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streaking is almost always an indication that water quality is poor. how
many
gallons of water,

The pond is tiny so about 80 gallons, in a well shaded area, it gets about
30% sun at midday.

how many GF?

Three at 4-5 inches

what is your hardness

I have no way of testing its current hardness at the moment but here is the
breakdown of the water it is was filled with.
Analysis Typical
Value UK/European
Limit Unit



Hardness level SOFT No Standard Applies
Hardness Clarkes 3.6 No Standard Applies degree
Hardness 19 No Standard Applies mgCa/l
Aluminium 10 200 µgAl/l
Calcium 18 250 mgCa/l
Chloride 10 400 mgCl/l
Chlorine 0.16 mg/l
Coliform bacteria 0 0 no./100ml
Colour 1.55 20 mg/l Pt/Co
Conductivity 112 1500 µS/cm at 20
E.coli bacteria 0 0 no./100ml
Fluoride 922 1500 µgF/l
Iron 21 200 µgFe/l
Magnesium 2 50 mgMg/l
Manganese 3 50 µgMn/l
Nitrate 2 50 mgNO3/l
Odour 0 3 dilution No
Pesticides 0.0065 0.5 µg/l
pH 8.7 5.5 -9.5
Sodium 5 150 mgNa/l
Taste 0 3 dilution no.
Temperature 12.4 25 deg. celsius



Plumbing Metals

Zinc 8 5000 ugZn/l
Copper 14 3000 ugCu/l
Lead 7 50 ugPb/l


nitrates?

zero

how long have the fish been in there

About a month. in which time they have had 2 25% changes and one 50% change
(done after I had a PH reading of nearly 10 a couple of weeks back)


did you test the water for ammonia every day?

When it first cycled i tested every day, after that i just tested every
couple of days, I had one test come up positive for ammonia (the day i got
the near 10 reading for ph) tho it was only just registering on the test at
0.25, after a 50% change it dissapeared and the PH calmed down a bit, since
then ammonia and nitrates have been 0 with only the PH bouncing from morning
to evening




"johnhuddleston" wrote:

hi, having recently moved my goldfish to a pond, I have noticed them
looking
a bit peaky. One has developed what look like bloodvessels on his gill
scale, has lost a couple of scales near his tail and a few other places
and
has some blood streaking in his tail(tho not all the way to the end of
it)
the other two seem okay, but have a few scales missing. I have tested the
water and the results are 0 for ammonia and nitrates, and 8 for ph.

I`ve noticed the PH bounces from a ph of 7 in the morning to a as high as
9
of an evening. I know this is caused by plants/algae, could this be
affecting them negatively? the only other thing i can think of is some
sort
of poisoning but everything was thouroughly cleaned before i put them in
there. any ideas?



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