Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / May 2007

Hi all, hope you can help. I have a 45 gallon tank with 5 fish in it.
One redcap oranda, two black moors, and 2 pearl scale ryukins. Tank is
running well but I'm having major algae blooms I can't quite explain.
(No direct sunlight, water temp is steady at 70 degrees, pH and

Yikes. Went away for a night, came home and my water temp was 92
degrees! Fish seemed to be fine though, I honestly thought they'd be
cooked when I opened the hood and got blasted by the heat. Wholly cow.
I had the thermostat set at 71. So I'm off to Big Al's for a new

I have a 75 gallon aqaurium with 3 Orandas and 2 Ryunkins and a black moor.
Alge seemed to be a problem.  But I did a 50% water change last week and get
the algea off ever day!  My water levels have been tested and they are all
fine.  1 Ryunkin is floating at the top most of the day ...

The water lettuce that spent the winter in the greenhouse is putting on new
growth. In another month they'll go outside in the ponds and barrels.  Those
that spent the winter in the fishtanks in the sunroom are also increasing in
size.  Duck week stayed alive and green all winter ...

Just wondering if someone could tell me what the possible cause of a white
patch on my goldfish is.
Have had 1 goldfish and 2 smaller fish in freshwater tank for 7 months.  No
problems at all until this week.