Are all Goldfish prone to be sick? I am beginning to think so. But that's another subject. Oranda was floating upside down. Put her in a shallow tank after a salt dip and feed her some peas. Used the bucket to bucket method for a week. By the end of the week she is doing better in deeper water, no...

Hello all. I am a regular over at rec.ponds, but I have been lurking here recently as well. I wanted to put up a quick post to invite you over to a new pond site called www.iheartmypond.com. I have been working on this site for awhile now. I peruse the pond sites, forums, etc. and...

Supposedly if you have "dead" sand substrate (with no bacteria in it) that is calcareous-based and deep enough (3+ inches depending on grain size) it will become "live" overtime with the bacteria needed break down nitrates into harmless gasses. Anyone heard of this being used successfully in...

One of my three goldfish has a habit of breaking the water surface with its mouth, like its trying to find more food. It usually does this right before or right after feeding time, but sometimes it does it at random times. Its not a recent behavior its been doing this as long as I've had the...

Just found out that I am fighting a losing battle here :-) Tank has been setup for a few months now, all fish are fine and ammonia is 0 and PH is around 7-7.5. Water looks clear when the tank lights are off, but once they come on there is a kind of milky colour to the water. This I believed was...

I have a single goldfish that I keep in a approimate 1 gallon bowl. (I know it is to small, but that is the best I can do for right now?) I change the water every 3 or 4 days. Today after I emptied the bowl there was like a scum around where the water line was. I tried to remove it the best I...

Okay, I've gone through 3 sets to tank lights in about 14 months, and I'm getting tired to buying the buggers. They are in a regular, made for the tank hood, so it isn't some weird setup. Is any brand of bulbs longer lasting than others? Is this a common problem? Or are my fish throwing things at...

I have 17 fry - would they be ok in a 10 gallon tank with a filter and air stone? Or best to leave them in a large tub? Wondering if they'd be able to find food?

Outdoor pond is now at about 40degF, want to bring fish indoors. How slowly (how many hours or days) should i take to warm them up? I can keep indoor temp around 64degF. Should i use icecubes in the water to regulate/bring the temp up slowly to 64degF? How long? ....Kodiak

Over the last few months, I have been talking with a forum that I contribute to with regard to starting a Off-shoot section for Tropical Fish.. It is proposed to have one section for Australian related fish subjects, be they Cold water, tropical, etc, The forum concerned is for Satellite Free...

I'm looking for some plants that I can put in my aquarium that the goldfish won't eat. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, BigDD

anyone here keep koi think they are much like goldfish just a lot bigger. I have them in my pond just wonder how they would do in a aquarium. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

According to http://www.seachem.com/en_support/support_faq.html: "Only certain slime coat products will cause Purigen to become toxic; the products that do this are amine based. Prime and Safe are not amine based and so will not cause this problem. If you're curious, what happens is that the amine...

They are dangerous monsters , they are more dangerous than killer-whales,sharks , piranhas and giant octopusses together ! They will eat your flesh in 2 seconds !

I bought a fantail about 2 months ago because of its coloring, nice orange with a great black stripe on it's back, black tail and touches of gold/yellow on it's belly. I noticed 3 days ago that the black is alomost completely gone form it's back and very faded in it's tail. Can anyone tell me...

Dear Ingrid, You mentioned in a post after a salt/peroxide dip to crank up the temp to 84degF to kill off Aeromonas. What temperature should I have the water during the salt/peroxide dip? How long after the dip do i crank up to 84degF to kill off Aeromonas? How long do I leave them at 84degF? What...

I saw what i'm pretty sure was a Comet, but with a Wen on his head like the cap on an Oranda. Is this possible? ....Kodiak

A topic for much debate. A fish that glows itself. Does this mean the purchase of a light for my tank is redundant? http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/22/science/22FISH.html?ex=1070082000&en=aa83a1b9b521306a&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE http://www.glofish.com/pictures.asp

Hi there I purchased a Flexible Air Stone which looks like a length of garden hose only when you attach it to an aquarium pump and switch the pump on you get a wall of bubbles coming from the stone Well it appears to have died today I have 1 pump and a 3 way valve 2 solid blue round stones and...

My one always looks around at the sides of the tank, does he think there's other goldfish around? Or does he recognise himself :o? Twinkles