Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2003

I've got a question...
What I'm going to ask might be common knowledge to most of you, but i'm
relatively new to the pond scene.
How likely is it that different kinds of goldfish will interbreed in a pond?

when doing a water change I took a sniff of the water. Found nothing
offensive and it seemed quite neutral.  I assume that is a good sign.
Am guessing if I do smell something a bit nasty that more checking
should be done.  Just curious if water sniffing  should be used

I have an Aquaclear 300 packed with filter floss (mechanical filtration)
and bag of Ehfisubstrat (cycled), bag of Black Diamond carbon. One
medium goldfish in a bare bottom glass 20 gal tank.
I want to change my biomedia to just a sponge, because I think my fish

hello,
i am having a huge! algae bloom in my tank.  it is not in direct
sunlight.  i do not overfeed.  i am at a loss.  is it maybe the light
source in my tank?  is there a right kind of fish light and a wrong

I have an oranda who developed popeye in one eye a couple of weeks ago and I
assumed he had just knocked it because it was only the one eye and it healed
within 48 hours with no medication at all. Then a week after that had
healed, he developed popeye in both eyes. This time I ...

Hi does anyone know any good, active message boards or
chat rooms to discuss goldfish keeping?

All of excitement in my new flat, I decided to go out and buy some
fish to make it nice in there, although it's something I've been
thinking about for a few months now. I am a total neophite in the fish
business, I basically asked the guy at the store for the right stuff

I have three very active goldfish (two Orandas and one Ranchu), but the
fourth (another Ranchu) likes to hang out by itself in the corner of the
tank.  When fed, it'll join the others, otherwise it'll just hang out in the
corner.  Is there anything wrong or do some fish prefer to be ...

My 6 goldfish poop a lot in their 42 gallon hex tank, I was searching
for a tank mate that might eat their debris.
Will snails do the job? Or are there any other creatures better suited
to this?

My 2 1/2 year old loves to feed our fish.  Usually this takes place under
close supervison.  Today, she grabbed a chair, reached the fish food &
proceeded to give her "fishies" a big toddler handful of flake food.  "Look
Mommy, the fishies are happy!" she informs me with a big smile ...

I'm really begining to wonder what I should feed my fish.
At present I have two or three blocks of corgette (zuccini?) floating
around my tank.  My fish are happy to munch.
In the morning I feed them one frozen blood worm tablet.  This is

Does anyone know a recipe for goldfish safe pH reducer?
I'm curious if some-sort of combination of household items or common things
bought from a grocery store will work.
Yeah, my chemistry knowledge sucks.

Newbie Question:  Does aquarium aeraton come only from the rising STREAM of
bubbles from a pump's air stone, or from the ripple effect of those bubbles
agitating the water surface?
Background:  2-gallon Marineland Eclipse Explorer tank populated by a few

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Recently I developed an algae problem on the back wall of my tank and
over my gf's tank ornaments.  My plant had also been "goldfished".
I popped into the LGF shop and was promptly told that no fish would
eat algae.  I've now decided I'll never go back to that shop, I've