the fish can get use to the tempature of the new tank, then i released them after about 30mins.
They were fine, swimming and eating properly, but i noticed one of them was attacking the other as soon as they were released.
2 weeks have pasted and ive got my profile fixed and been filling it up 10% at a time to make sure theres no leaks.
The goldfish thats getting attacked is hiding away now?
I went back to the fish shop to buy some dechlorinator and a water test kit, came home added the dechlorinator to the profile tank and done a water test on both tanks. The profile's water what in perfect condition for the goldfish, but the small tanks nitrite and ammonia levels were completely off the scales. I instantly thought just put them in the profile, i put them in a floating container and let them float around to eqaulise the water.
They went in fine and were eating/swimming fine, but then over the last few days the attacked fish was floating near the top and then laying on the gravel, its tail wasnt looking the best as the other gold fish kept nipping it.
Day later its still on the bottom and moving its gills once every minute or so, then it died
Flushed the dead one and put some internal bacterial no9 into the tank as it obviously had an infection and i want to make sure the other one doesnt die aswell.
Now the other fish is being more shy than usall, when hes stopped hiding ive had a good look at him and hes got white patches on his sides, ive added anti velvet and finrot and the white patches are getting smaller so i think thats fixed that.
My question is what going wrong here, they seemed to be healthier in a dirty tank? i thought goldfish could handle anything as my pond goldfish has been in the pond for around 6 years with no food (he eats the algae) and no pump.
Hope this is in the right place if not could an admin move it for me.
Cheers
