Gotta fish

[The Hannis' Clan]

Right, almost 2 weeks ago we bought this gold fish...named him fred
well...he was a little thing, and never to fiesty...so it wasn't too much of
a surprise when fred died on sunday
so we got this other fish. named Him george.
He's a big bigger, and very lively
But the thing is...His scales are falling off
we didn't notice this until we got him home yesterday
we've put this aloe vera solution from the pet shop in the water, and its
supposed to take out the chlorine...
and He seems generally happy, exploring his home and hiding behind the plant
( a green fern looking thing)

we took out our technocoloured rocks today, thinking they may be part of his
general adjectation problem, and he seems to have calmed down with out the
bright green, and blue, and orange, and pink glaring at Him
we put a mirror behind the tank, and he seems to interact, anyway he stares
at himself a lot.

i'm just wondering if there's something we can do? for His scales falling
off that is


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The Hannis Clan
Richard, The bombhead
Lori, the Kitchen Witch
and Rachel, the too smart for her own good toddler

[The Hannis' Clan]

I forgot to mention, that He appears to be sucking air bubbles, and flopping
out of the water, (like a trout after bugs)

is He normal???
"The Hannis' Clan" > wrote in message
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> Right, almost 2 weeks ago we bought this gold fish...named him fred
> well...he was a little thing, and never to fiesty...so it wasn't too much
of
> a surprise when fred died on sunday
> so we got this other fish. named Him george.
> He's a big bigger, and very lively
> But the thing is...His scales are falling off
> we didn't notice this until we got him home yesterday
> we've put this aloe vera solution from the pet shop in the water, and its
> supposed to take out the chlorine...
> and He seems generally happy, exploring his home and hiding behind the
plant
> ( a green fern looking thing)
>
> we took out our technocoloured rocks today, thinking they may be part of
his
> general adjectation problem, and he seems to have calmed down with out the
> bright green, and blue, and orange, and pink glaring at Him
> we put a mirror behind the tank, and he seems to interact, anyway he
stares
> at himself a lot.
>
> i'm just wondering if there's something we can do? for His scales falling
> off that is
>
>
> --
> The Hannis Clan
> Richard, The bombhead
> Lori, the Kitchen Witch
> and Rachel, the too smart for her own good toddler
>
>

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EMERGENCY
1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates
2. do the fish physical
3. change some or all of the water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons water
4. from the water parameters and physical decide on a course of action
5. if there is nothing specific, do the tub to tub method

http://puregold.aquaria.net/

http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/care/care1.htm#essentials

you need to read up on water changes and the essentials for keeping GF. Ingrid

"The Hannis' Clan" > wrote:

>Right, almost 2 weeks ago we bought this gold fish...named him fred
>well...he was a little thing, and never to fiesty...so it wasn't too much of
>a surprise when fred died on sunday
>so we got this other fish. named Him george.
>He's a big bigger, and very lively
>But the thing is...His scales are falling off
>we didn't notice this until we got him home yesterday
>we've put this aloe vera solution from the pet shop in the water, and its
>supposed to take out the chlorine...
>and He seems generally happy, exploring his home and hiding behind the plant
>( a green fern looking thing)
>
>we took out our technocoloured rocks today, thinking they may be part of his
>general adjectation problem, and he seems to have calmed down with out the
>bright green, and blue, and orange, and pink glaring at Him
>we put a mirror behind the tank, and he seems to interact, anyway he stares
>at himself a lot.
>
>i'm just wondering if there's something we can do? for His scales falling
>off that is



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[The Hannis' Clan]

Okay, i've done all that...the fish seems well
no funky stuff on his gills
the water PH is fine He's not seeming overly worried about most things
He does seem to be going to the top a lot for air..but there is loads of
oxygen with in the water

now granted this is my first fish and am probably panicing.


though to be honest He does rest normally, "sleeps" for about 4 hours a
day...(don't know what he does at night)
so, perhaps i'm just worring for nothing

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yes, GF do sleep. if he is swimming fine, eating fine then dont worry. Ingrid

"The Hannis' Clan" > wrote:

>Okay, i've done all that...the fish seems well
>no funky stuff on his gills
>the water PH is fine He's not seeming overly worried about most things
>He does seem to be going to the top a lot for air..but there is loads of
>oxygen with in the water
>
>now granted this is my first fish and am probably panicing.
>
>
>though to be honest He does rest normally, "sleeps" for about 4 hours a
>day...(don't know what he does at night)
>so, perhaps i'm just worring for nothing
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.