Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2003

I was visiting my friend today who has 7(!) goldfish in a 40 gallon
tank. He lives beside the river and I collected some plants and snails
for my river tank. We put one piece of elodea in his tank for the fish
to eat and 2 largish snails.

I am running two tanks now (one tropical and one for fancy goldfish).  Is
there any risk of cross-contamination (of harmful bacteria or diseases) if I
were to use the same cleaning tools on both aquariums?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Does anyone know about feeding with Bloodworms (frozen)? I was suggested
this at the petstore, bought some, but I'm a little lost on the best way to
go it. He said to put some into a small cup and add water. Is there a
recommended amount? My 20 gallon has 8 fish ranging from 1-2.5 ...

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This is a little gold fish keeps on the bottom, like sleeping.. but can't
keep its balance... I wonder if I fed him too much as his belly seems to

Lately, I have noticed a lot of air bubbles sticking to the sides of
the aquarium.
I have 2 air pump of each 1800litres/hour capacity for my 50 gallons
pump. I have 7 adult goldfish.

I recently bought a new tank for 2 fantail goldfish because their
original tank looked way too small (the gf brought them to our new
house from her parents) and i've put a fuval2 with no heater in. I
don't know anything about these fish appart from they seem very hardy.

My "largest" goldfish (3 to 4 inches long) is missing about 4 small scales
on both sides of its body about midway between the head and tail.  Its in a
29g tank with two much smaller goldfish (no other tank occupants).  Its look
and behavior is normal and has been for the 8 months ...

90gal with one 9" Comet.
Aquaclear 500 with sponge, 1 bag of BioMax, 1 bag of Eheim Lavarock, 1 bag
of Ammrid (Amrid added yesterday).
Added recommended dose of Biozyme week1, and added recommended dose of

Well I had orandas for the last 15 years and it never gave me troubles until
the last months.
First I had the floating up side down and lost several fish, even with the
85 degrees water temperatur plus the epsom salt. Now, lately fish start

I have been running my tank now for about a month and I noticed today that
there is some green algae forming a little bit on some of the rock on the
bottom but also quite a bit of brown algae too. I did a partial water change
the other day and there was only a little but it seems to ...

Hey people,
I want to start raising goldfish.  But I'm still doing research – so
when I get the fish, they won't die.
I would just like to know, as goldfish owners:

My recent attempt to maintain 1 little goldfish has been frought with
disaster despite a fair amount of reading and help from reputable
petshops. I purchased a single gallon tank with gravel filter and
airstone. Despite what I'd read about a larger (10 gal) per fish tank,

The bio-wheel for my old tank's filter is too small for the new filter on my
new tank and there isn't a place on the new tank to hang the small filter.
Would putting the bio-wheel in a cheese cloth and sinking that in the new
tank keep it "seasoned" in case of an emergency need for ...

I was just told in a list that sand was not only NOT a good idea for
goldfish in the tank but also was not good for them at all? It was stated
thast the sand Irritated the gills? I have had sand my tanks for awhile now
wwith no sight of these claims? anyone else had a fish helath ...

Is there such a thing as filter media that removes nitrates from the
freshwater aquarium water?  I have a bio-wheel filter that has "media
baskets" which I can stick anything into in addition to slide in filters.
Thanks,