plants use ammonia directly. with the temps that high how is your aeration?
with nitrites that high did you add some salt and definitely do some water changes to
get it down. dont throw food in if the fish arent eating, maybe cut way down on food
and get the highest quality food you can, less waste.
time for a veggie filter. fish dont eat veggie filters. Ingrid


(scs0) wrote:
I've noticed my fish hanging out near the bubble fountain which is
something they don't normally do. They also don't seem to be swimming
around all that much - usually they're just hanging out together. At
night I can hear them splashing around out there too. They look
healthy because they're plump, have bright colors, and their fins seem
intact and not clamped against their bodies. They haven't been too
eager to eat though, because I'll throw food in and they ignore it. I
assumed this was due to the pond not having much in the way of plant
cover and that my fish don't seem to like me all that much - "what did
I ever do to them???"

My colorcoded water test strip shows that my nitrite level is over 1
which is considered safe, but I did read that long-term exposure to
elivated levels can be harmful too. Most of my submerged vegetation
either died off in the winter or was eaten by my fish so if more
plants will suck in the nitrites I'd like to stock up.

I live in central Florida so my daily temps have been in the 80s for a
few weeks.


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