shubunkin

i recently bought a shubunkin and i have other fish in the tank that r
tropical and i wanted to know if it would afect my redwag platies, mollies,
or tertras .... my local petsmart guys told my that gold fish creat a mucus
that kills other fish

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You really shouldnt be keeping goldfish with tropical fish. The thing about
the mucous is a load of rubbish though. Tropical and freshwater fish have
completely different needs. Also are you aware that just one goldfish should
have at least a 10 gallon tank all to itslef?
Mel.


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i recently bought a shubunkin and i have other fish in the tank that r
tropical and i wanted to know if it would afect my redwag platies,
mollies,
or tertras .... my local petsmart guys told my that gold fish creat a
mucus
that kills other fish

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On Mar 18, 1:29*pm, "Mel" wrote:
You really shouldnt be keeping goldfish with tropical fish. The thing about
the mucous is a load of rubbish though. Tropical and freshwater fish have
completely different needs. Also are you aware that just one goldfish should
have at least a 10 gallon tank all to itslef?
Mel.

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i recently bought a shubunkin and i have other fish in the tank that r
tropical and i wanted to know if it would afect my redwag platies,
mollies,
or tertras .... my local petsmart guys told my that gold fish creat a
mucus
that kills other fish

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Go back and tellthat Petsmart guy he is dummer than a box of rocks
with that statement he made. Pure horsehockey. The big thing with
goldies is they have different needs as already stated above and do
not mix well with tropicals. They grow fast and grow large and need
much larger tanks even when small as they are messy
fish.......goldfish makeing killer mucus, now thats an all time first
on hearing that, and just when you thought you heard it all from those
big box pet store associates!

WOW thx ...i didnt know it was a load of crap but u have to respect them its
there job to sound like they know what they r doing ...so much for killed
mucucs ... ill see if i can return it or give it to some one who can take
good care of it. when i go bak i can tell that guy off then ask him to get
me THAT fishy })))' in the tank and not THAT one and see how long that
takes ....

ExPat wrote:
You really shouldnt be keeping goldfish with tropical fish. The thing about
the mucous is a load of rubbish though. Tropical and freshwater fish have
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Go back and tellthat Petsmart guy he is dummer than a box of rocks
with that statement he made. Pure horsehockey. The big thing with
goldies is they have different needs as already stated above and do
not mix well with tropicals. They grow fast and grow large and need
much larger tanks even when small as they are messy
fish.......goldfish makeing killer mucus, now thats an all time first
on hearing that, and just when you thought you heard it all from those
big box pet store associates!

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On Mar 18, 11:16*pm, "DEM via PetKB.com" u42059@uwe wrote:
WOW thx ...i didnt know it was a load of crap but u have to respect them its
there job to sound like they know what they r doing ...so much for killed
mucucs ... ill see if i can return it or give it to some one who can take
good care of it. when i go bak i can tell that guy off then ask him to get
me THAT fishy })))' in the tank and not THAT one and see how long that
takes ....

ExPat wrote:
You really shouldnt be keeping goldfish with tropical fish. The thing about
the mucous is a load of rubbish though. Tropical and freshwater fish have
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]

- Show quoted text -

Go back and tellthat Petsmart guy he is dummer than a box of rocks
with that statement he made. Pure horsehockey. The big thing with
goldies is they have different needs as already stated above and do
not mix well with tropicals. They grow fast and grow large and need
much larger tanks even when small as they are messy
fish.......goldfish makeing killer mucus, now thats an all time first
on hearing that, and just when you thought you heard it all from those
big box pet store associates!

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Its just best to ignore the idiots and just let them ramble on. Its
good cheap entertainment in a lot of cases. As for them and their
ability to net a fish. Thats a whole other ballgame. I have seen
employees get so frustrated that they start slinging a net all which
ways, finally net the fish and wind up missing the collection
container or bag, fish wind up on floor, etc etc. I woiuld give the
clerk a chance to catch what fish I wanted, and if it was un cuaught
in short order, I wuld tell em to forget it, as you do not want a
stressed out fish to contend with. Best to come back another day for
it and hop[e someone that knows how to net a fish is there instead of
the idiot that merely swipes a net around. I have seen clerks net
fish and reach into the net with their hands to grab the fish and
place in bag etc etc.Thats a no no, as is any time a fish hits the
floor or touches bare hands I tellem to forget it that your no longer
interested........and then go turn em in to the manager (not that they
will always do anything about it though)

you can also tell them to simply move the net very slowly. or keep one net still and
move the fish toward it with another.

Actually, a WET hand is better than a net, it is less likely to strip scales or slime
coat. best is to use your hand to move a fish towards the plastic bag.

Ingrid

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:34:37 -0700 (PDT), ExPat wrote:
you do not want a
stressed out fish to contend with. Best to come back another day for
it and hop[e someone that knows how to net a fish is there instead of
the idiot that merely swipes a net around. I have seen clerks net
fish and reach into the net with their hands to grab the fish and
place in bag etc etc.Thats a no no, as is any time a fish hits the
floor or touches bare hands I tellem to forget it that your no longer
interested........and then go turn em in to the manager (not that they
will always do anything about it though)