Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2004

Hello goldfish keepers,
There seems to be the notion around that goldfish mustn't be kept with
tropical fish due to differences in temperature requirements. I am quite
certain it's not really true, as I've lived in sub-tropical Taiwan.

I am setting up a 100 gallon aquarium for goldfish and need a
recommendation for a filtration system.
Thanks!
Mike

For interest in the long term.
How big can red comets grow to?.
Presently they are approx 2" long
How big can blackmores grow to ?

I am new to the newsgroup and have recently purchased a tank.
I have had very little experience with aquariums apart from keeping a couple
of goldfish in a bowl as a child.
We recently purchased a 29lite tank with a build in water filter...carbon

12th at 6:30 PM. We have a special guest speaker who will be giving a
presentation on the freshwater fish in the Cenotes of Mexico. I have seen his
presentation before and it is very good! We will also be having a fish, plants,
and gently used aquarium items auction, a mini fish ...

I'm new to this group so apologies if this has already been covered.
I have an outdoor pond stocked with goldfish.  My original 10 goldfish are
very prolific and I now have more than 100 fish of various sizes and types.
This year alone the outdoor pond has generated over 30 new fish ...

I hope the crosspost is allowable; if not it was made with the best
possible intentions.
As a result of a cracked/leaking tank a week ago I had to transfer all
my fish to a much smaller tank for a couple of days and then into a new

I have 2 fish, a shubunkin and a fantail who usually live happily together.
both are over a year old.
The past couple of days (usually in the morning), the Fantail has been
chasing the other one round the tank for hours at a time, nudging her

One of my pond goldfish's eyes seem more noticible than the others.
I'm not sure if it's my imagination or not, it also seems more orange
(lighter in color) and wider???  Is this fish sick, preggers, or just
a stage of development?

Among marine (even fresh water )fishes which one are most sensitive to
low dissolved oxygen?
when oxygen level goes down in tank which species will first show
change in behaviour ( swiming on the surface, etc).

I have Eight regular over the counter type Goldfish--nothing
Fancy.....Two of them are 3inches long...My question is...i really don"t
like to use the Flake food for these fish...I started using the frozen
Bloodworms for Goldfish...Kind of expensive for this type of food...I

Its been like this now for weeeks and weeks. I've posted this problem
b4 to the group. After being told that its probably the 1st sign that
there's sumthing wrong with the water quality, i think maybe this fish
has a unique behavior. my oranda has been doing this 4 a while now.

I have a Lionhead, Comet and Shubunkin.  I woke up this morning and
this morning and, as far as I can tell, the Lionheads right eye is
missing! He doesnt seem happy or energetic at all.  I immeidetly
seperated him from the Comet and Shubunkin.

Greetings to all,
        We have a little problem with Costia and its spreading. We have tried
Interpet's anti slime and velvet but it hasn't worked. We haven't tried
Waterlife's Protazin yet( will try to get some tomorrow). Any other

I have a tropical fish an lately it has been piling rocks and moving them
all over the place can any one tell me why this fish is doing this
I can't remember what kind of fish this is but it has strips and they come
in different color , and are very aggressive and can't live with ...