Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / February 2004

Has anyone ever tried these with golds???

Well its freezing and sunny here in NYC and we are lucky enough to have
south and east exposures. In the cold weather, we keep the blinds up a
little more often than in the hot summer when we tend to keep them closed.
The tank is not in a window.  It gets mostly indirect light.

For some reason I cannot view the body in my messages tonight,
when I open them they are blank. If I pick a message
though and hit the forward I can see the body of the message taht was
suppose to be there.

I came here a few months ago and had lots of help when a fish in my biorb
had dropsy. I felt bad as I had four very small goldfish in there and it was
clearly too many.
Ok, so now I have three and despite trying to keep it in order, one is

anyone familiar with "purigen" ?
Is it any good?
Purigen
A macro-porous synthetic polymer that removes proteins, nitrite and nitrate,

My black moor as over the last day developed a white dot above each of his
eyes.  Could this be "white spot" or is it a white dot for mating season?
Thanks

i have a 50 gallon tank with a large (8") koi and 2 small (3-4") koi.
thinking of adding a second filter to my tetra pro that i already
have....tank is getting really dirty which i halfway expected...but want to
keep it cleaner....any recommendations on any filters that work better ...

He/She fought the good fight and lost.
He had been in a hospital tank for quite a while.
With red lips, which seemed to get better. Then I came home
from work one day and he looked like a pinecone.  

My Black Moor managed to squeeze himself down beside my fake tree
stump and got himself caught there.  I freed him and moved the stump
to avoid further problems.  All seemed well.  However, a few days
later it became obvious that he has scrapped himself up.  He has

I have two small goldfish that I hatched last year, they're about 3 inches
long each (including tails).  I want to put them in with my big fish, which
range in size from 5 to 8 inches in length (including tails).
If I do this now, will the little guys get picked on by the big ones?  ...

    I was given a couple of goldfish (a bubble eye and another one
which was orange and white) by my officemate about five months ago
together with a 10 gallon tank and some very basic starter equipment. I
didn't know anything much about goldfish at all and made some huge

Well, I fought the good fight, but the ailing gold fish died last night.
(and is now waiting spring burial in my freezer - I have a 5 year old.)
I will go to the local pet super store for a water test, but really suspect
that he was just ready to go. (And a test kit for home - I ...

I'm thinking about getting a couple of african dwarf frogs for my
(non-goldfish) tank. Everything I'm coming across online says a 1+ gallon tan
is fine for them. I guess I'm too used to the goldfish, but doesn't this seem
too small??

Hi - I have a 2 1/2 inch calico ryunkin bought 1 week ago at pet shop. Placed
in a new 50 g tank cycled with biospira 1 week ago.Only resident in tank. Tank
overfiltered with aquaclear 500 and 300. Bare bottom. 2 bubblewands plus
powerhead - plenty of airation.

Is there any way to tell when a goldfish is just getting "old"?
I realize that they can live a long time.  These aren't fancies - just plain
old "comet" types. The larger one appears to a have a decent slime coat,
fins are not clamped and the gills are a nice red,  but he appears to ...