Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / December 2003

I've just noticed a few small snail in my tank.  They must have come in with
the new plants I got recently.  I'm not sure if this is desirable.  Should I
keep these snails or chuck them?

My friend has gold fish like me and his black moor appear to have the cotton
wool
fungus I researched the web since he doesn't have internet
He has asked me to find out how long they can survive until he can get to by

Help me... Fish needing homes.. I have been to the LFS and no avail.. I
don't want to have to destroy them, I have 5 koi in various sizes, 6 common
gf, a black moor, plecos, Oscars, tetras, guppies, and cry cats.. If you
live in Southern Cali let me know...

   I hope someone can help me, I have a female goldfish, who has now been
with me for 5 years. She has recently developed what first of all seemed to
be a cloud over her eye, has now developed into a very substanional lump
over her eye. I'm worried that it maybe some kind of ...

there are brown spots in my tank. what causes them and how do i get rid of
them?
thanks
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My Setup:
10G
Penguin Mini w/Bio Wheel (100 gph)
18" air stone

I'm pretty new at all this. I just started and still have a lot to learn.
I have a Fluval filter in my tank and its pretty new (have only used it for
2 days). It's making some noise, but I was told that it would stop after a
couple of weeks, when algae and other things will get in ...

hello have just bought a Fluval 2 plus and was wondering how to set it up
does it go into the water or not i opened the box and no instructions please
help please and thank you

I went to Swallow Aquatics in the UK, and took some piccies.  If you're
interested, feel free to go have a looky...
http://www.neobard.info/modules/gallery/
in the mobile phone camera directory (with the cat on it...) Tim is

should I stir up the gravel each time I do a 1/3 change?  or just
occasionally to get the brown stuff out of there...
Craig

I know this is nothing to do with goldfish, but I was hoping someone might
be able to help.
I have not long started to keep tropical fish and am becoming very
interested in the hobby. I have many questions that need answering, so if

I was at the petsmart the other day and noticed they put Orange slices
and pieces of Zuchini in all the Goldfish tanks. The Goldfish were going
nuts over these, is this adviseable?
...Kodiak

Hi there I have a tank 45 cm long and 25.5 cm deep at the moment
I have 6 small gold fishes
2 Black Moor 2 Orange Veiltail and 2 Oranda my filter / pump system
is excellent and keeps things looking great to

Since I'm on high alert for symptoms now, I've noticed my shubunkin's right
gill seems to have curved out.  This a problem or do I just need to grab him
and gently curl it back.  The gill itself is flat against the fish, but a
small part of it has lifted.  Await pictures...

Can Blackmoor's survive in a Tropical fish tank?
I have a 5 foot long tank by say erm 3 foot high..
The fish in are guppies and swordtails...
I just wanted to know whether the moors will get scared if fast moving fish