Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / September 2007

The packs that I've seen on sale come in different sizes & look like small,
white bricks .... although some
are circular / coin shaped.   It seems that the sizes depend upon how long
you are away from the tank,

My tank has been cycling for some time now and it looks like I'm finally in
the home stretch--ammonia down to zero, Nitrite having recently dropped from
2 ppm to 0.5 ppm--but things seem to be stalled there.  It's been 12 days
since ammonia dropped to zero and five since nitrite ...

OK,  its been a week since my last update.
To briefly recap, one of my goldfish ("goldie", a fantail)  got a very
bad case of  pop-eye around mid-august.  A  severe case of dropsy
appeared overnight in early September.  See past  posts  for more

Have had three large green spider plant babies in the freshwater aquarium
for 3.5 weeks and they are very green and growing.
Does anyone know how much longer they will last completely submerged like
they are?

     First,  could you recommend a good aquarium heater?  I've used 2
different ones:  one made by Cascade and the other by Tetra (Whisper).
Are these brands reliable, or are there better ones.?
    Secondly, I've got 3 different thermometers.  They are all cheap

Tonight the swelling is almost gone, and the pineconing is completely
gone.
    It's amazing how fast the change has been.  Last night she was a
blimp with severe pineconing.  This morning a definite change was

Hi there. I have a very sick goldfish on my hands and I'm not sure what I'm
doing to treat her is correct. A couple days ago I noticed she was kind of
just laying around her tank and then I noticed some white spots on the base
of her tail. I looked around online and found some ...

I hope I'm not jinxing anything by sending  this  post.
    Goldie appears to be recovering.  This morning the
swelling/bloating had definitely gone down some, although she is
still a  blimp.  And I think  the pineconing  has reduced some.

Good news for regs.
The immature turd  ( otocinc@yahoo.com )  DOES serve a purpose in life,
after all !
Just showed (print-outs, at side of tank ) a couple of the welfare

Not much change in the past couple days.
 Still very bloated with  pineconing.
But she is still eating and pooping.
   Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates still ok.

Can anyone diagnose what is exactly wrong with one of our goldfish.
1 of our 15 fish is showing some wierd behaviour.  About 2
months ago it turned completely silver ( took around a fortnight to happen)
...

"Goldie"  is still hanging in there.  
    I've  got her in her own separate tank, and she has adapted ok.
She is very swollen with the scales  still sticking out.
    I have the water temp at a constant 86-87 degrees.   I could not

    About 2 weeks ago I wrote a post about one of my favorite
goldfish, who had lots of problems, including an eye that was
completely clouded over.
   Doing daily water changes and adding aquariium salt and melafix

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