Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / November 2003

MEGA TROPICAL FISH AUCTION & FISH SHOW!! November is the biggest month of the
year for The San Diego Tropical Fish Society, because we have our big yearly
tropical fish show in Balboa Park and then the following week we have the HUGE,
MEGA AUCTION! If you like tropical fish, you ...

I've read that charcoal isn't usually recommended for goldies. Does
anyone know why this is? I have one of those filters that attaches to
the back of the tank that has floss pockets with little pillows of
charcoal to put inside them. I've been using them, and have been

Hi, all.  Never posted here before and probably never will again, since I
don't own goldfish myself.  But I'm ticked, and I thought this would be the
best place to come to vent about it.
MediaPlay (US-based entertainment store) is advertising that they are giving

Is it common/natural for fancy and non-fancy GF to love "playing" in the
bubbles from an airstone. btw they are not gasping for oxygen (before any
questions are asked)

Can someone please advise asap.  We have a small tank which holds just
over six litres of water and have two goldfish, one orange and one
white.  Three days ago, the white one appeared to be very quiet and in
hiding.  Next day, they both had bits of what looked cotton wool

At the moment I have got a C/W peak aquatics 25 litre tank with gravel and
after reading many posts I am considering getting rid of the gravel and
replacing it with sand or bare bottom. But I will be looking into changing
it to a tropical at a later date can someone help me decide

What other fish / creatures will get along with goldfish?

I ordered some progold and medigold from the US a few weeks ago and it
arrived this morning. As I've had a couple of illnesses in my tank I want to
feed the medigold for a few weeks, but I have 2 bristlenose catfish in the
tank. On the medigold it says for 'goldfish and koi only'. ...

Please can someone tell me what is a average time for a fish to recover from
swimbladder as I think i might of caught my fish a touch too late as he has
had fin rot and now swim bladder and he seems to just float at the top and
everytime he goes down stops swimming he justs floats ...

After leaving my fish in someone else's care the ammonia levels went
through the roof and as a result we had a fin and tail rot problem. We
lost a couple of fish but have some recovering. We did a lot of water
changes and added malachite green, formaldehyde, dehydroabietylamine,

I am lookingfor advice.  I recently added a small fish to my tank,
that the shop assistant described as a golden cleaner loach.  The tank
had been having some serious algae trouble (I've always only bothered
to scrape the front, leaving the back and sides, but this was getting

j'ai 12 ans et je comprend rien a se que vous dites en anglais!!!
J'essaye d'apprendre mais c'est dur!!

Vaut mieux acheter  quoi comme nourriture?
Comment ont peut réunir les poissons de deux aquariums dans un seul sans
changer leur éco-système?
merci!!!!!

with the drop in temperatures, ich has struck. Cher had a couple of spots on
her tail. I have treated with Rid-Ich with a 35% water change every other
day. Now, her tail is better, but Morticia has one on HER tail!  Just now I
gave the 4th treatment.

I'm almost at my wit's end with my Oranda, Mac!  Lets see, he's had ammonia
poisoning, bacteria infection, siphon accident, all within the 3 months I've
had him (a Petsmart fish...) and now I don't know what's going on again.  I
gave him 2 hydrogen peroxide dips last week, which ...