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	How Much Salt to Add to Goldfish Tank?
Paulette Small Fry Posts: 10 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Nov-2004	How much salt should I add to a 6-gallon goldfish tank? I think I've got a case of velvet and several folks have recommended adding salt to help get rid of it. I would also appreciate recommendations for meds for both velvet and ich. Thanks, Paulette
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	Goldfish can't live in a 6 gallon aquarium. Your fish are sick because your aquarium is over stocked and they are being poisoned with ammonia which is making them e to disease. If they are fancy (ball shaped) goldfish they need to be moved to a 55 gallon aquarium or larger and if they are common (torpedo shaped) goldfish they need to be moved to a 120+ gallon pond. Salt is not going to fix your problem. Edit: Only post in 1 place _please_. Last edited by john.stone at 28-Nov-2004 20:24
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yeah, six gallons is far too small for a goldfish. Common goldfish can reach over two feet, and fancy goldfish hit between six and nine inches. I think that more swimming room would help your fish a lot. As for velvet, I think Pimafix is an effective treatment for that. There are many ich treatments around, and I think that Ich-Away works okay. Before you treat your tank with any meds, I suggest doing a water change first. That will help to get rid of ammonia and whatnot, since you shouldn't change the water while treating a tank. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Ditto what John.Stone said. Treating with meds @this point is like trying to put a bandaid on a severd limb. I'm pretty sure we've addressed the problems in your thread over in [link=water quality]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Water%20Quality/50338.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] but incase you missed what we were trying to say....unless you move the fish to proper housing they will continue to suffer, be ill, and die. ^_^ [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it [/font]
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