LoriG Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 pH= 7.0 Nitrates= 20 Hardness= ? Nitrite= 0 Ammonia= 0 KH/Buffer=? Water Temperature =76 I have a ranchu goldfish, Almond, with a growth near its tail. I did not notice this growth until today. I did a water change yesterday(30%). I'm not noticing any behavioral changes and Almond is eating normally. What do you think this is? How do I treat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 With the Redding possible bacterial infections causing inflammation what I would do is a course of kanaplex it's a broad spectrum antibiotic treatment and add an extra air stone during treatment @LoriG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Thanks Colu! Can I treat the whole tank? I have 2 other ranchus and snails in with Almond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 4/22/2024 at 2:13 AM, LoriG said: Thanks Colu! Can I treat the whole tank? I have 2 other ranchus and snails in with Almond. You could quarantine and treat as Kanaplex can be harmful to snails or you could remove the snails and treat the main tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Hi, Good news is that Almond is completely recovered after the Kanaplex tx. Bad news is I'm having an ammonia spike. I added Prime to the tank and will do a water change. I did a large 1 on Sunday. How long can this last? I've never had my biofilter crash. What else should I be doing? Thanks! Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 On 5/1/2024 at 5:52 AM, LoriG said: Hi, Good news is that Almond is completely recovered after the Kanaplex tx. Bad news is I'm having an ammonia spike. I added Prime to the tank and will do a water change. I did a large 1 on Sunday. How long can this last? I've never had my biofilter crash. What else should I be doing? Thanks! Lori Test daily If your seeing any ammonia do a 50% water change and add a double dose of prime to help detoxify any ammonia till it constantly stays at zero if you have some cycled media from another tank you could add that will help to speed up the process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 Hi, I'm still doing daily 40-50% water changes bc i still have ammonia in the tank. I only have a very small 6 gallon betta tank that's established. Not sure moving media from it would help my 60 gallon goldfish tank? I've used Kanaplex before and it never crashed my cycle. I'm afraid all of this will be too stressful for my fish. Is there anything else that can be done? Thanks, Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 On 5/16/2024 at 8:44 PM, LoriG said: Hi, I'm still doing daily 40-50% water changes bc i still have ammonia in the tank. I only have a very small 6 gallon betta tank that's established. Not sure moving media from it would help my 60 gallon goldfish tank? I've used Kanaplex before and it never crashed my cycle. I'm afraid all of this will be too stressful for my fish. Is there anything else that can be done? Thanks, Lori How high is the ammonia getting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 I'd say it's about a 1.0. It's basically stayed around there since this happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 I am guessing your doing more constant changes, because as you definitely know, that ammonia can be toxic, might sound simple, but idk what all is happening in this topic, I guess I should read more in depth lol. Hope it all turns out, just here for encouragement @LoriG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 On 5/17/2024 at 3:36 AM, LoriG said: I'd say it's about a 1.0. It's basically stayed around there since this happened. This level of ammonia is going to cause issues what I would do is add an extra sponge filter to your betta tank then after a couple of days take the media from your cycled betta tank and add to the goldfish tank that will help you could ask your local fish store if they have some cycled media you could have you could also add bottled bacterial it might help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Yes bottled bacteria can help, dr Tim’s, fritz 7, there’s a lot of options out there, but @Colu is right, another established sponge filter will help @LoriG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Hi, I bought a bottle of Fritz TurboStart 700. Hopefully, that'll kick start things. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriG Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 I added the Fritz Turbostart yesterday. I'm still seeing 1.0 ammonia, 0.5 nitrite and 5.0 nitrate. Do I do water changes and add prime or just leave the turbo start do its thing? Thanks, Lori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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