Please help! One fish death and another on the way out

feeds@yuku.com (endorakitten) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:31:50 GMT

I would be glad for any suggestions for my situation. I had one fish die unexpectedly yesterday and another that looks pretty bad. My third fish is totally normal. I'm concerned first with saving the fish that is sick, but still alive and second, if this might be something infectious, what should I do for my other fish. Here is the full history:

Ammonia: 0 ppm

Ammonia tester used (salicylate or Nessler-reagent based?): salicylate

Possible Pop-eye

feeds@yuku.com (endorakitten) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:30:50 GMT

I noticed today that my goldfish has one eye bulging out of his head. His body also looks swollen on the same side as the eye. I've read some about pop-eye and am concerned that this might be the problem, although it does not explain the unilateral swelling of the body. I do not routinely test my water, although I plan to get it tested now, expecially because I also lost a snail last week. Prior to that, my fish have been very healthy. My tank is 10 gallons and heated by teh...

Apple snail and goldfish?

feeds@yuku.com (BeavisMom62) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:11:48 GMT

I've heard you guys talk about apple snails but have never seen them before. Well, I saw some and had to buy a few. I have a very large one which is the coolest thing to watch. Its amazing how fast they move and how they can just perch on a little piece of grass. They are so cool. So at present, I have the large one in my tropical tank, because it is the dirtiest. I wonder if the tank is too small though. As I said, the snail is rather large and the tank is 13 gal with 14 small fish in...

A Rough Road

feeds@yuku.com (IntellectualSlime) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:38:46 GMT

Currently, the only finned fellows I keep are three goldfish, who reside in a luxury apartment upon what was once a perfectly usable kitchen table, which is home now only to fish and the occasional curious kitten. These three are my babies, and have been instrumental in my development as a better fish keeper.

Leonidas was the first of the three that I acquired. I work a summer job on weekends at a...

Upgrading to larger tank with goldfish

feeds@yuku.com (kc19) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:59:13 GMT

I currently have 3 goldfish that outgrew their 10 gallon tank far too long ago. I didn't expect them to live so long (5 years+), but now I've grown very attached to them. I'm finally able to get a larger tank and was wondering the best way to do so would be. They are stressed from being in such a small tank with horrible nitrate levels (75-80) so the quickest, safest method would be best, although they have proven to be quite hearty.

My plan so far is to put half of...

Breeding goldfish

feeds@yuku.com (jojofish) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:57:18 GMT

Id like to make a post to discuss the breeding of Goldfish from members of FnF who have been successful with breeding them.

I think it would be great to chat about what has worked well for us and share ideas of such a rewarding achievement. Please let us know if your goldies have spawned and any tips you can share with us

New Tank Set Up

feeds@yuku.com (dskarindra) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:25:03 GMT

Hi,

Im starting all over since the death of my Ranchu.

I have Oranda which is still in quarantine.

Does anyone know what is the most ideal GH,KH,PH for goldfish type ?

Need help firguring out results of ph, GH and KH =)

feeds@yuku.com (Mermy) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:57:58 GMT

Me again - bombarding yo uwith more questions....
so - I got some test kits - I found a little 'pet store' in my town -- very gross place. Anyway - they had some test kits but I know I need to get more -- this was all they had and the guy was not helpful.
Anyway - I need to make sense of my numbers here:
(We have very hard water here with high ph - it's well water)

I added the said amount of conditioner but still got these results:
PH - 9
GH -...

Hole in the head with my gold fish

feeds@yuku.com (dskarindra) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:17:46 GMT

My Ranchu has a hole in the head disease. after 6 days of treatment with JBL Spirohexol i saw many flagellata ( small white worms creature ) coming out from the fish out to the aquarium water.
Kindly help does this worms going to die or should i moved my ranchu to other quarantine aquarium ?

During treatment i add daily dosage of AZOO goldfish multivitamin which stopped the Hole in the Head crater and heal it.

My question now should i move my Ranchu from the existing...

3 question re: behaviour / rocks

feeds@yuku.com (Mermy) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:35:50 GMT

I have 3 questions that are not related at all but I didn't want to keep adding new threads.

1) Behaviour - my fish seem to be all gathering on one side of the tank and bonking into the wall - like they are trying to get out. They aren't bonking hard but they're like - at the wall a lot.

2) Putting stuff in the tank - I want to put some petrified wood in my tank - can I? Or should I just get stuff that's made for the tank?

3) I have one fish...

How cold can my goldfish tank get?

feeds@yuku.com (Mermy) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:52:31 GMT

I read the part in here about heaters. But I was wondering how cold is too cold for my fishies? They are common goldfish (comet I am assuming seeing as they were feeder fish).
I live in Canada - during the winter months I turn the temp down low when I go to work (no need to heat the house when we are not here).
I turn it down to 10 degress celcius (which is about 50 farenheit). Will they freeze like this?
Thanks =)

Red Cap Oranda

feeds@yuku.com (kathmass) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:15:18 GMT

I have an oranda approx. 1 1/2 to 2 years old. Her head used to be all red but now it is more opaque and red. About 3/4 opaque. She is in a 5 gallon tank with a filter, gravel, fresh plants and a fake plant. She seems healthy and she is very pretty. Shes about 5 inches long including her tail. The opaqueness has been this way for about 4 to 6 months. Is she just growing or does she have a problem?

bad fish mommy - should I keep them seperate?

feeds@yuku.com (Mermy) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:59:59 GMT

OK - so, first of all I now know that perhaps listening to the 'fish expert' at Petland was not a good idea. Now that I've done some research I see the error of my ways and I am trying to fix them.
But...
I went to Petland and bought a 2 gallon bowl and 8 'feeder' fish (about 3cm long) - I know, I KNOW!

So, after doing some research I know I need to get a much bigger aquarium, a filter etc.

But until I can get the aquarium I thought I should...

Water temprature for fancy style Goldfish

feeds@yuku.com (jojofish) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:49:15 GMT

Hi Guys,

I have some beautiful fancy style gold fish, a Fantail, Black Ranchu, Oranda, and a Calico Sakura Ryukin Azuma Nishiki. I have heard that the fancies such as these prefer a warmer temprature then the commons and have read on the web that the ideal temp for fancies is 23 to 26 degrees celcuis, Does any one else heat their tank for their fancy style goldfish and if so what do you believe is the ideal...

"floating" goldie and one with cloudy eye

feeds@yuku.com (BeavisMom62) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:49:49 GMT

Not sure if this is a problem or not but I don't think it needs to go in the ER. Just wanted someone to weigh in. I have a 30 gal with three fancy goldfish - a "gold" goldfish, a white and gold goldfish and a black moor, all of whom I have had since Xmas. The water parameters have always been perfect. My black moor had what I thought was pop eye, but I don't think it was. His eye didn't pop, its just cloudy. He also had a spot of fungus/bacteria on his face, just...

water conditioners

feeds@yuku.com (BeavisMom62) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:20:02 GMT

I have been using EasyBalance and NitraBan in my goldfish tank since Xmas, when I got it. Just yesterday I used Prime, which has come highly recommended by most websites that I have visited. But I also see that AmQuel and NovAqua are recommended. What is the difference? Which is better? Do they do the same as Prime?

Loss of a fish

feeds@yuku.com (phantasy031) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:12:08 GMT

I had a tank with 2 fish in it. One of the fish dies and now the other one seems to be acting weird. Its been frantically swimming around the tank, and also spends more time at the bottom picking at the gravel. Is something wrong with my fish. I havent noticed his fast swimming until the other fish in the tank died. Can the problem be related to the fother fish dying?

Ooof

feeds@yuku.com (Sica345) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:58 GMT

Now I might be taking on two goldfish, a veiltail and a black moor. These have been living in an apartment a friend of mine rented a room in. Apparently the person who got them originally has long since moved out. They've been living for 2 years in an unfiltered, unheated 2.5g plastic critter keeper. Yes. And right now they're being fed bread crumbs since the flake food ran out. Now that my friend is moving out they're wanting to get rid of the fish. There's another girl who...

Goldfish suddenly lethargic... help needed

feeds@yuku.com (Olgerth Heidern) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:34:12 GMT

Our goldfish tank has been going strong for over a year. However, a couple days ago something happened to our telescope-eye fancy tail goldfish (one of three).

He is our biggest fish. He is usually the most active; however, in the past few days he's been laying on the bottom of the tank, only coming up for food. Today, he's barely moving at all. The other two look OK and there haven't been any changes to the tank. I fear we may be losing him.

Questionnare:...

Been sent here... new to this board.

feeds@yuku.com (Silverdragona1) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:06:14 GMT

Hello....
I have a pond in the back garden, and have Koi Carp in it, some of them are what is termed "Ghost" Koi, and also, some of the others are Metallic Ghosts, but on all the "Official" sites, I cant work out what the Japanese terms for this type of Koi are...

Anyone got any idea?....

They are all about three to four years old, growing steadily, and a bit "Fat" at the moment, but healthy, and I have just about got the pond...