Today, at lunchtime, the demise of yet another little fish. It does seem strange as Cloud Minnows are such a hardy species. For some inexplicable reason, the nitrite level in the aquarium has risen since Monday despite the use of biological, mechanical and chemical filtration in the tank.
The ten little minnows are now down to four, so I am desperately feeding in extra good bacteria as part of what appears to be a losing battle. Close monitoring of the water condition is going to be vital over the next ten days or so. It's strange that these kind of problems/ conditions never arose when all the tanks occupants were goldfish.
All our pond fish seem to be thriving, the waters greenish bias not proving detrimental to fish health; both the PH and NO2 readings are near perfect. Of course, the saying is "you can't win 'em all"; let's hope that with reference to the aquarium that the result is "you can't lose 'em all"
- living and frequently struggling with moderate M.E. -
where (bad) health, faith, politics and the joys and troubles of daily life collide.
ME
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