On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:57:17 CST, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

I wish I had the time to type you a small booklet on cycling and goldfish
care. You can Google "aquarium+cycling" and "goldfish+care" and get a lot
more information than you need or that anyone can type here for you in a few
minutes.

I've been struggling with how to comment to this. I think it was good
advice to point out Google and what terms to use, but perhaps if one
doesn't have the time, it would be better not to dismiss the OP by saying
so? Also the assumption "that anyone can type here for you" is pretty big.
At various times many of us have LOTS of time, especially during these
winter months. ;-)

To the OP, please come back when you get going again. There are far simpler
solutions to cycling a tank and sick fish, especially goldfish, that we can
help you with. Hal mentioned buying your own test kits. And I would
recommend having salt, baking soda and ammonia binder on hand. Also, when
purchasing an ammonia test kit, get the salicylate test kind. ~ jan
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