Hi Ray,
I weighed out a dessert spoonful of Epsom Salts & it is 0.46 ounces or 13
grams. I have a 120 UK gallon system [144 US gallons] & I have added 72
dessert spoonfuls to that which equals 936 grams or 33 ounces. Hopefully
now someone can tell me a] what the current concentration is & b] what the
maximum safe levels are just so I have some guidelines to work to. I have
just weighed out a tea spoonful of the Epsom Salts & that measures 6 grams
or 0.21 ounces so that is almost exactly the same pro-rata as the
measurement I am using with a dessert spoon although it is more in tune
with the US gallonage but still [I think?] a workable measurement for my
tank. I will be very careful to do it slowly when I remove the Epsom Salts.
My fish has taken a turn for the worse this afternoon unfortunately, he was
looking ok this morning but has started the same corner hanging just under
the surface this afternoon & also has a definate bend to his body which is
not a good sign. When disturbed he will swim normally although he has a
tendency to go upside down now & again.
I'm not aware of anything that could be contributing to this because my
foods have been the same for over a year now. The staple diet is good
quality 6mm floating Koi pellets together with the regular Tetra Pond
Sticks & Pro Gold Large Goldfish sinking pellets. I also offer small
sprinklings of the tiny Hikari Marine 'S' seaweed sinking pellets which
they love & give them an opportunity to sift through all the gravel. My
tank is quite heavily stocked with plants now & I have 2 types of Hornwort
together with straight Vallis & long Anacharis which I started with
primarily for them to snack on but to this day I have never seen anyone
take even a small nibble of any of the plants but they used to when they
were baby fish & did so until two or three years ago. However-it was my
understanding that good quality pellets contained everything the fish
needed for nutrition?
John.
On 29 August 2012 15:59, <sevenspringss@wmconnect.com> wrote:
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>
>
> Hi John,
>
> I don't know exactly how a dessert spoon compares to a teaspoon, so have
> no
> idea of the capacity of it. Most similar measures in treating aquarium
> fish are either in teaspoons or tablespoons, with about the most Epsom
> salt I'd
> recommend for this problem being 1 Tablespoon per 5 U.S. Gallons (4.16
> Imperial Gallons) -- or, 1 2/3 teaspoon per U.S. gallon. Might be that
> your
> dessert spoons come out to this amount, I don't know.
>
> Glad to hear it worked; it sounded as though this fish was constipated, so
> I expected good results. As some of your fish seem to get this
> occasionally, you might try feeding them green peas once a month. It's a
> natural
> laxative and probably better than using Epsom salt, even though the salt
> treatment
> is mild. It of course will harden the water considerably, so remove it
> even more slowly than you added it to avoid any possible osmotic shock.
> Its
> complete removal over several days wouldn't be too fast, and since there
> seems
> no further need for it, you may just as well start taking it out starting
> with your next PWC unless you still see a further fish problem.
>
> Can you think of any particular food that may be causing this? As I'm sure
> you're aware, a varied diet is always best. As Goldfish are herbivors, try
> feeding more veggie-type foods -- even some Duckweed as has been mentioned
> on here recently (or spirulina flakes, if you would).
>
> Ray</HTML>
>
>
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