Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005

Jo Ann Burke is the leading expert in the U.S. on health, diseases and treatment of
Goldfish.  Jo Ann asked me to remind people that while she has retired from selling
GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/)  she has NOT
retired from helping people with ...

My daughter was bought a new 45 litre fish tank for her birthday. She has
now re-housed her three gold fish - she has had these for a number of
months/years. However, the new filter/ air pump is very very noisy indeed.
Question is: will it harm the fish if this is turned off ...

Please let me know if gravel is really a high risk for the goldfish? I am
preparing to setup up a 24x18x24 (45gal) tank and would like some more
information about using an undergravel filter with gravel--pros and cons.  I
have an emperor 280 filter running on another tank that I ...

Anyone else have their GF react to what they're wearing? I'm probably
anthropromorphizing (sp), but they always seem to scatter when I wear my
bright red winter coat.

Green Water Aquarist Society Of Chicagoland.
GWASOC General Meeting
4500 W 123rd St, Alsip, IL 60803-2521
7:30pm

Puregold has a new list in addition to the old one
http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/
Puregold is a list for people at all levels of fish keeping with special emphasis on
helping people new to keeping goldfish.  We do talk about ponds and koi.  It is a

Having starved one of my orandas for 3 days then feeding it boiled
de-skinned shredded peas for another 3 days, the moment i put it back
in the main tank, after several minutes, it starts floating up to the
top again ( even thou i even haven't fed it anything yet!!). i've

My tank has been cycling since a few days after Thanksgiving.
My pH is low, 6.8. Over the past few days I've been putting pinches of
baking in the water to raise the pH, and I've noticed that my Nitrites
are finally dropping. Now they're in the "not quite zero" range.

I am just about to get my new 700L tank and was wondering if all the water
out of my cycled 200L, my decorations, my 2 aquaclear 500s would be
sufficient in stopping the recycling of the tank.
I bought some ammonia absorber just incase it wasnt

Hope everyone had a safe and entertaining New Years Eve.  Hope every one is
ready for one of the best years for Goldfish in the coming year.
God Bless and Keep You and Yours this Year,
Tom L.L.

I just bought a catfish for a 10 gallon tank to help clean the bottom. There
is two other fish similiar size in the tank. After 3 days, this morning the
catfish can't be found. I checked the filter, nothing there. Could the
catfish be hiding in the gravel? Any information ...

Jo Ann asked me to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold
the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/)  she has NOT retired from
helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE.  251-649-4790  phoning is best.  but,
can try email put "help sick ...

Puregold has a new list in addition to the old one
http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/
Puregold is a list for people at all levels of fish keeping with special emphasis on
helping people new to keeping goldfish.  We do talk about ponds and koi.  It is a