Hi Everyone,
Me & my fish are struggling just now, it would seem like I am having a
complete tank meltdown & my poor fish are going through hell. I have 4
large Goldfish all between 6 & 8 inches long, their approximate ages range
from 8-10 years. They were all rescues from various bad starts in life & I
have had them since 2005. During this time I have upgraded from a 15 gallon
to a 100 [UK] gallon system & even this is nowhere near big enough to cope
with their bio load. For the last 3 years I have been struggling with high
NO3, it has hardly been below 40 despite my efforts in doing sometimes 50%
daily water changes. They have all been chronically ill with various things
& I seem to have been constantly dosing my tank with salt, Epsom Salts or
medicating various fish for goodness knows what.
A few years ago they were happy & reasonably healthy individuals who would
greet me & be constantly playing & larking around as Goldfish do. In
desperation I took some great advice from Dawn early this year with regard
to my general housing & management of the tank & this all went well but as
she told me the underlying trend was always going to be downhill for a
number of reasons, not least because the system I have is way too small to
cope with dirty Goldfish so this is not entirely unexpected but
nevertheless it is so heartbreaking to see my friends suffering so. Until
just a couple of weeks ago they would still rouse themselves to greet me as
I walked into the room & when i drew the curtains in the morning they would
all be begging for their breakfast.
The welcoming stopped some time ago but this morning was the first time
they didn't beg for breakfast-they just sat in the tunnel & have shown no
interest in anything. It all adds up to them simply waiting to die & they
know it-I know it & it is killing me because I have neither the means or
the knowledge to do any more. Since I have had these fish I have spent
many thousands of ponds & probably the same amount of hours friutlessly
searching for a solution but there really is none left except for
euthanising my beloved pets so they don't have to suffer degenerating any
farther.
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