Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2003

If you search for thrill in rec.aquaria you get some interesting
results. The thrill of owning rare breeds, the thrill of keeping
difficult varieties, the thrill of feeding live bait to carnivorous
fish, the thrill of your first cichlid breeding... I'd really like to

I'd like to introduce an apple snail into my tank to eat all the
dead plant life. How do I go about doing so, do I need to quarantine
if so how long for, do I need to treat with anything?
Will my Moors eat it?

Morning all,
I have a 'Biorb' set up here made by Reef One. http://www.reef-one.co.uk/
Mine looks just the same as the one on the home page and I have four fish in
it.

I'm a new goldfish keeper
I was trying to find Black Dragoneye Crown Pearlscale
does anyone know where to find them?

My husband bought me  a new lionhead last weekend and he is currently in
quarantine. A couple of days ago he started developing little white spots (2
or 3 mms wide and about 2 mm high in little round blobs) on his head which I
thought at first was new headgrowth. The next day though ...

Okay, I know this question has been asked 100s [if not 1000s] of times, but is
there a goldfish-compatible algae eater that actually takes care of algae?
Thanks :D

Was wondering if it's okay to buy a small (.5"+/-) black moor to put in with my
oranda (4") and fantail (3"). Would the other two push it around and not let it
get to the food or not?
Oh, and they're in a 30 gallon tank.

I've recently 'upgraded' my tank to include a trickle filter design.
Basically, two pvc tubes take water in from just below the water level and
carry it down to the sump below. It's then pumped back up to the other side
of the tank. My question is, how do I make the input less ...

I have a 10 gal. tank set up, cycled etc., and put in 3 serpae tetras, 3 red
eye tetra, 2 albino cories.  Question is I read somewhere ???  that one
should not put several different  kinds of tetras together.  I was going to
add some cardinals and now I wonder.  All imput would be ...

I have recently acquired a Oranda and it has been nothing but problems
yet....
First it started getting a fungus looking growth on its headgrowth - I
treated this with a general anti-fungal medication and it went away which I

I have had a few problems with my goldfish since getting them which all seem
to be caused by water quality issues. They currently seem to be exhibiting
all the symptoms of acidosis/alkalosis (see
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/symptom/byname.htm#ACIDOSIS).

Currently we have a 10 gallon tank with two gf (I know, too small, but we set
it up as newbies.  We are looking to upgrade to a 30gal soon).  Anyway, we have
a ryukin that is probably around 2.5 or 3 inches long, and a black moor that is
about an inch or so.  They have a fine ...

Just wondered what others do to entertain their fish. My has taken to
swiming upside down these days. That or it will prop itself under a log and
just hang there. I am sure it is just to irratate me. Otherwise its in good
shape. HELP !!

Hoover, large calico oranda, has not been acting right for a couple of
weeks. For several days he will lay upside down in the plants in the tank.
(60 gallon with 10G in sump, 2 large oranda)  We go to put food in and out
her comes and eats. Last night he was not eating and we ...

So, I've got a tank with 4 fish in it, and they're doing
okay. However, the commons have started getting aggressive during
dinner time, and they're pushing the veiltails around (though the
veiltails are getting enough food just fine). So, we moved up the date