Good point, I'll check my lfs. Also, I just did another roughly 75% water change, but the strips still say its too high. I'm going to keep this up and pick up some Prime tomorrow. I just hope for the best.Nick wrote:doubt your local petco will have either
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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I was making a joke about the consistent adding of an 'L" to the end of prime, they definately have it at petco and many LFS, so support your favorite local if possible 
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Nitrite of 1 is extremely toxic to your fish. I can't imagine what 10x that would be for your poor fish. I would continue to do WC (at least 80%), 2x/day until they are consistantly 0. Did you get it tested at a LFS yet?
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PufferPunk, I have not taken the water to the lfs , but I plan on buying a liquid test master kit because it seems like it will help out a lot in the long run. Do you reccommend any brand or specific model? I also plan on investing in a refractometer for more specific readings so I can keep on top of things more easily. Oh, and I don't have time for 2 80% water changes a day, only one because of homework/school. BUT, I will be able to devote a lot more time to him over the summer break in about a week. Also, I need to get control of my tank fast before I go on vacation next week. Thanks for all of the advice people, I really appreciate it
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http://www.seachem.com/products/product ... Prime.html
Is this the prime that you guys are talking about?
Is this the prime that you guys are talking about?
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I don't think you have much of a choice but to do these water changes. It would be like living in a room with toxic gasses building up & someone only turned an exhaust fan on 1x/day, to freshen the air.
Yes, that is the Prime you should be using. I recommend Aquarium Pharmacuticles Master Test kit.
Yes, that is the Prime you should be using. I recommend Aquarium Pharmacuticles Master Test kit.
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