Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / February 2005

I posted this in rec.ponds and am just trying to share.  I purchased some
koi kote from www.koi-koteusa.com and used it to coat the slate tile work in
my pond.  The stuff worked great! and looks great!  It's an epoxy liner
sealer that I put on myself and it was pretty easy.  Anyways ...

Geezer From The Freezer Wrote:

I am thinking about putting a sheet of plastic down on the tank floor for a
different affect.
What is safe to do this? How about material?
Im not sure....

I am a newbie to fishkeeping. I set up a tank about 3 weeks ago. It i
a 29 gallon with two goldfish. My comet has been acting fine, but
noticed that he had white poop, and his tail(he is white) looks
little irritated(can see his veins a bit?). He is swimming normally

Sorry, I just checked my records, Nitrate was at 5? It was zer
previously, with ammonia being a little higher. Now ammonia is hardl
present but Nitrate climbing. Is this an indication that my biologica
filter is kicking in? Thanks!

I am really worried about my tank. I did have a bowl, but thankfully
came to my senses and bought the fish a new 21 litre tank.
I asked the pet shop person how many litres of water is necessary for
each fish, she said 4-5 litres. That would be fine as I have 3

My comet, about 8" long, lives with his pet snail in a 29 gallon tank.
Yesterday, I took off the picture on the back of the tank, and turned it
around to the other side.
You'd think he was on vacation - he is absolutely fascinated by the change

Does anyone know if Koi can be kept in same tank as Orandas , black Moor,
ryukin  etc

Hi Guys,
We moved and have not had much time to look at the fish.
Wiggles gill covers seem to have turned outward and there
seems to be something growing on the gills themselves.  

My neighbor won a fish in the same school carnival we did. They bought 5
more, and put them all in an old 29g  tank they revived from the garage.
3 dead so far. I doubt they let the tank establish enough. Their child told
me today about their situation, and I told him to ask his ...

i have agoldfish and its fins and gills are turning black .. it also doesnt
move around very much . what can i do?
thanks

This arvo i came home from work and found my fantail hiding with one of his
eyes detached partially...(just the top half.) the optical nerve is intact
and i put some liquid betadine on the part where the eye was detached and
gently put the eye back in the socket....problem is, it ...

I've lost another fish so thats 3 out of the 5 bought together on same day
from same tank died.   My water is normal according to the pet shop infact
they used the word perfect.  So why am I losing them all? I'm really
depressed right now as my lionhead was the latest casualty ...

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I have had this fantale for about a month and he seems to have grown
considerably in the stomach area, or he's bloated. It's been the same
for a couple of days. It's still swimming actively around the tank,
eating fine, and has no other bad signs. What could be going on here?