Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2003

My sister's goldfish is ill.  The fish is swollen and is upside down all the
time, swimming on its back.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong with the fish and what can be done
for it?

I've got two fantail goldfish, have had them for about a month.  I've always
been a little confused about the feeding thing.  I've read many places that you
feed them just as much as they can eat in 3-5 minutes.  Well, the flake food
they can scarf down really fast, so I seem to ...

I have two penguin filters for my tank: a penguin 330 and a penguin mini
(had it from my first 5g tank, figured I keep using it).  Replacement
filters are expensive, so I thought I would find or make cheap, but
effective alternatives.  The 330 has media baskets so I could stuff them

How can I get some contact with breeders (not commercial) for
Bristol-Shubunkin?
Thanks in advance for your answer
Guenther

Can anyone tell me what range of salt levels goldfish can tolerate?

I'm a beginning GF keeper with a single 2-3" calico fantail in a 10-gallon
tank.  I've only had him about 3 weeks or so, and 3 days ago I noticed some
ick on his fins.  I put in 2 tablespoons of aquarium salt at that time.  Ick
was still visible 24 hours later, so I put in an "Ick ...

I read that floating poop is not a good thing. Why? I have 3 gf. They are
growing fast and appear healthy. When they poop they seem to take a long
time in doing so and it sometimes looks like a string of sausages. Sometimes
it floats, other times, not. A pretty horrible subject, I ...

I have 6 GF in a 120L Tank, 3 of the GF are pushing around and leaning up
against 1 fish. The fish getting pushed around looks perfectly health,
actually its looking a little fat. I also have tried dropping food in to
distract the other 3 but they are not interested.

Can anyone recommend any good online aquarium shops in the UK?

Question.
If you are fishless cycling a tank, is it a good idea to
gravel vac the "in-use" tank and move the "shite :)" to the
cycling tank - will this help to cycle?

I want to purchase a tank via the web (max size 60cm length and 45cm width)
and have found several but the ones I want are always offered on sites where
they direct you to stockists who do not sell online?!!!! I'm in the uk So
will only buy in the uk.One i've seen is the Rena ...

I'm a very caring GF owner over the years I have made sure I have a
good ph, and excellent water quality.  To my dismay - I have still
periodically lost my fish - all the same creep and crud.    In the
past  I have tried salt, heat, hospital buckets - injectable amacasin.

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We live in an area where the tap water is horrible and rely on
rainwater for household use. We don't have industrial polution
affecting the rainwater quality and lttle chance of agricultural
contaminants!  If we buy goldfish from town where the filtered

i have a ranchu goldfish, approximately two years old. for the past
few months he has been gasping for air at the water surface. he never
swims further down than two to three inches except to feed. i change
the water regularly, and have a large air pump.