Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2004

I just noticed now that my fish isnt swimming right.. The goldfish
keeps floating up like he cant keep himslf right, and tips upside
down. What can I do for this? Its really late right now, so no stores
are open until tomorrow.

some time ago, I had asked if anyone knew where I could get live foods for
the GFs. well I was only asking that becuase I had read that live foods
improved the qualitiy of life for a Gf. I guess I imagined the gf being
stimulated by the presence of prey.

Is there any way to get my ceramic air stones / air discs to lie down flat?
When I had gravel in my tank the only way I could do it was to bury them (which
I know you're not supposed to do), and now that I don't they're each nearly
vertical.

Hello, I have a 55 gallon goldfish tank that has 6 goldfish in it. I have
had the same fish for 3 years, with no problems. About 5 months ago, off and
on my one Ryukin would be hanging out in the plants, like he was stuck. If I
attempted to free him, he would swim off. About 4 weeks ...

I have an outdoor pond - concrete and masonry - - perhaps 4 ft x 10 feet by
a couple of feet deep.  It has an effective filtration and circulation
system.  Until last year, my critters lived in it in peace and harmony.
Then:

I have a 55 gallon setup that I have had for about a year now......never had
any kind of problems with it until now...
I bought a house about three months ago and moved from the city water system
to the well system that my house has. The water tests fine and the water

I've had a 30 gal tank for several years.  I've had the same fish for most
of the time.  I clean the tank about once a month to get rid of the excess
algae.  I've read somewhere that the algae isn't bad, it just isn't very
pretty.  I really don't have a clue about chemical balance, ...

I thought I read somewheres these fellows should not co exist... Why??
Persoanlly I never had an problems with these fish together.. Nor did I have
many problems with the goldies, pl*co's and Oscars mixed together...
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A while ago I gave a friend some "Spirvlina" as a bit of a change for there
two Goldfish.. I suggested that they mix it in with there fish flakes,
They have two small gold fish in a Bowl, with a bit of gravel, and a plastic
plant,, Every week  the fish get a 90% water change a they ...

Ok - I've been religious about water changes and changing the filter, but
one of my children's goldfish is ailing. It's tank mate seems fine.
It sits curled up like a C near the bottom of the tank. It does uncurl
itself to swim around but it is truly lethargic. It does eat and poop, ...

Last year I changed out the gravel in my large GF tank for larger decorative
rocks. I am very meticulous not to overfeed my Goldzilla. Yet I am finding
that now I have to thouroughly clean his tank every month. Everythign is
getting brown algae all over, it's disgusting! When I had ...

I did my regular tank cleaning yesterday and noticed that Flipper was
red all around the mouth as if it had lipstick. I cleaned the tank and
did a good 50% water changed. Added just the regular AquaPlus for the
chlorine and heavy metals.  This morning there is no change, but now

I just got my very first goldfish, they're fantails. As of today they seem
to be staying at the top of the bowl breathing in from it. What's wrong with
my fish? I tried to feed them but that didn't help.
Anybody offer some other suggestions?

I was watching my fish closely today, and I noticed that they all have these
white dots on their fins and tails.  One of the fish seems to be more
lethargic, and it seems to spend more time resting on the bottom of the
aquarium with the plastic plants, whilst the others are spending ...

This is about Oscars, my apologies to everyone for any annoyance..
I know I shouldn't be posting this here,
but would appreciate any advice from you Ingrid,
or anyone else please...