Aging Fish ??

[Sunshine]

What are the signs of your fish getting old ? I have a high fin black shark. His fins are looking shredded and he's losing his black coloring on them. This all started awhile ago. I soaked his food in Garlic and C, it was looking better, but now it's back to being shredded. He's still very active and eats good. He's over 10 years old.

[Aquatic Specialists]

That is a pretty old fish. How is the water quality?

[Sunshine]

All I have now are those stupid test strips. It says the nitrate is 60. I'm getting my API off my daughter tonight and check it. And the test strips don't have Ammonia test on it, unless it's called something else.

[Sunshine]

OK.... The test strips readings are:
Nitrate 160
Nitrite 0
GH 150
KH 180
PH 7.8 My PH has always been high

API readings:
Nitrate 5
Ammonia 0

[Aquatic Specialists]

Yeah, those strips are totally inaccurate....