Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / November 2005

I had this problem with a fish about a year ago and when it first happened I
put it in a small 10 gallon "hospital" tank, treated the water with
Swimbladder treatment and stayed up ALL night flipping it over and keeping
it upright with a small net when it turned over.

This morning I noticed on the side of one of my three goldfish a pink
bulge.  It looks more like an injury than a disease.  Like, a scale is
missing and a part of the muscle is bulging out, like something
ruptured from the inside or something is bulging out from the inside.

Just reposting the following in this forum, as no definite answer i
"ponds".
We have a small pond with 2 reasonable sized goldfish which has bee
established for some time. The pond itself is fibreglass I think with

We have a half a dozen goldfish in an outside pond. They mainly appear
happy.
One is a pearl-scale goldfish. We didn't know this when we bought it and
didn't even know such a thing existed. Instead we worried that there was

Hi GF fans,
 I am considering the inevitable needs of tank cleaning, and want to bounce
 an idea off of you.
 I have an undergravel system, with about and inch +/- of stone. What I

Hello GF fans!
 I'm new to this group, and keeping Goldfish. I've been lurking around for
 a few days, and have learned a LOT from this group. Let me offer a bit
 about how I got into the whole GF addiction . . .

I did it again.  I went to PetsMart today for nothing more than freeze dried
bloodworms and daphnia.  They had just gotten in a new shipment of goldfish
last Friday.  I came home with 2 more pearlscales, 2 black moors and 2
calico telescope eyes I swore I would never buy again.  ...

I recently change my tank 20 gallon tank to a 56 Gallon one for my "not so
little" brood.
I have perfect water balance now for the first time in a year+ as the fish
(10) have a lot more space that my previous 2ft one.

I live in Louisiana, and I was helping with hurricane clean up when I
found an abandoned goldfish.  The owner left the fish OUTSIDE in a 50
or so gallon aquarium.  The water was thick, green and cold, and the
poor little fish was barely moving.  I couldn't leave him/her (I have

Can any one reccomend an safe glue for aquarium ornaments? My castle broke a
piece off off and I'd like to stick it back..and obviously super glue is
out lol

Hi GF fans,
 I have been looking more closely at my fish now that I have a few moments
 where I'm not working on the tank. While looking at my larger fish,
 Sharky, I noticed that he/she is missing several scales. Some on each

My first goldfish died this morning (suspected bullying from his
tankmates). While i plan to eventually get a successor (who shall be
known as Dante II) I'd kinda like something fixed as a memorial.
So what are the rules for tank ornaments? I cant really engrave a stone

I've always wondered what a metal halide light would do for my 75
gallon full of great looking goldfish.  Has anyone done this?  Is this
type of light good for this fish and live plants?  Any suggestions?
Thanks,

hello, my son just got a goldfish in a carnival.  We do not have a fish
tank.  What is the best way to keep the fish alive as long as possible?
Thanks, Carla

I just bought two goldfish the other day.  One was a regular goldfish
and the other was one of those bug eyed ones.  Anyway, the pet store
advised me to buy sinking small pellets.  Well, they don't really sink
at all.  The regular goldfish just goes to the surface to eat, but the