Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / November 2007

My Sarasa Comet, Hoshi, is possibly sick:
Bulging eyes, constipation, and odd looking poop
Water parameters:
Ammonia:  0 ppm

Hi, fairly experinced fish keeper here but reestablishing a 70gT tank after
6.5 years in storage.  It's been ages since I had to start one over fresh.
I recall the process but not the time factor.  No need for immediate answer,
the tank gets here in 4 days but we plan to fil it ...

The largest fish has a pimple left over at the center of the original
infection. From what I have read this is Columnaris. Any thoughts on how to
treat this? So far they've had Kanamycin for the Columnaris and a long
treatment of Marycyn II for the Septicemia that followed. The ...

When I did the last water change/test (test before change) I saw nitrites,
which had been at zero for nearly two months, at 0.5 ppm.  This was
Saturday.  I thought that maybe the biofilter had been not as effective
because the water was colder than previously (about 68) so I got a ...

The saga continues....
I treated some GF with Kanaplex for what I thought was Columnaris and the
Cottony patches subsided, but did not disappear. A few days later they
started to develop Septicemia and I thought I was going to lose the largest

I have a small goldfish pond in my backyard in central Florida (zone 9). I
have Ryukins, Koi, and Shabunkins. I know the koi will be fine in the Winter
(water temp probably won't get below about 40-45F at the coldest)... but what
about the ryukins and the shabunkins? Anything ...

I've got a horrendous outbreak of BGA in my Goldfish tank. It's gotten so
bad it plugs the filter screens every week and now the sink drain is
plugged.
So I plucked the large Sword out of my office tank (20 G) and put in a bowl