I have read somewhere that you're supposed to soak those hard sinking goldfish pellets (I use Nutrafin max), before dropping in the tank. I thought it might be because those pellets are so darned HARD! I'm thinking, how could those fish eat them? Then the pet store girl told me that certain types...

Well, I purchased a good looking Sarasa Comet that was being real friendly in the tank at Walmart, and a Koi (butterfly, mottled), that the lady talked me into. They are each in the 3" range, and I am basically (except for my dumb luck successful aquarium as a kid) a rank newbie. I have read up on...

Hi all. I recently purchased a nice new 55 gallon tank for my two goldfish. I transferred some water and media from the old tank to the new, added some plants and got everything ready. Three weeks later, levels looked fine, and I moved the boys in. Now, three days later, the water is as cloudy as...

In your experience, is it better to purchase 2 or 3" oranda or fantail goldfish and raise them yourself, or buy a couple of the showy adults? I don't know how to advise a beginner. The older fish are so stunning, it's hard for my friend to consider the little undeveloped ones. Thanks. n

Today I have started building my second pond. old pond was 5`*2`*2` New pond is going to be 8`*6`*4` Anyways, I`m doing a homemade filter consisting of settlement tank, foam and plant filter boxes but I need a pump. I have a relative who works at hozelock who can get me a good discount. I`m...

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I have been experimenting with my Oranda's different foods to make digestion easier. It seems that when the digestion tract gets too challenged that "swim-bladder" can settle in. I think food plays a big part with one of my Orandas...he struggles with solid food (gas and constipation-floating) but...

I have this book for sale on eBay. Cheap and in great condition. It's a nice intro to how to set up a koi pond. Hopefully someone else will find it as useful as I did. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4546227531&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

my moor and my fantail and CONSTANTLY chasing my lionhead around the tank - in fact the moor looks to be wearing her for a hat! they don't seem to be hurting her but are pushing her into corners and along the tank. They have all lived together quite happily for about 3 years so it's not...

Any advice on the best way to clean airstones? We live in an area with very hard water and airstones get blocked relatively quickly with limescale. Is it OK to use vinegar - perhaps soak them in it overnight? Most of the household chemicals for limescale removal are very strong and therefore...

My veil tail has had what seemed health problems in the past. Which last week seemed to be repeating after sometime. As the weather has been getting cooler, I noticed the veil tail became lethargic and sitting on the bottom of the tank with its dorsal fin sagging....not a happy looking...

HI everyone in the years of keeping fish including goldfish, i have experienced this problem over n over again in goldfish that is. whenever they have swimbladder difficulties, u know i do the usual:feed peas,starve it for 3 days,strict pea diet,keep in shallow water,salt bath,etc.. But whenever i...

Okay, so i left the tank cycling for a week, went bacxk to the stroe and the guy gave me a new fish. it's only small, btu i figure its about right for the size of tank. He was swimming very storngly in the tank in the store, and seems relatively happy in the tank now, despite a traumatic ride...

For the first time in many years, I've had a tank crash. Short version: Established a USED tank in which I believed only water turtles were kept, but turned out that rodents had been using it for more than 5 years. Set up tank, cycled beautifully, added 3 nice oranda, and within two weeks...

My Black Moore got stuck in a big root while I was gone and beat himself bloody. THIS IS BAD! He also ruptured his eye. The eye is secondary to the half dollar size sore on his side. This happened last night. Couldn't have been stuck more than 4hours. We imediately mixed a 15g to 1 liter salt bath...

I've had a pond for several years with half a dozen Goldfish/Shubunkin and a couple of Orfe. Each year I see lots of small fry in the shallows but that's all I ever see, presumably they become tasty morsels as they never make it through to the following year. So I had this idea (well two) First...

Hi fishfriends, I'm still having problems with finrot and mouth fungus, although it hasn't got any worse over the last 5 days. I've been treating the tank and giving the fish salt dips, but the problem just doesn't seem to clear up. I dipped the fish in Potassium Permanganate two days ago, and am...

Okay, well ebfore i came to uni i had goldfish in the pond in our back garden. Both of them lived fine and never had a problem and i used to go and watch them while studying for my exams. Well I have final exams coming up, and i live in a flat, so no pond, so i thought id get a tnak and some...

Thanks VERY much to the two people that responded to my "should I starve my betta" thread. :-) Thanks to the very timely advice from "nippyfish", he is pretty much back to normal now. I also did a water change in the tank for him. His belly is WAY down, and he is more active and more responsive...

I purchased some brine shrimp eggs from the LFS today. I checked a bit on line and it looks like a bit over 1 tsp. of sea salt per 1 cup of water, with a pinch of baking soda? Once the eggs hatch and I filter out the shrimp and add them to the betta tank, about how long can I expect them to live...