Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / August 2003

I am on the 5th week of cycling a 90G tank with one 9" Comet in it. .
Ammonia levels are finally down, but the nitrites and nitrates are
very high, almost impossible to control, I doing 30% to 50% water changes
and siphoning the gravel every day for the last three days. Before that ...

I have a 150 gallon outdoor pond.  It was populated by 3 koi, and a
small catfish for over a year and a half  until the automatic refill
was inadvertantly turned off.  When it was turned back on the fish
died the next day.  I assumed it was from a large influx of

I've seen dark green algae and very bright green algae
what is the difference in the two besides the colour?

I have a shubunkin, a common goldfish, and two fantails in a 29 G tank.
The fantails are much smaller than the single tails. I feed them twice a
day, flake food from Tetra in the morning, pellets in the evening. I
also toss in a spirulina disc at night. I'm wondering if the ...

I am new to goldfish keeping and would like some advice.I have 4 fish, 2
that are gold and white and 2 all gold, typical 'goldfish'. The largest all
gold one (3") has 3 areas on its tail fin that can only be described as
'white spots'. Each area is no bigger than 1/2 cm round and ...

Has anyone ever heard of a Siamese Doll Goldfish?  There's a local pet store
in my area selling some, and I'm having a hard time finding any information
about them.

I bought my husband a 150 gallon aquarium for his birthday over the weekend.
Actually, I had to coax him to buy it for himself...
We have an under gravel filter and a Aqua Clear 500 for filtration.  The problem
is, the air pumps are driving us both out of our minds.  

I have an outdoor pond of 100 gallons  (10 years now) and my goldfish have
gotten big over those years.  They live there winter and summer.  (Bad winter,
however, and I lost them all - just new small fish now)  I now want to have a
bigger pond with bigger fish.  Koi seem ...

Can anybody suggest a low fat diet for a 4" lionhead goldfish? My fish
is a bit too fat, IMO, and having swimming problems.

I have a pearscale that is about 5" long.  He had a white sore that
almost looked like a scale had popped out.  I kept an eye on him for
about a week and did salt dips during that time.  Looking at him
yesterday, the spot at developed into a pinkish/red sore.  Almost like

So I am painting and re-carpeting my computer\fish room. SO, I need move my
tank into another room for about 6 or 7 days then back again. It is a 20
gallon and generally healthy. Does anyone have any advice on moving it?
Due to the size I think I need to take most of the water out ...

I'd like to take some photos of my fish. Does anyone have any hints? Flash,
no flash? Lights from the sides? Light from above? Lens right up on the
glass? How do you get them to smile? (say "brine shrimp!")
I'll be using a digital camera if that affects anything....

I would like to switch my fish to a big aquarium (presently, they are in 2
smaller ones).  Anyways, I have a few concerns.
First of all, mostly all I can find are those "Kits", which come with a ton
of things I don't need, like books/video's on tropicals, food, plastic

Someone remind this dumbo how to convert tank size to water capacity??
Thanks

I posted a message a while ago now about my fantail sitting on the bottom of
the tank most of the time. She is still doing this but the problem hasn't
got any worse and there are still no other signs of illness. She is eating,
she doesn't have clamped fins  or any marks or blemishes ...