Hi Having starved one of my orandas for 3 days then feeding it boiled de-skinned shredded peas for another 3 days, the moment i put it back in the main tank, after several minutes, it starts floating up to the top again ( even thou i even haven't fed it anything yet!!). i've tried all that advice...

My tank has been cycling since a few days after Thanksgiving. My pH is low, 6.8. Over the past few days I've been putting pinches of baking in the water to raise the pH, and I've noticed that my Nitrites are finally dropping. Now they're in the "not quite zero" range. I have a bare bottom tank...

Hi everyone! I am just about to get my new 700L tank and was wondering if all the water out of my cycled 200L, my decorations, my 2 aquaclear 500s would be sufficient in stopping the recycling of the tank. I bought some ammonia absorber just incase it wasnt Thankyou! Ves

Hope everyone had a safe and entertaining New Years Eve. Hope every one is ready for one of the best years for Goldfish in the coming year. God Bless and Keep You and Yours this Year, Tom L.L.

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I just bought a catfish for a 10 gallon tank to help clean the bottom. There is two other fish similiar size in the tank. After 3 days, this morning the catfish can't be found. I checked the filter, nothing there. Could the catfish be hiding in the gravel? Any information appreciated.

Jo Ann asked me to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. ...

Puregold has a new list in addition to the old one http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/ Puregold is a list for people at all levels of fish keeping with special emphasis on helping people new to keeping goldfish. We do talk about ponds and koi. It is a very friendly list, no flaming allowed. ...

It seems some people think that gravel is not good for a goldfish tank and some do think it is good , and I am new at this would someone please tell me , WHAT SHOULD be used instead of gravel...Thanks. Ron

Hi everyone I have this issue on my hands where i have already gave up on searching for an answer. It all began with addition of neons and goldfish to an aquarium where i have already had two eels and two arowanas. Anyway two neons and goldfish died in about two week period where i noticed that...

After more than 7 years keeping goldfish, it all comes down to this: water change and sponge filters. You can put two goldfish in a 20 gallon long tank plus a Marineland powersponge filter (or a air driven large sponge). Cheange 50% water per week (use the snake for water change, easy task) and...

Does that mean that there is too much uranium in the water?

Can anyone out there can give me some tips on , how to keep goldfish tank water clear and clean? I'm using a bio canister filter. Thxs

Ive just got back from a 3 day trip to find one of my two goldfish looks almost dead! :( It's laying at the bottom of the tank, eyes still open, gills slowly flapping, but looks like it's got absolutely no energy at all. every so often it come to life for about a second, but then just...

Hi all My name is Ron and I am back into fish again after a long leave of absense. There use to be a chatroom but I no longer have the URL (address) is there anyone that can help. I would appreciate help in this area Thanks Ron here in the Green Mountains of Vermont . Happy holidays to...

I've had goldfish in a regular tank for years and the fish have all lived quite happily for ages with little maintenance. But since I bought a Bio-Orb my fish have started dying with alarming regularity. I've taken advice from the aquarium where I purchased the bio-orb, but it has generally been...

Hi all, My sister has bought me a fishtank for Christmas so now comes time to chose the fish to go in it. Can anyone suggest any useful websites which would list fish along with their pictures, how easy they are to keep, what conditions they need etc? TIA!

I'm trying the 1:9 peroxide dip for possible flukes. Actually, I only need dip the area around one of the ventral fins which is the problem site, so I'm not totally immersing my lionhead. If I need to do this more than once, how often can the peroxide dip be used safely on my 4 inch goldfish?

I've seen a few positive reviews for Nitra-Zorb, and since I'll be in and out of town over the holidays I thought I'd pick one up, just for extra help. Thing is, I can't figure out how on earth to set it up. The instructions say "place in your filter" but I find that placing it in my filter is...

My new tank is up and running! It's a ~30 gallon (weird shape, hard to figure out). Right now I've got 1 goldfish in there for cycling, and I'll add one or two more eventually. I left it bare bottom, because I'm tired of vacuuming gravel. But I wanted plants, so I took some brandy glasses (the...