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20 Mar 2007, 2:54 pm

jaleb wrote:
I did the whole thing with the bag and I DO use a dechlorinator since it is tap water. I have the test strips to make sure the ph and nitrates and nitrites are all okay and I have changed the filter every 2 weeks. That is what is so frustrating, I am doing everything I am supposed to!


all your equipment new? contamination is so easy to have and aquatic/marine animals are so sensitive. i work with plankton and routinely have to figure out what's goin on with all my equipment when there's a big population dropoff.

what kind of filters are you using? btw. some info on that might reveal something.

also...have you looked at the tanks where your'e getting the fish FROM? maybe they're just sick and you keep puchasing damaged goods.

after that... i think i would start questioning the local feline suspects lol


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20 Mar 2007, 2:56 pm

Your goldfish keep probably dying for the same reason all my plants keep dying: an unknown reason. No matter how hard I try, my plants die.