Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / March 2004

Can a goldfish go blind? Well, ok .. I guess obviously it can, but what
could cause this to happen?
i've got a bubble-eye type goldfish (not as puffy as some, but basically a
white goldfish with bubbled eyes) .. hes always bit a bit on the ... well ..

I found out that the smaller goldfish is pushing the larger one around. Will
the situation change if I put one more goldfish in the tank? BTW, the tank
is 29G.
Thanks

Sad to say I came down this AM to a floating fish. No clue what happened,
she was fine at 9 PM and the filter was running when I came down. She was
around 6 years old.
I'll take a sample to the fish store to check, but I had gotten the last

It just happened...I walked into Petco to investigate my fish options
(I have an empty tank set upand ready to go) and fell for these little
misunderstood 30 cent "feeder" guys.  Especially the comets, but I
would be happy a common goldfish too. I will defintely quiz the pet

We have 2 goldfish, had them for 2 months. One looks very healthy with all fins fully extended and swims freely. The other doesn't
seem so well. It's fins seem stuck down. It swims about fine, but with a little more effort required than the other one. They don't
seem to be fighting ...

Help, I restarted my GF hoby and I want to do it right this time. Do I need
a heater? what temperature is right for GF?
Here is the info:
29G tank, Aquaclear 300, an biowheel 330 is on the way. One thin layer of

I hope you folks don't mind me sharing this story.
Lonesome Joe died just a few minutes ago.  He was 17.
He came into our lives already an elder statesman among fish.  How he came
to be with us is a story unto itself.  In short, it goes something like

First of all may I apologise if the answers to my questions are in the FAQs.
I have been surfing online for an hour now trying to get some information
about how to keep my fish healthy and I only just now found your FAQs. At 7
months pregnant I just don't have the brain power to ...

I am debating whether or not to add the homemade co2 (2 liter bottle
yeast mixture) to my 55 and 75 gallon aquariums. I have some amazon
swords in each that really don't do to well. They tend to stay at
around 5 stems or so, and have yellow leaves on the tips often. The

I have 2 fantail goldfish (one gold  & one black and white spotted) I have
had them for about a year.  The spotted one has had problems before floating
upside down and having difficulty getting to the bottom.  During those time
I have stopped feeding them for a couple of days and ...

I was wondering how much salt I should be putting into my tank.  Here are
the specs of what I have set up.  I have a 10g tank with a crappy
undergravel filter, and a small power filter; 2 golfish; 1 inch of gravel;
and a few small fake plants.

We got our goldfish from our friends who had a pond in their backyard.
They brought their fish back to the house for winter.  They gave us
one of their "baby" fish.  It was a very happy and healthy fish, but
did not servive the move very well.  Our goldfish lost one scale after

I'm having some rooms in my house painted and today when I was at work they
unplugged all of my tank 'stuff' (filters, heater, air stones) for god knows
how many hours. Needless to say when I got home I yelled a very loud expletive
(scaring my dogs) and ran over to plug it all back ...

kind of hard to explain, bare with me.
 i tested for amonia and didnt empty the test tube.
when i went to empty it out a few hours later i noticed that it was now
yellow. when i test the water i wait 5 -10 minutes to see results. i use