My comet seems to spend hours of delight, swimming from one side of the tank to the other. He touches one side with his mouth, turns, and swims back. Occasionally he stops. Swims to the castle, nibbles, then does a few laps of the tank. Off he goes again... Any ideas? Is this a fishy attempt...

I have a new pearlscale that seems to have a knack for getting stuck. First time was behind the undergravel tube, second time beneath the bubble curtain, and third time behind the heater. Is there anything wrong with him?

Everytime I do this is happens again.. I have a problem of keeping my fish clean I put them in the tank and SPLASH They get wet... I take them out and dry them then put them back in..

Bought a small feeder goldfish at the petstore, but was in transit for 5 hours. Is 5 hours too long to stay in a bag? The fish is about 1" long, the bag had about 4 cups of water. I put him in the tank, fish seems ok now, but not moving around like the other ones. He is not eating either, does it...

I feel a lot more sane all of a sudden.

What temperature should water be to keep ich back? I have a 90g tank which isn't heated but stays around 74 to 75 degrees. I noticed a few grains on one of my black telescopes. Is the water too cool? Is it better to Quarantine the fish I see with spots? I would guess it is better to treat the...

Hello, I have a couple of Shubunkin's and I have noticed that they will sometimes twitch their dorsal and pectoral fins extremely fast and then swim fine. I don't think the current is the problem. It does not look like it is pleasant to them. Is this normal or is something wrong with them? any...

Hi guys, I had several helpful replies about my black moor, that has had long white poop and was acting tired for several days. Sadly, he died today. Here's the thing, though. Out of a tank of 5 small comets (1-2"), a black moor (4-5"), and a fantail (4-5"), inside of a month 3 comets and the...

I have large fishbow with 8 goldfishs, I feed them twice a day. Anytimes I pass by, they seem like hungry again. How many times a day I can feed them ? TIA /KN

I want to thank everyone that was thinking about my situation, I managed to find a LFS willing to take my stock, and about 95% of it... I took my common GF, small Koi and 6 tf barbs to him today. Ended up with $37 store credit, and he was willing to take my other fish as well. If someone said a...

I'm guessing it would be all right, but I figured I'd ask first: Are solid glass not-specifically-made-for-acquarium decorations OK to put in my tank? (cleaned first, of course)

Hi, I rescued this poor thing from an office where it was alone in a filthy tank that actually had MOULD growing on the gravel. The tank smelled awful and the poor fish (not sure what variety, but it's about 7 inches long with fancy fins) was just sitting in a corner on the bottom, motionless. I...

I've finally found some sinking pellets for my goldfish They contain: Ingredients Wheat, Fish Meal, Soya, Fish Oil, Wheatgerm, Bran, Spirulina, Astaxanthin, Canthaxanthin & EU Permitted Colourants & Antioxidants. They contain:

Hi guys, I had posted before, I'm working with my first tank ever, a 55 gallon tank with goldfish. I've been reading as much as I can, but not finding answers to quite everything. My black moor is about 4-5" long, and he's been in my tank for less than a month. He's always been a little lazier...

Sorry if this comes as a second post, but I'm a little worried, and I've been off investigating! Right, stats first: Temperature is 21'C-22'C (72F) - I'm buying a heater tomorrow. Info on how they work make/models recommended would be helpful Nitrites - 0 (not sure if I believe that) Nitrates -...

Hello all, One of my goldfish has I'm pretty sure Dropsy and is in a mess. I may need to kill it myself as it's bad enough to watch. http://www.geocities.com/tony2kuk/fishkill.html I read this, any thoughts please on a quick and painless way? Any replies that might come ASAP will be greatly...

The old thread was getting to long for my newsreader :- ) The fish is (obviously still recovering) but much, much better! Her anal port is now normal (that happened almost over night) Fins are up & scales down, and she's sleeping an awful lot. I put this down to tank boredom. After live food...

Is boiled (not distilled) water OK to put in a tank? I was told that if I raised the temperature by using normal tap water, boiled water & declor that it would be safe to put in my tank. Is this true? (Fish update - just put some live daphnia in the tank for my ill fish. Suddenly she's zooming...

How often to replace them? I've had the filter going for over a month now (cleaned it out 2x so far) and both sets are looking a little dingy, but the filter hasn't slowed down at all.

I read somewhere that the Chloride in Salt competes with Nitrite to be absorbed by the fish's gills. Having salt effectively creates an insurance buffer against a potential Nitrite problem. Does that mean that breaking in a new tank/filer setup, it might be wise to add salt? I wonder if the salt...