Re: Goldfish with White Spot Salt Treatment Help Please!
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Hi,
Pond has a plastic liner.
Since discovering the white spot I have:
Cleaned out the pond.
Cleaned the filter (hozelock easyclear 3000)
Topped up with tap water.
Tested all level 0.0 other than Ph 8.5-9.0
Added 3kg salt dissovled in pond water 1kg 3x 12hrs apart.
I have re-tested the water today. All ammonia 0.0 Nitrate 10 mg/l but Nitrite is 0.25 mg/l!. Ph now appears between 7.0 & 8.5.
Could the increase in nitrite be due to the filter being blocked? The water was pretty murky after cleaning out and is now clean again.
I don't want to have to change the water as I'll lose the salt that will kill the white spot, its a catch 22.
Any ideas? I'll clean the filter again now.
Regards.
Jon