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  • how much are you feeding him? how often on the water changes? sounds like you haven't fully cycled the tank to start it up. It can take some time unfortunately to get that going properly. What kind of filter are you using? I recommend feeding once a day just enough for the goldfish to eat 2 minutes no longer. had trouble with that myself and that helped. water changes for now 20% weekly. once you have the ammonia down once a month at 20% change at the most. vacuum (clean) gravel (1/3 of it) once a month or you will get rid of any beneficial bacteria in your tank that help cycle your water and control the nitrites and ammonia.
  • Could be an old of faulty test kit.

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