Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / May 2005

I recently purchased a feeding ring for my goldfish tank.  The red-cap
orandas seem to have a hard time getting the Hikari pellets, so I figured I
would help them out by centralizing the pellets in one location.
Anyways, the feeding ring uses Styrofoam to float (the actual ring is ...

Hi guys / girls
Just wanted to introduce myself.  I have a tropical fish tank that
have been running for 15 years.  I was running a Marine Fish Tank for
years, which I have now broken down.

Okay, so the stroe guy said to let them settle down before feeding them. I
bought a small tub of little food sticks (they look mroe like pellets to me)
to try them on, which the guy said would probably be ebst. he also emntioned
getting'treat' food's for them to use on occasion.

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Some web sites state that orandas do better with tank temperatures
around 74 degrees?  Do you think this is too warm?
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Whats a good filter and pump to buy for a 10-20 gallon
fish tank to keep the water clean for 2 Goldfish. Very new
at this i just got 2 goldfish for my son about 6 months ago
and they are growing very fast. The plastic tank i have is only

I have a comet which chases another gold fish in the tank. What the
hell, I thought that goldfish are non agressive. Now I have taken the
aggressor fish out because if I leave him in, he will continue to
chase, bite and ultimately kill the other fish.

I put 3 cups of water in a widemouth quart jar with 3 tsp. of sea
salt..... and added a rather larger than intended pinch of brine shrimp
eggs two days ago.
Now I have teensy little pinpoint sized critters all swimming around in

I'm in trouble and hope someone here can help me.  About six weeks ago I
decided to acquire some goldfish.  I bought all new equiment..  And then the
goldfish.  Bought them from a place that sells nothing but fish and aquarium
equipment.

I have read somewhere that you're supposed to soak those hard sinking
goldfish pellets (I use Nutrafin max), before dropping in the tank. I
thought it might be because those pellets are so darned HARD! I'm
thinking, how could those fish eat them?

Well, I purchased a good looking Sarasa Comet that was being real
friendly in the tank at Walmart, and a Koi (butterfly, mottled), that
the lady talked me into. They are each in the 3" range, and I am
basically (except for my dumb luck successful aquarium as a kid) a rank

I recently purchased a nice new 55 gallon tank for my two goldfish. I
transferred some water and media from the old tank to the new, added
some plants and got everything ready. Three weeks later, levels looked
fine, and I moved the boys in. Now, three days later, the water is as

In your experience, is it better to purchase 2 or 3" oranda or fantail
goldfish and raise them yourself, or buy a couple of the showy adults?
I don't know how to advise a beginner.  The older fish are so stunning,
it's hard for my friend to consider the little undeveloped ones.

I have been experimenting with my Oranda's different foods to make
digestion easier. It seems that when the digestion tract gets too
challenged that "swim-bladder" can settle in. I think food plays a big
part with one of my Orandas...he struggles with solid food (gas and