
kiesha
Regular Member-
Content Count
588 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Community Reputation
0 NeutralAbout kiesha
-
Rank
Level 5
Contact Methods
-
Website URL
http://
Previous Fields
-
Age
27
-
Referred By
Search Engine
-
How many Goldfish
3
-
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Updates: Nitrate - 20 [around 20 give or take a couple points] Nitrite - .0!!!!! YAY Hardness - 75 Alkalinity - 40 PH - around 6.8-7.2 Do I need to work on my Alkalinity? -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
LOL I figured as much. I'll do another before the football game. If needed, i'll do another one tonight. I am also off tomorrow so I will have all day to nurse them as well When I did the second water change, they didn't appear to be as stressed so I was pretty happy about that. I will continue to work on it and post my results here. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
I did another water change as you instructed and here goes: Nitrate - 60 Nitrite - .5 Hardness - between 75-150 (a decrease from earlier) Alkalinity - 40 PH - around 6.8 I'm guessing another water change will be in my future tomorrow lol -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Unfortunately I didn't have enough money for both sets of test strips. They were 15 a piece @ my store and I'm very short on cash until payday. I thought I might have had some old amonia sticks around but I can't locate them. Is there any other way to test the amonia? Or is it safe to say if the nitrite is down to 0 then my amonia might be ok as well? I am going to see if their dad [my boyfriend] can maybe pick up a set on his way home tonight. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Hi Thanks so much, I didn't see this earlier. The log is open on both ends and also has holdes on the top of it. The plants are artificial and stuck onto the log. I did a GOOD gravel clean this morning but will also do another when I do the extra water change. I don't have a bubble stone but I do have an emperor 400 + penguon 330 on a 55 gallon with 3 fish in it. My lights are off as well as a cover over the tank. It's partially over now cause I just gave them some food. Posted friends -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
These numbers look TERRIBLE. Then again I expected as much. Nitrate - 60 Nitrite - 1.0 Hardness - 300 (we have very hard water in my area) Alkalinity - 60 (color in between the low to moderate range) PH - 6.8 Ok so how can I fix these numbers? I have been out of the loop so much, I don't know what to do anymore. It's like starting over as a beginner. Any help is appreciated and again thanks to all who have helped me since this whole ordeal. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Will do. I am off to the petstore now and i'll report back a little later. Should I PM you with my test results? -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Yikes. I have had that stuff in there since I bought the tank but have cleaned it before. They seemed pretty stress right now, should I hold off on removing the ornaments until they are less stressed? Like they are shying away behind the ornaments and didn't know if I should take their protection out with them being so stressed? Thanks a bunch for all of your help today, you're an angel. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Yes the salt is what I was told for the ick. Also my temp is around 78 in the tank. I have pictures but they are SUPER blurry, taken on a terrible cellphone lol. I do have a log. I have finished doing the first round of water changes, should I wait to take it out when I do the second? They seemed pretty stressed with the water change. I added salt, stress coat and covered the tank, was that ok to do? -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
How much salt do you recommend? The same dose as when the fish had ick? The fish I first noticed had dropsy passed. In retrospect, I remember when I bought the fish the worker asked the owner if everything was ok with her b/c her scales were sticking out a little bit. The owner said oh yea she's ok, thats just pearl scales. I wonder if it was dropsy starting? My blue oranda is the other who appeared to be going down the road to dropsy and popeye. I cleared his popeye up and he appears to be doing ok. My chocolate Oranda wasn't nearly as bad as the others and she is ok. Stripe my fish of 5 years who had the ick is also doing better. His fins took a beating but they are eating and not hiding out in the log. I think they are better -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Yes salt was in and also have a lot to use. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Ok I will do, what type of water change should I start out with? 25%? I am going to the pet store in the next hour. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Oh lord. They told me to put them in fish bags and put air in them so that the bacteria would live. I had the powder and they told me to sprinkle it in their flakes and put a little water to make like a paste and then feed the fish. I have to go to the pet store later to get more test strips. I ran out last night. Seems I've made things worst now, I don't know. Maybe I'm not cut out for this anymore. I wish I could find a better home for them... for someone thats knows what they are doing. I can tell you I never intended to hurt them or make them any worse, I only wanted them to get better -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
The fish store told me in order for the medication to be effective I had to do this, were they wrong? I have no idea. Poor judgement on my part. Introducing new fish to my main tank w/o quarantine. Lesson learned. I almost lost my oranda of 5 years due to bad judgement. He is my pet and it hurt to think that I had put him in danger. -
Getting Over Ick, Dropsy And Popeye
kiesha replied to kiesha's topic in Disease Diagnosis/ Treatments
Yes filters are off, according to the fish store, I had to take them off in order for this to be effective. Mind you, I was very concerned doing so but I have saw good results. I used VERY bad judgement. A local fish store that I trust, I bought 3 new fish and put them in with Stripe w/o putting them in quarantine before (His companion of 4 years died suddenly and I wanted to get him "friends"). It was a very bad decision that I regretted in a couple of days. Stripe has had small issues before but nothing like this. I thought that my tank was clean! My water didn't smell, And I have an emperor 400 + penguin 330 so it shouldn't have so much "waste". However I also know that sometimes things aren't what they appear to be. I will do a good water change every couple of days to make sure that their conditions are good. I'm very happy they are doing better.