Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2004

Hi. I've been an owner of goldfishes for a few years now and I have
experiences with them. I'm buying new fishes tomorrow because old ones died.
Now, I'd like to add some other fishes there and I was thinking of a fish I
saw in the petshop. I don't know what's their name, but they ...

What sort of tap attachment do you get with a python ?
Our kitchen tap is one of those stupid mixer jobs with a extended central
thing and a plastic nut underneath.
Would I have to have another tap plumbed in ?

My black moor's been sitting on the bottom lately. Now I've had this
problem b4. It sits on the bottom n when it's feeding time it comes up
to get food, swims n forages for a while n goes back resting on the
bottom. Now the scary thing was that a few times, the moor was lying

I have a 29 gallon tank with one of those "wheel" filter systems.  I'm
planning to change it to one of those multistage filters with a foam pad and
bags of charcoal and ammonia chips etc.
Should I just swap systems or should I do something else like put the wheels

Probably just a little anxious....
Two of my comets before I recieved them had a couple of concerns.
One had a slight fold in its tail fin.
The other had a piece out of it.

I'm using the long hose that attaches to the sink to suck out and replace
the water.  If the water goes directly into the tank from the sink, how can
I decholorinate the water?  I usually add a dechlorinator afterward, but is
that too late?

Hi Guys!!
I was wondering if quartz crystal, quartz and granite are safe for golfish
tanks....I live in an area that is basically on top of this stuff!!!!
thanks!!!

Hi Guys!!
I was wondering if anyone could let me know where i could find a diagram of
the internals of goldfish.....just want to learn more about them and see
where everything is!!

I have to give a 15 minute informative speech in a couple of weeks,
and figured that real people know the most about goldfish.  I can
cover the basics such as history and where they live.  However, my
graders are freshmen like myself attending California State

I've been reading the newsgroup messages all morning and wished I had found
them 6 months ago.  My son brought a Goldfish home from school, put it a big
bowl, we both fell in love with it, felt bad that it didn't have very much
space to move around, $1,200 at the pet store that ...

Hi guys!!!
its been a few years since i have posted here ( I used to be Orion) so its
good to see some familiar people still here!!
Anyways I have a question....

I love your outdoor pond on your website, and I am planning on
building one either this fall or ealry next spring very close to
yours. I have a few questions, what type of plants should be used for
a veggie filter? Should filter pads be placed at the point of water

I have several goldfish tanks and try to keep some live plants--mostly
anacharis--in them.  Trouble is the fish treat the anacharis like candy and
gobble up the leaves (if that's what you call them) in no time at all.  I'm
left with stubby stems!

I have about 20 kabillion toad tadpoles in my pond.  What species of
fish (or any other water critter) eats these things?
Thanks!

Well the goldfish are pleased with a new 180Litre Juwel vision tank.
Washed the gravel...filtered water.
Added the water from the old tank ...to give it good bacteria.
Used all the right chemicals to protect the fish...added the tonic salts.