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High Salt - Shredded Fins
I recently brought in my female moor to a 20 gallon that already had an
oranda from the same pond within. The oranda had been there long enough for the water parameters to be back to normal. The pH of the pond & tank were real close .2-.4 difference, and the temp was within 5-10 degrees, with the tank being the warmer one. The next morning I discovered the moor's fins & tail shredded. The ammonia was .25 so barely showing on the test, ditto with nitrite. I treated with Amquel and added salt. The next day she was worst and then she was dead on the 3rd day. I now know the salt was already at .18% when I put her in, pond had zero salt. Could this have caused the shredding and eventual death? Ammonia and nitrite stayed in the barely readable ranges which I treated with the Amquel each day as needed. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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High Salt - Shredded Fins
yes. unfortunately. but fish coming in from the pond need to be "cleaned up" cause
parasites when they hit warm water explode in population. she most likely had some gyros. the salt could have hastened her demise. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...m%20the%20pond Ingrid ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: I recently brought in my female moor to a 20 gallon that already had an oranda from the same pond within. The oranda had been there long enough for the water parameters to be back to normal. The pH of the pond & tank were real close .2-.4 difference, and the temp was within 5-10 degrees, with the tank being the warmer one. The next morning I discovered the moor's fins & tail shredded. The ammonia was .25 so barely showing on the test, ditto with nitrite. I treated with Amquel and added salt. The next day she was worst and then she was dead on the 3rd day. I now know the salt was already at .18% when I put her in, pond had zero salt. Could this have caused the shredding and eventual death? Ammonia and nitrite stayed in the barely readable ranges which I treated with the Amquel each day as needed. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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High Salt - Shredded Fins
I did a formalin dip treatment, so I should have knocked many off, I hope?
The next group of goldies have been brought in with no ill affects, salt was lowered to 0.15%. ~ jan On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:30:18 GMT, wrote: yes. unfortunately. but fish coming in from the pond need to be "cleaned up" cause parasites when they hit warm water explode in population. she most likely had some gyros. the salt could have hastened her demise. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...m%20the%20pond Ingrid ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: I recently brought in my female moor to a 20 gallon that already had an oranda from the same pond within. The oranda had been there long enough for the water parameters to be back to normal. The pH of the pond & tank were real close .2-.4 difference, and the temp was within 5-10 degrees, with the tank being the warmer one. The next morning I discovered the moor's fins & tail shredded. The ammonia was .25 so barely showing on the test, ditto with nitrite. I treated with Amquel and added salt. The next day she was worst and then she was dead on the 3rd day. I now know the salt was already at .18% when I put her in, pond had zero salt. Could this have caused the shredding and eventual death? Ammonia and nitrite stayed in the barely readable ranges which I treated with the Amquel each day as needed. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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