Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2005

I have a 5" red cap that developed whitish spots on all of his fins.
Placed him in a hospital tank 6 days ago.  Began treating him with
Maracide and Fungus Cure expecting to see improvement, even though I
cannot really identify the underlying disease causing the spots from the

I have a 3 foot tank (with a Fluval 2 filter) containing 3 telescope
eyed black moors, some Canadian pond weed, some moss balls and half a
dozen snails.  It alternates between two states:
1. The filter is clogged with vegetable matter such that the water flow

Hey, all!  I've found good help on this newsgroup before so I'm hoping
someone can offer assistance again.  I currently have a 12 gallon
Eclipse
tank containing two goldfish, an oranda and a ryukin, both about 2-3"

I added a 2nd fantail today to accompany the first one.
The new fantail is maybe 60% the size of the original one who had been
living there for a week.
I saw the big guy chasing it around, is he going to be a bully?  Is

Okay, having moved flats, got a bit bigger tank, and the fish having sttled
in fine (I have a small goldfish and a paradise fish that's slightly smaller
but looks longer because of it's tail).
They both seemed happy enough yesterday morning when they were fed, went to

I've got 1 small size fantail for about 5 days in my 20 gallon barrel,
I have been feeding a sinking round pellet food, twice a day, just a
sprinkle each time about 10-12 pellets.  If it sees the food drop down
it would eat it all before the food hits the bottom.   It eats like a

I rescued some fish a couple of years ago and had them in a 24"x 12"x12"
tank.
It was obvious it wasn't big enough and now I have ordered a custom made
tank as big as I can fit in.