1-month tank, cloudy?

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ckspam (PurityFailed) wrote:

I've never even heard of Siamese Doll goldfish. It sounds like they'd be
pretty nifty looking, though. Tried to find a pic of one but came up with
nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Just curious,
Jessica
-Yet another baffled victim of a fish that decided to go MIA.

I just put up one picture I took of my two Dolls.

http://www.adamgottschalk.net/siamdolls.html

It's not a very good picture because a) my tank is going through "new
tank syndrom" and is unusually cloudy at the moment, and b) they seem to
be extremely shy of the camera :-) You can get a good idea of their
looks. They've really grown on me, even just over the past few days.
Watching their water acrobatics is great fun.

I also found a picture via Google:

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v...amesedolls.jpg

--chris



On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Adam Gottschalk wrote:

In article ,
ckspam (PurityFailed) wrote:

I've never even heard of Siamese Doll goldfish. It sounds like they'd be
pretty nifty looking, though. Tried to find a pic of one but came up with
nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Just curious,
Jessica
-Yet another baffled victim of a fish that decided to go MIA.

I just put up one picture I took of my two Dolls.

http://www.adamgottschalk.net/siamdolls.html

It's not a very good picture because a) my tank is going through "new
tank syndrom" and is unusually cloudy at the moment, and b) they seem to
be extremely shy of the camera :-) You can get a good idea of their
looks. They've really grown on me, even just over the past few days.
Watching their water acrobatics is great fun.


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Chris Palma wrote:

I also found a picture via Google:

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v...amesedolls.jpg

--chris

As you can tell, there is a great difference between the fish in the
above pic and mine. The one above is, I guess, an albino. When I went to
look at the Dolls at the shop, I was pointed to a tank which had both
the fantail calico sort and the golden/red-eyed sort. I asked which were
the Siamese Dolls and was surprised when I was told all of them.

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In article ,
ckspam (PurityFailed) wrote:

I've never even heard of Siamese Doll goldfish. It sounds like
they'd be
pretty nifty looking, though. Tried to find a pic of one but came up
with
nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Just curious,
Jessica
-Yet another baffled victim of a fish that decided to go MIA.

I just put up one picture I took of my two Dolls.

http://www.adamgottschalk.net/siamdolls.html

It's not a very good picture because a) my tank is going through "new
tank syndrom" and is unusually cloudy at the moment, and b) they seem
to
be extremely shy of the camera :-) You can get a good idea of their
looks. They've really grown on me, even just over the past few days.
Watching their water acrobatics is great fun.

When doing your gravel vacuuming, push the pipe down and don't rake
across. You might actually be doing too much gravel vacuuming to start
the tank off. With goldfish, that situation changes pretty quickly ;~).
The cloudy water is usually completely harmless, but keep an eye on your
NH3/NO2 and NO3. You might want to add a 2nd filter at some point. UGFs
do clog quickly with certain fish (goldfish, oscars, plecs etc), though I
think that you should be fine for a while. hth
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When doing your gravel vacuuming, push the pipe down and don't rake
across. You might actually be doing too much gravel vacuuming to
start the tank off. With goldfish, that situation changes pretty
quickly ;~). The cloudy water is usually completely harmless, but
keep an eye on your NH3/NO2 and NO3. You might want to add a 2nd
filter at some point. UGFs do clog quickly with certain fish
(goldfish, oscars, plecs etc), though I think that you should be fine
for a while. hth

This is sort of what I was elluding to, that goldfish pollute quicker than
other fish, isn't it because of the thicker layer of slime coating??? can't
remember as well.... GF not my cup of tea, but they are cute...

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is that better??

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When doing your gravel vacuuming, push the pipe down and don't rake
across. You might actually be doing too much gravel vacuuming to
start the tank off. With goldfish, that situation changes pretty
quickly ;~). The cloudy water is usually completely harmless, but
keep an eye on your NH3/NO2 and NO3. You might want to add a 2nd
filter at some point. UGFs do clog quickly with certain fish
(goldfish, oscars, plecs etc), though I think that you should be fine
for a while. hth

This is sort of what I was elluding to, that goldfish pollute quicker
than
other fish, isn't it because of the thicker layer of slime coating???
can't
remember as well.... GF not my cup of tea, but they are cute...

--
RedForeman ©®

The industry guideline for biological filtration is 1g of water per inch
of fish (not including the tail) for most tropical fish, EXCEPT Oscars,
Goldfish and Plecs, where the standard becomes 3g of water per inch of
fish. It all comes down to the rate at which they _can_ consume food.

At work I have 1000s of GF, but I've never owned one myself. Some can be
quite endearing. They aren't an exception to the general rule that
bigger = more personality, and with their longevity, 15-20 (GF) to 75
years (Koi), they have lots of time to grow on you ;~) .
--
http://www.netmax.tk/

At work I have 1000s of GF, but I've never owned one myself. Some
can be quite endearing. They aren't an exception to the general rule
that bigger = more personality, and with their longevity, 15-20 (GF)
to 75 years (Koi), they have lots of time to grow on you ;~) .

and I was worried about getting a russian tortoise, max life 125 years...
I'll put in my will that whoever happens to be living at the time, inherits
our beloved pet, Molly Sims... the russian tortoise... If that day comes, we
could put a clause that nobody gets any money unless they house, care for,
and keep the tortoise until the ripe age of 125 or death by natural
causes... the look on their faces would be somewhat priceless...

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streetfighter!!! ==========================
2003 TRX450ES
1992 TRX-350 XX (For Sale)
'98 Tacoma Ext Cab 4X4 Lifted....
==========================
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is that better??

http://www.adamgottschalk.net/siamdolls.html

From: Adam Gottschalk

Oh thank you.

Black Moor goldfish were my first love but I was put off by the size they reach
coupled with their reputation for being little swimming sewers. I may consider
goldfish again now that I know they come in 'mini'.

Now to just find anything about the bitty ones....

Jessica
-Yet another baffled victim of a fish that decided to go MIA.