Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005

I have tiny white worms visable on the tank face.  Very small (1mm), what
are they????
They have not affected the fish as of yet.  However, it's hard to keep a
Pleco alive in this tank.

I've noticed that the fish have been a bit skittish after their last few
water changes. They all huddle together close to the bottom and do the odd
mad dash. This only seems to last about 15 minutes or less. I'm very careful
about matching the temp of the new water being added, ...

needs help? cloudy white waters don't look good in a corner 44 gallon tank can
any one help? have tried everything filtration whise got a canister for 25
gallons, an underwater filter for 57 gallons, between both of them got 385
gallons per hour on filtration. Just made a partial ...

 Son has two red and white Comets and they seem
to "eat" the bubbles on top of the water then swim
down and release the bubbles into the water, at first
I thought the water wasn't oxygenated enough but

I am very worried because my black moore goldfish has just started
chasing after and sucking on the sides of the other two fantales. I am
worried because of the slime on the fish, and becauase this behaviour
seems agressive and might be stressful to the other fish. Can anyone

I was wondering if 1 clown loach was ok for a tank with goldies in it? (its
a 800L tank)

I have got an orando that looks healthy. but when it is swimming and it
stops. It floats to the top of the tank. I have been told this is a swim
bladder problem and that this is because of surface eating. I have changed
the food to a none floating food. but the fish seams to be ...

to cut a fairly long story down to the barest bones; my little fantail
(though according to the Bristol Aquarists' site he's a Man-Yu - the
Aston Villa fan in the house does not approve) gets very floaty after
eating and will occasionally float upside down on the surface when at

I've been using the "Mountain Mist" polyester batting from Walmart in my
filters for over a year. It seems to work fine, with no apparent ill
effects. I went to buy a fresh supply this week and I noticed that it seems
to be a dull grey, as opposed to the normal bright white. So I ...

Hi. I use ager in my tank, but bought some aqurium salt today, thinking
it was completely different, and that i could use both in the tank. I
read the cack of the salt container and it's decribed as a conditioner,
but isn't that what the ager is? So are they the same thing, and ...

I've had my lionhad, Bob, since September '04. He was a wal*mart fish,
a gift from my girlfriend.
I've heard lots about people's fish growing 2-3 inches within the first
6 months or so, and I'm concerned about Bob, because he is an inch long

can anyone tell me if I should take out all the things in my tank that is
collecting algae and clean it off or is it ok to have in the tank ?

Hi. To make a long story short, I recently purchased a Royal Pleco
fish. According to various pieces of literature on the organism, it
needs to be in water of a relatively high temperature (around 78-82
degrees Farenheit. I have a thermometer and heater in the tank, but

We have a 43 gallon freshwater aquarium, with all the necessary filters,
pumps, etc.  Our tank has been set up for over 12 months, and we have had 4
fish in the tank for just about the entire period.  The water quality has
consistently checked out, I do partial water changes (30 ...

     Son has got an Aquarium "kit" for his christmas.
    Completely understand the chlorine must be
removed/neutralised by the addition of water treatment
chemical but how necessary is a heater, the aquarium will