Could Anyone Tell Me What Is Wrong With My Two Orandas. They Both Have White Wart Like Growths On Their Tailfins And One Has A Large Tumour Like Growth On Its Eye Whilst The Other Has White Cloudy Eyes. The First Mentioned Fish Also Hangs Near The Bottom Of The Tank Continuously. Neither Have...

The post never showed up so im redoing it..... There is this thing that the local mall is doing for kids, they are going to give out 100 goldfish each with a 1 gallon (give or take- medium critter keeper ) container. This is animal cruelty. Comet goldfish need 20 gallons per fish. Its like...

Hi, I typically feed my two goldfish once a day. They are about 1.5" long each. I will be going out of town at the end of the summer and I'm wondering how long I can leave them without feeding them? Is 1 or 2 days okay? What about 3 or 4?

Johannes, For the most part they are usually sold as feeder fish, if they aren't too deformed. A friend who breeds Ranchus says that he uses his culls as bait fish for fishing. If the culls are still good swimmings they could also be sold as bait fish if goldfish can be used in your area for...

Hi, I have a fairly small tank (40cm x 20cm x 20cm) with for the moment only one goldfish. I had more but they died probably because there was not enough oxygen in the water. So I bought an airpump (2000cc, the smallest I could find). I have it installed and now there surely is enough oxygen in...

can goldfish get sunburn? i have a 12inch 15yr old fantailed silver goldfish that has over the last two days got long red patches on its body at the base of its dorsal fin could this be sunburn or is it something more serious???

My tank looks decidedly bare(the one piece of 'furniture' my fish has is a small holow castle, which he sleeps in msot nights). I was thinking about gettign some form of plant to brighten the tank up. I don't know about live plants as there's the water chemsirty to watch for there i guess, and im...

They are multiplying like crazy and I must do something. Do you think depth charges will work?

All they seem to do is forage. They're forever pecking at the walls of the pool in the stringy algae, at the struts of the "Safapond" structure** suspended in the water, and on the underside of the lily pads. I'm not sure what it is they're eating; I can't see it. But I like to feed them too, as...

I have several goldfish tanks and each one has developed what I presume is brown algae on the sides of the tanks and on some of the artificial plants I have in them. I change water about every two weeks because all the tanks are overstocked. I scrub the algae off but it keeps coming back. Should...

Does anyone out there feed their gold fish silkworms? I tried it and they go crazy over them. I get mine from www.silkwormshop.com and am always happy with their service. It took me awhile to find a store that doesn't have a minimum order. Check it out: http://www.silkwormshop.com/shop.html

Hi all, Finally made it to the world of the indoor fish keeper; I purchased a biorb 30 litre, and a new Fantail Goldfish. 24 hours later, and the fish seems to be happy, swiming around. One question though, how many pellets should I fed it? One book say 3-4 once a day, another 3 times a day. ...

I woke up this morning and was doing my regular fish check. My black moors eye is totally red. It looks like it is filled with blood but I am not sure. What could be causing this and how do I fix it. The tanks paramenters are fine, I tested this morning. I have had this tank set up for almost...

We put a few Black Moors in our pond 2 years ago. Las fall we noticed a few odd looking fish. It seems that the Black Moors have crossed bred with a goldfish and now we have several very odd looking fish. I've uploadeda picture of one. If you would like to see it go...

Two of my little fish died in the last week, about 4 days apart. Before they dies they were bent in 'u' shapes and then they just skulked away to die. They looked like they had 'internal bleeding' if that makes sense. One of he fish was spending a lot of time on the bottom of the tank before it got...

My new aquarium has been up and running now for approx. 3 weeks and the fish seem quite happy. All eating and swimming as normal. What I have noticed is that the features I've added to the tank have a brown colour covering the surface off them. I assume this is algae as in the posting by Elaine...

Well, lethargic fish number one went and died last night. I tested the water yesterday and nothing shows as out of the ordinary. I even compared the water with the old tank it, if anything, the new tank shows slightly better quality. Both show pH ~7.5 to 8.0. Both show no ammonia and very...

Does anybody no what fish are compatible with the `Egyptian Mouth brooder'? I have inherited a tank with the mouth brooder and a cat fish which is being bullied relentlessly. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Tina.

Hi I have a small garden pond with run of the mill goldfish, about 8 in all. I know there are some that breed in there as there has been evidence of this activity in the past. Unfortunatly I ran a pump in the pond and I fear that most of the fry has gone through it or been eaten. This year I have...

Hi all We have a small tank with 2 goldfish in. This was a kit and the filter packs are no longer available. We went and bought one of these Biorb tanks and have had it running for about a month. I had the water tested at an aquarium centre and they said that the Nitrite was a bit high so we...