Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005

The fish and tank are doing well...apart from the plants.
Some plants have amounts of brown algae on them.
Looking like its making them sick.
How can I prevent this from happening ?

Hey guys
I'm new here but not to the hobby, I am researching the idea of opening a
lfs (local fish store) in my home town. I live in Australia and was
wondering if anyone out there was from Australia or knows any tropical fish

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I finally got my new tank.  It measures 72x24x28 and holds 750L.....The
second i put the fish in they were soo happy and exploring every corner of
the tank!!!
It was really hard to get the tank in....it was sitting on my parents

When do goldfish become fully mature or become an adult?

OK, a dumb question - I have read that is a good thing to feed goldfish peas
on occasion. I assume these are green garden peas. How do you prepare them
for gf? Cooked or raw? Skinned or not? Whole or broken up? My gf aren't
large (2 inches or so) and have no health problems that ...

Uh anyone familiar with Tetra GoldMedal? yeah thats rite, i bought
their product a month ago, promised by Tetra that Tetra Gold Medal will
help goldfish with their digestion n such, with spirulina n stuff like
that ie. help prevent swimbladder disorders. But so far Tetra Gold

How much light (how many hours) should there be if ur GF tank doesn't
have any real plants? And about elodias, I've seen them being kept in
dark buckets in water for days and they were green as ever and grew
longer. So i was wondering if elodias need light at all or what?

My oranda as some of you might know has swimbladder problems. I really
think it's a genetic problem and cannot be cured because I have tried
all that starving-it-for-3-days stuff and then feeding it boiled peas
for the next 3 days (to let u know, i feed my orandas peas regularly).

I have a 50 gallon tank populated by two GF about 7"-8" long.  I've
recently moved into a situation where doing regular water changes has
become a lot more inconvenient.  My local fish supplies store advises
me to replace my current Whisper 3 with a Eheim Ecco 2236, on the

I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a few
more fish.  Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras.  One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires ...

I'm hoping someone might be able to give me some advice please.
I've had Dillon for about 5 years. He's just a normal goldfish with a
fantail. He's in a 3ft tank (20gallons) on his own and I clean him
regularly. For the last few days he seems to be spending a lot of time on

I want to build a corral for my tank, so I can keep a few floating plants
safe from the nibblers. I was considering removing one of the glass covers
(24*18) and replacing it with a Plexiglas box (24*18*6) deep drilled with
multiple holes. I would put one of the filter returns inside ...

Dr Solo,
What r the instructions for the chinese treatment for fish with
swimbladder disorders?
JOHN

do they make a good match in an aquarium?