Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2003

If I want to change the color of my gravel, will I alter the water
chemistry? Are there a lot of good things (water wise)
going on under the gravel?
Just wondering if I will face a bloom of some kind if I take it out all

I'm waiting for my new tank to cycle and so far it has zero ammonia,
nitrites and nitrates.  Should I postpone doing a water change until one of
those goes above zero?  Will doing a 20%+ partial water change/gravel
cleaning slow down the cycling process if its done tomorrow?

I have a small aquarium with 3 goldfish/shebunkins - in the last few days
one of the fish has exhibited abnormal behaviour.  Most of the time he sits
at the bottom of the tank, moving very little, but now and then he swims to
the top of the tank, poking his head above water before ...

Does anyone know where to get underwtere colored spotlights?  I saw them
somewhere on the web and can't find them now.
Thanks

I made the switch from gravel to sand and thought that my tank was cleaner,
but when I started sifting through the sand today there was a lot of gunk in
the sand.  I have a relatively think layer of sand and the main reason for
the sand is for the plants.

I have a twenty gallon tank, and I want to start cycling it.  I want a
filter that will aerate the tank so I can at least initially avoid air
stones.  I am going to keep two or three goldfish.  This will be my first
aquarium setup, so I need a filter that is fairly low maintenance.  ...

My fishes are breathing heavy.

I've tried practically everything from the puregold website to treat a
4" ranchu for fins that keep getting fin rot after having successfully
treated in a hospital tank. My current tank setup isn't much. I have a
20 gallon bare-bottom glass tank with no tank decorations, a 6 inch ...

Does anybody know if goldfish are supposed to turn white?
We've had a pond for 3 years and recently the fish have been changing
colour. They don't seem to be ill or anything so is this a natural
occurrence ?

.  I just set up my tank, hooray.  I have two gold fish that I have
introduced to the tank so as to cycle the tank faster.  This was a
recommendation from the pet store.  I have a test kit, I have to keep them
alive while the tank cycles.  So far the water is clear, and Shakespeare ...

hi I noticed that my goldfish I just bought about 3 weeks ago are getting
eating by something and I know it is not my guppies that are in the tank I
put some ick treatment in it say on the bottle for parasites and other forms
of ick my black  goldfish has a really big and I mean big ...

My 6" goldfish has developed a single white spot (about 2mm diameter) on his
nose. Initially it appeared as if the skin on the spot was flaking away and
after treatment with anti fungus / finrot medication the affected area
seemed to improve, but now it's flared up again. The area ...

I have just got a small telescope eye goldfish. It has been in the
tank for a little more than a day. It is fine and swimming around
until this evening, when it got behind some plant at one corner of the
tank and settled down there at the bottom. When someone walked pass or

My neighbour kindly gave me a 20 gallong tank he didn't want any more.
I could use it for my goldfish who are outgrowing their 10 gallon
tank. However, it has a bad smell in it, like some kind of solvent
(it's been in his basement for a while). I filled it with water and

I have 2 orandas which haven't been themselves lately and are now exhibiting
tiny pin prick jet black spots over their fins and bodies (almost ich like
in appearance but not white). One of them also has areas of what looks like
dark bruising on his pectoral and anal fin, and the ...