Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2004

My ryukin Dorothy, always the healthiest and most active of my fish, is acting
very sick.  This has been going on for a week or so.  Water levels are all
fine, I have two gf in a 20gal tank with a Penguin 170 filter.  No major
changes in tank recently.  I do a weekly 30% change, and ...

Any tips in caring for black moors?  Preferred food, pH, temp, etc...  Also
I heared that many black moors lose their color over time.  Any food/diet
suggestions to avoid this?
Thanks,

I have a black moor and a fantail currently in a quarantine tank.  I noticed
that the black moor is not a very good swimmer compared to the fantail.
Specifically, the current created by a penguin filter and airstone poses no
problems to the fantail but pushes the moor around.  If I ...

Ok, I give in - I need a test kit but have no idea where to start - brand
wise.
What I have access to is PetSmart and PetCo and Wally world.
Suggestions?

my gold fish is very sick. 2 days ago she went upside down and could not
flip back over I had to physically help her. Well the next day I noticed
that she has some clear skin grown over her entire eye. Then yesterday I
noticed the same thing on the other eye. She also continues to ...

Rotifiers - Is there any information out there -
Are they easy to culture, are they ok to feed Angel fry.
If you have any information please contact me at
sirdouglascook2004 @ hotmail dot com

Hi all what a great morning here I sit drinking my morning tea and my gold
fish start whipping around there tank then eggs go flying this has been
going on for over an hour there eating most of the eggs but so cool to
watch....... Had to share  thank you

It has been 2 weeks since all my goldfish fry hatched, and I am concerned
that they are not growing fast enough. I moved them into a half-filled 10
gallon where I do partial water changes every other day. I've followed
instructions on a website and fed them powdered boiled egg yolk. ...

I had a Shubunkin for about 2 years.
He was very tiny when I got him
He developped a swim bladder issue about 1 year ago.
His rear tail was all bent out of shape like his back was broken.

I had a goldfish that laid some eggs the day before yesterday.  She seemed to be tired from the ordeal, so I left her alone to recover.  She died today.  Is there something that I should have done (moved her to a different tank)?  The other fish in the tank ate all eggs before I ...

I observed a change in bubbles from the airstones when adding pimafix. The
bubbles are much smaller when pimafix is added, about half their normal size.

I have no substrate in my tank, just a few river stones and silk plants.  I
want to add more live plants, as my fish have finally stopped devouring
everything I put in there.  I need something to put them in, though.  I have
read that you can use the small terracotta pots, but that ...

I have a 4 inch fantail and a nice Moor. This week they got there own 20 gal
tank. The move was brought on as the pl** was getting them at night.Boy that
pl** has grown!!! My question is (the fish are happy as can be busy busy) I
added 1 teaspoon of salt per five gal.I do not ...

Help!
I've got two goldfish and they are stitting on the
bottom of their tank.   They were very active fish
and now they barely move, except to eat, etc.

Help please.
I've had a suspicion for a few weeks that a four year old fish isn't
too well.  It seemed to have a film over its eyes (sort of whitish. We
dosed the pond with the requisite chemical - a parasite killer - and