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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2004Black Moor turned gold and dead
Having successfully kept my first Black Moor alive and well for a month it was time to add another to the tank. Not wishing to introduce unforeseen problems with the new fish I decided to quarantine for a few days. Knowing the tap water was heavily chlorinated I bought a gallon bottle of mineral water and after getting to room temperature introduced the fish into it. This was yesterday evening. Fish appeared to be ok. Fish ok this morning. Returning home from work this evening the fish is dead and most of the colour has gone and now almost golden in colour. Have I been naive about the water or could there be another problem ? Thanks dont screw around with mineral water. use your tap water and add dechlor. quarantine of new fish lasts around 1 month, not a few days. could be this fish was in trouble when you bought it. http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/care/care1.htm#buying%20a%20new%20goldfish next one. Ingrid >Having successfully kept my first Black Moor alive and well for a month it >was time to add another to the tank. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. Bottled water has an unstable PH, tap water with dechlor should be fine in most cases. If you do use mineral water or RO water you need to add minerals back in. You should never use mineral water. Go to the shop you bought the fish from and ask for chemical to treat tap water > Having successfully kept my first Black Moor alive and well for a month it > was time to add another to the tank. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks You should also take a look at above post "fellow fishes for my goldfish" just in case you may end up overstocking. As an aside lower quality black moors turn gold when still alive. I guess it's normal enough for fish to change colors when they die though. Seb |
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