Goldfish-ies ... my new found passion ! Part 3

Not wanting to make the same mistake and to guess and worry about water condition, I decided to bite the bullet and bought my self a Freshwater Master Test Kit (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Inc). It cost me RM 65 which was a big sum for some test kits considering a relative of mine who has been rearing goldfishes for ages never had to use one! Anyway, I thought it would be cool to be able to tell the condition of the water (technically) !

So I got rid of all the water in my first attempt and refilled it with fresh tap water and made sure I added sufficient water conditioner this time. 2 cap fuls for 35L says on the bottle lable .. 5 capfuls here it goes. Also added 2 capfuls of the Nutrafin bio supplement (Cycle) and left the tank for a week.

I started off with 2 goldfishes this time ...about 2 inches in size. Don't really know their type specifically but looks like a cross between comets and Oranda. Their lionheads have not grown yet. They look pretty OK and started a strict regime to test the water every alternate days checking Ammonia, pH and Nitrite levels ... and doing 20% weekly water changes.

So far so good ... 2 weeks and they are still alive ... !!!! Excellent. I started reading up more on the importance of a stable and clean water condition for the fishes and tried my best to do so. Didn't really figure out the salt level yet though ..... since I read that salt is really one of the best disease deterrent for the fishes.... In any case .. I was estatic ... My goldfishes are surviving ... !!!