Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2004

He wants to conquer the world now!
What can I do?

I was wondering how old a ranchu would be if he is only about 1-1/4 inches
(not including the tail) long...
Its been about 2 months sinse i bought my little ranchu and he is doing
fantastic! He is more energetic than the larger fish in the tank!

How can you tell how old a fintail goldfish is? I bought 2 fish for a LPS,
( the small ones ).

I've just come back from my LFS and the guy said somethings about sand that
made sense.  He said that since it's so dense, all the crap stays on the
surface of the sand rather than making it's way into it.  That was you only
have to vacuum the surface rather than poking into the ...

shallow tanks were used to increase surface to volume ratio before air pumps were
widely available.  they are still used for breeding/growing on tanks.... and for
Tosakins.  but good aeration with an air pump makes high tanks fine for GF.  Ingrid

hello again folks
I know I post on here an awful lot, and I'm sorry, but it all seems to be
going wrong at the mo.
My favourite fish has what looks like a pale grey fluff, similar to

I have followed instructions...
I have also purchased a product with the following ingrediants.
Its called SPOT OFF
0.01% Acriflavine

Can anyone recommend a good sinking food for Goldfish which you can get in
the UK?
Most of the sinking foods you see in pet stores are for tropicals and all
the goldfish foods are not sinking.

Does anybody know what 3 medications make up the active ingredients in
MEDIKOI food now? I bought some about 3 years ago and it worked well,
but at the time it had, I think, kanamycin sulfate, Romet B, and
Oxolinic acid. I need to buy some more, but I'm under the impression the

OK, I wimped out, didn't go with the Potassium Permanganate. I did not want
to wipe out the Biofilter, as some had suggested. So I picked up some
Pimafix and Melafix for the boys. Only the one large fish has a noticeable
fungal infection (fuzzy white spot on his snout, but the ...

More accurately, they can live without it for a while.
An article in the current Science News (Oct. 2, 2004) talks about
research done on the crucian carp.  The article mentions goldfish near
the end.  They have a form of metabolism they can call on to survive

I have a fairly well established large pond, its about 3-4 feet deep,
everywhere, about 6-8 feet across and about 12 feet long.  I use a bio
filter consisting of about 1/3 ton of gravel.  NH3 level is immesurable.  I
take rainwater off the roof of my house and overflow the pond ...

  I have a 20 gallon tank with some Zebra Danios and five small Angel
Fish,...Would these fish get along with goldfish?  What other fish would
get along with goldfish?       Thanks ahead of time for any help and any
advice that you can give me about purchasing and caring for ...

I am getting out of Goldfish.
I have one Goldfish Connection orange Ranchu approximately 5" that I will
give to anyone who can give her a proper home.
She is a great little fish with a nice face and head with totally exposed

I have a fish medication which is composed of Methylene Blue and
Formaldehyde.
Is Methylene Blue (MB) similar to, or as good as Malachite Green?
(The reason I ask is because Puregold.com recommends a treatment composed of