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Old 25-01-2008, 02:04 AM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Reel McKoi[_14_] Reel McKoi[_14_] is offline
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Default Aquarium chemistry


"Stumpy" wrote in message
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If I wanted to add 5ppm ammonia. How many mls, oz, or maybe drops would
I add of 10% ammonium hydroxide to a 5 gallon tank?

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Hi Stumpy, if you aquarium is only 5 gallons it is much too small for a
goldfish. A small healthy well fed young goldfish will outgrow it in well
under a year. You would be much better off with a betta or a few small
tetras. Healthy GF can reach a foot in length.
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Point taken, this is a fluid situation. Wife wanted a Jack Dempsey, I
insisted we start with a goldfish to condition the tank. She ended up
liking the goldfish as the end in itself.

Maybe there is a dwarf goldfish?

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Nope! If you starve it, it will take longer to outgrow the tank (if it
lives) but will be ugly stunted and eventually deformed. It will die young.
It's also cruel. If she has her heart set on a GF you really need at least a
20g tank, a 30g Long would be even better.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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