Re: Fish problems. Dropsy?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Thompson) wrote:
>Nitrates - 40 (water change time?)
.... right, get it down to 20 ppm

>feeding and alternated between brocolli (bad idea, v.smelly water) and
>bloodworm.  1 week ago.  Fish on high protein at the moment (no peas
>till today)
.... live food is not recommended for fancy GF.  not even frozen live food.  get high
quality pellets and feed very little.  sinking pellets are best.  

>Enviromental - water change, probably a bit to cold (winter here in
>UK, I try and let water stand for 12-24hrs to get to room temperature)
... add dechlor to teh tank and run the correct temp water into the tanks, or, get
another heater and keep it warm while it aerates overnight.  city water always needs
to have dechor added to it.  
 
If you think the fish has dropsy, go here
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/symptom/byname.htm#dropsy



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