Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / May 2004

I'm fairly new to keeping goldfish, though growing up as a kid, my brother
and I bred Siamese fighting fish and Paradise fish and kept and bred all
sorts of tropicals as well, so I have a basic understanding of the
requirements.

A few questions for you....I have two small goldfish in a 10 gallon
tank. ( 1 common and 1 comet that my children won at a fair recently)
I currently use a small old fashion corner filter. Although it seems
to be keeping the water clean, I want to upgrade to a power filter. I

I'm thinking about getting a 125 gallon tank and am wondering what
sort of filter to get for it.  The biological load is pretty minimal
-- two GF and a koi, each about 7"-8" -- but I like to keep the water
clean.  The simplest option is probably two large Whispers, but I

A new subscriber to the group here. I've been reading through the posts and
noticed reference to Pothos & Philodendron being placed in tanks. I've had a
look through Ingrids great website and through most of the posts here, but
cannot find the original article.

We are moving about a block away. We have 2 comets in a 29 gallon tank.
One is 4 years old and about 8 inches long with tail and the other one
is only about 1 year old and about 6 inches long with tail. I would
appreciate any advice you have on the best way to move them. Should i

I want to create a functional ornament for my arquarium which houses two
goldfish.  What I want to do is glue various seashells to a plastic or metal
tube.  The ornament will be placed in the corner of the tank to hide an
air-stone and air-line.  My question is what material and ...

geezer and dr. solo
i need your help.  i have a 125 gallon tank with a 25 watt U.V.
sterilizer, two fluval 404's, an underground filter system with two
powerheads.

Gosh, it seems like the fun never stops, eh?
This post started as a diary entry, and I decided it
might be useful to get the opinions of others here.
Last weekend, _two_ of my three tanks seemed to crash:

I have a 33 gallon, it's about 150%
overstocked (six 1.5" fish) I do a 30%
almost twice a week with dechlorated temp match
water. The smallest fish (a tiny red cap oranda

Hi, I'm new to this group.  I am also new to caring for a goldfish.
My goldfish is getting black along the tip of his tail and fins.  He moves
around so fast, that's all I can tell! But it looks as if it is getting more
and more.  Does this mean he is sick or anything??  If so, what ...

Went into my aquarium store today (the "lesser" of two local ones) and
they had in stock a number of Siamese Dolls. Some were albinos with red
eyes and yellow-gold coloring. I got two fantail calico that have the
look of Ryukin. The thing is, these being for my 15H aquarium, I ...

In the New York Times Sunday Magazine today (5/2) was an article
called "Fixing Nemo" about fish vets.  The online version is at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/magazine/02VETS.html
but you must register (free, but long form to fill) to access it.

I got my goldfish to spawn! The combination of fixing them up in a nice warm
40 gallon tank in the living room and playing them Barry White has paid off

I didn`t want too many of the little buggers so left the adults in the tank

Our fish (fabtails) have developed white sugar-granule looking spots on
their tails. When the aquarium light is on, these spots are like fibre optic
light spots!
(1) Presumably this is white spot and not fungus.

Heres a picture of one of my Golden Orfe, I have just noticed has growths on
either side of its body.
http://a.1asphost.com/fredfrog/orfe%20small.jpg Could someone identify the
problem and suggest a cure