Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / August 2004

I am purchasing some fish from 2 dealers:
-Fish Sempa
-Goldfish Connection
Should I quarantine them before putting them in my tank?  The dealers

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very cheap filters and uvs

luuuuuuurve fresh ants eggs.
though not quite as much as the minnows so, who are quite disturbingly
carnivorous.

My 15 YO ryukin has lately had some darker orange spots on him/her.
It was so slight - but it worried me.  NOW his/her eyes look HUGE -
poping out.  Mostly the clear part of the eye (not really from behind
the eye)

I have had a chinese veil tail for a few months now and it is perfectly
healthy, and recently added a new fish to the tank (of a similar size and
shape), however the new fish I think is a little younger and faster and has
a voracious appetite. I am worried that the original fish ...

My goldfish has pop eye.  Not from behind mind you but the two clear
doms of the eye the cornea and lens (i think) are all swollen straight
out)
Ive raised the temp to 84 deg as per instructions - why?  Does this

What's a good way to wipe out flukes in a pond? One person suggests lowering
the pond and another suggests catching the fish. One suggests fluke tabs and
the other praziquantel. I'm asking around for a treatment that works.

I thought I'd find this in a search but no luck.
I want to replace my gravel with some flattened marbles. The cheapest and
best looking I found so far were at the Dollar store. Problem is they are
iridized and made in China, so I was worried that they might leach chemicals

My 15 YO ryukin has lately had some darker orange spots on him/her.
It was so slight - but it worried me.  NOW his/her eyes look HUGE -
poping out.  Mostly the clear part of the eye (not really from behind
the eye)