Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2004

Where's the best place to purchase aquarium plants in Toronto, Big Als?
I had some Water Hyacinths in the tank over the winter, but the GF savaged
them. The rest died off when I reduced the light to keep the temps down.
Although I have gravel, I'd like to get some floaters like ...

Does Walmart or any other big chain store sell
open cell foam or sponge for cheap that can be
used in my filter (LFS is too expensive). I'm afraid
these pillow foams i see are too dense and may have

im having a problem telling the diference between
ryukins and fantails specially during the early years
can any one offer any advice

How can a fish so pretty be so rare? I'm looking for a Canadian source
for a lemon comet for my pond. Can anyone help?
http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/common/common.htm
Take a look at the beauty on the first 'further images' page

I purchased a 2.5 Gallon Plexi tank for my 10 year old from Petco back in the
winter.  When it arrived, it had a crack in the tank.  (Tank is 1 piece molded
hexi)  So I called Petco and they gladly replaced that tank.  
All of this was unknown to my daughter as I was saving it for ...

Hi there everyone,
I'm having a problem and looking for some advice,  I'm hoping it fairly
basic as this is my first tank.
I've set up a small (18") coldwater aquarium, no fish yet. Ive tried

I got 3 baby orandas from the LFS about 2 weeks ago. They are about
5cm long. About a week ago, I noticed that one of them has a black
lining around it's lips. Almost as if he has put on some black
lipstick. I thought this might have just been colouration. However a

Mine have been spawning non stop for 3+ months. They don`t seem to be
getting tired of it and i keep finding fry in unexpected places... Will it
hurt them to keep at it like this?

Local chemist doesn't do pure peroxide but they do a bottle of peroxide that
contains the following ingredients....is this ok for topically treating fish
Peroxide (H2O2) 3%
Phosphoric Acid

I've got a Tronic 150W water heater in my hospital tank set to 84 degrees.
I've just done a water change for my poorly fish. I took out the heater,
placed it *gently* on the side, turned it off at the mains. After I'd
siphoned out the gunk and put some fresh warm water in I put the ...

last friday i was geting ready for a weekend away (fishing actually :) when
i noticed that one of my goldie fry had vanished. I`d put him and a few
others into my hospital tank because they were getting big and trying to eat
their smaller brothers. He was about 15mm long and one of ...

My boyfriend and I started a fish tank about a month ago and the fish keep
dying.  We've been testing the pH for a few weeks now and it seems to be
under control.  Also we tried the ick treatment stuff, but a couple fish
have died since then, are there any other things that could be ...

So my wife said we should get fish and I'm now
the designated aquarist.  I'm a cat person, never
had fish.  After some web research I've decided
to do this fishless cycling.  I'm having a couple

Hi. I was wondering if anybody knows what a white bump on my one
goldfishes back would be. I tryed some antibacterial meds but it did
nothing.. The bump is on back right before his head. One side of the
bump is white the other just slighty reder then the fish...

The continuing saga of the zits
Okay, the fish have had nothing to eat for 2 months other than Romet-B.
Cher's zit never goes away completely; new, smaller ones crop up. But she
*acts* fine. For about 3 weeks, I was also catching her every day and