Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2005

Had two goldfish for four years without problems.  One died recently, bought
a small replacement (about 1") from Petco on Monday.  Placed newcomer in
separate tank.
Monday - Thursday  new fish was OK, although not terribly perky, but

My daughter won a goldfish at a local fair in town, and so I decided to
treat her to a 15 litre tank, with gravel, ornaments, filter etc.., and
fed the fish with granular fish food, and not the flakes, which i hear
could contain snails!!?? . all was well, then she decided she ...

I'm new here and a beginner when it comes to fish!
3 weeks ago I rescued some eggs from my coldwater goldfish tank. Th
eggs hatched, I put them in them a floating breeding trap in the norma
tank (which has a small in-built filter and light) and they have smal

I am a novice into fish keeping(a week) need advice. Guess should have
done my research before getting into it. Too late for that now. Have 2
goldfishes (3 1/2 Inches) in a 15 Ltr Fishbowl. I was told by the shop
attendant, this will be enough. Is it ?

I have a fish with me where I am staying while going to school.  He is
a fantail goldfish and quite big (about 6 inches long).  This weekend
is a 3-day weekend and I will be going home.  That means my fish will
be without food from Friday afternoon until Monday night, possibly

What should i sue to clean an old tank?
the tank in question was free, i just had to pick it up, it's about 10
gallon and i figure would make a nice enough hospital tank should i need
it. it's a bit mucky (largely dust, few watermarks).

It seems that everytime I change the water in the tank (I remove about 1/3
to half), after about 5 mins, the goldfish gulp at the surface as if the
water has a lack of oxygen.
I thought the 'new' water contained lots of oxygen (minus a few chemicals).

We are planning to move far away soon and have to find a new owner for our
10" healthy goldfish. He is 7 yrs old and currently lives in a 10 gallon
tank with plenty of room to swim around comfortably.
I dont want to put him thru moving so I want to find a new home for him. My

my son droped a rock in our koi pond and it landed on one of our fish h
is all brused up and looks like it may be 6the end is there any thing w
can do its been 3 day
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my god fish had a mass on his gill it went away know there is one on hi
eye very large any thing i can d
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ethansmamma4@cs.com

I noticed my fish were spawning & I rescued a bit of pond weed with some
eggs attached & brought them inside in a one foot tank with some of the pond
water.
A few hatched 2 days ago.

anybody here have any experience buying collector goldfish from
http://www.goldfishconnection.com ?
I see they just got a new inventory, and I'm thinking about ordering
one.