Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / March 2006

My GF have suddenly started exhibiting strange behavour. As well as
grazing from the gravel on the bottom of the tank, they have started to
suck at the filter. It seemed harmless enough at first, but I've
recently noticed that my comet's lips seem quite badly distended now,

i have a 55gal tank with 5 large ryukins. i have a coralife compact
fluorscent light that set on a light timer. from 5pm-11pm and then the lunar
lights kick in from 11pm-6am. i have brown algae out of control blooming
everywhere in my tank and on my amazon swords.

I got excited today about a semi-mature redcap oranda.  It has long
veil-like fins and looked very curious and active in the display tank.
Only now at home I see the water in the bag was nasty and yellowish.  
Like a moron I say, hey I should test it for kicks- then forgot.  

Ok, I need help.  I am down to 4 little fishes from 21.  I just built a
large pond about 3500 gallons.  I used 45 mil edpm for a liner, have
added a waterfall, and have a 5900gph pump.  I got instructions from
another group on an idea for a filter.  Basically, it is a plastic milk

What would some of you experts recommend for a completely
submersible/internal filter for a 20gal long GF tank?
Fluval Plus?
Marineland Duetto?

I've recently purchansed a tinly little 11 litre (about 2.5 Gallon I think)
tank for 2 goldfish. It came with a little filter which obviously isn't
doing a great job as the water gets cloudy after about 3 days, after a week
it's quite murky - still see through, but not pleasant ...

After months of looking I finally found a tank of them.  Nowhere else but
....*GASP*.... Wally World.  They just finished putting the new fish in the
tanks when I sallied forth into their pet dept.  Lo and behold, CALICO
LIONHEADS!  I snapped up the best 4 of those critters for $4 ...

Greetings Goldfish Gurus,
I've kept goldfish now for about 15 years, and always used regular
aquarium gravel.  Now, however, I am getting frustrated with the fact that
cleaning it out is always such a hassel.  Just wondering what others use

Can anyone offer a word of advice please? One of my Chebunkin has died and
another is showing sins of distress although I cannot see any obvious signs
of damage. The only clue I can offer is that the dead fish looked and felt
as if all the scales had been removed. The skin was ...

Thank you to Charles and Koi-Lo who replied to my last post.  My fry hatched
last Thursday (9th March) and are now swimming around in there tank.  I have
used a sponge filter which is air driven.  I have been feeding Liquifry to
them.  I have also purchased a Micro Worm culture.

On Monday I was taken by surprise when early afternoon I noticed a number of
eggs in my tank, and all 3 goldfish taking part in the mating routine of
chasing the only female.   In the tank are 3 goldfish, 1 female Shubunkin, 1
male Comet Goldfish, and 1 Oranda.

Hi all i would like some expert advice on goldfish breeding and or some
helpful links
thanks Micko

Has anyone ever introduced a Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri)
into a pond? with koi and goldfish? According to a few websites, they are
herbivores, but apparently develop a taste for small fish as they grow
larger and are fairly territorial.

Had great advice in the past and now I hope you can help again.
The basic scenario is I have a 56 Gal tank (48x24x24) which was set up last
September due to my fancy GF getting too big.The full cycle seems not
compete yet and I wonder why??

how long do gold fish live?