goldfish

Hey guys, so I have 3 lovely comet goldfish in a 75l tank ( I know they'll out grow it. I won't worry until then), what should their typical behaviour be? I am constantly keeping an eye of them too make sure they're not getting sick, but i only have basic knowledge.

Although not new to keeping goldfish, I am currently facing an issue that I have no previous experience of....hand-feeding a poorly goldfish. Not sure if this is the most appropriate category, so please move it if needed. I have a 13yo goldie, about 6 inches (excluding tailfin) who is unable to...

Hi can someone help me identify the type Or species of this fish please. I would really appreciate it. Thanks https://db.tt/oktcjeUa https://db.tt/oiRrQkF5

Tank size: 20L Temp: 23 oC Ammonia: 0-0.25 ppm (I use seachem prime which may give a slightly higher ammonia count) pH: 7.6+ Medicine: Cephalexin 500g Problems: Fin rot, turned on side     My bubble eye goldfish has severe fin rot, which started because his tank mate had been nibbling on his...

So hi guys I'm back my mom bought me a 20 gallon tank and the good news is the two angelfish stopped fighting at last! Now, as you know, I have 3 female goldfish and two angels. And my mom's planning to buy another angel. Is the 20 gallon tank enough for them?    

My bubble-eye goldfish has two red, slightly swollen rashes on it's left side, accompanied by faint red streaking in it's tail for over a month now.  I have treated with the human antibiotics amoxicillin and cephalexin separately for around a week each, which caused some white flakes (possibly...

We received three gold fish as party favors. We had them in a small bowl and soon realized there was no filtration and no way to keep the food from clogging up the water and causing all types of problems. Eventually one died so we got a 10 gallon tank with a filter from Walmart and some...

Request Help Tank size: 40 gallons pH: Always a little low, from 6.8-7 ammonia:0 nitrite:0 nitrate:60 - Always this number or higher, I think it's just my tap water kH:40 (usually always, even with water changes) gH:120 (always too high...) tank temp:72~ Fish Symptoms (include full description...

I bought an orange butterfly goldfish recently, and I noticed after a few days that he tends to lean to one side at times. I haven't been observing him for very long, as I just noticed it, but he'll swim fine one second, and the next be floating sideways at the top of the tank. I think it might...

I've been trying to get as much advice as I can about this problem. I rescue some goldfish in May and have had them going strong since I got them. One of them is a fantail with a deformed mouth. He's been having swim bladder issues since day one but has been going strong up until now. It seems...

Hello, all.   A friend of mine has a comet in a 2 gallon tank and she would like to get rid of it.  I offered to take it, but wanted some advice on moving it.  The water in the tank hasn't been changed in quite a while, but the fish seems to be healthy so evidently the beneficial bacteria are...

Recently my husband decided he wanted to start a North American Native tank & we have received 5 young (probably 1 week - 4 week old) Green Sunfish. In attempt to have 1 less tank in the house (yeah..right.  ) We decided to add our shubunkin koi to the tank (5)  because we had heard of people...

So I have been keeping fish since 1998. I have had lots of fish over the years. I know the rules but this tank breaks many of the rules. I don't think this tank will work for everyone or everyones fish.    So here is the thing. I had this as a discus tank for 5 years. I now only have one discus...

Hi I have had a half barrel pond in my garden for about 8 months and added 3 goldfish to it about 3/4 weeks ago. I noticed one had white bumps on its fin when I put it in, but thought this was just part of its markings. These have now spread and the other 2 goldfish have them too, mainly on...

Hello!   So we've been cycling our 55 gallon cool-water tank for a little over a month. It finally seemed good- every thing settled, water was clear, we had some healthy bacteria going on and 6 very happy little zebra danios. They would stir up sand and it would immediately settle...so I figured...

My husband and I would like to go down to the river and collect some large rocks to build in our shubunkin koi & comet gold tanks. We put one in our tank yesterday and the fish seem fine, we scrubbed it really good and let it soak in boiling water for over an hour before we put it in.    Has...

this is my first time with a aquarium. i have a 4'x2'x2' tank, which is 450 liter of size. i have two goldfishes in my tank. now i am planning to have a few live plants. i have selected these plants - anubias nana, ChainSword - Narrow Leaf, Dwarf Sagittaria, cardinal plant, java fern, Ozelot...

SUPER excited! My husband and I just set up a 20 gallon tank for some juvenile Comet goldfish & Shubunkin Koi (once they are larger we will move them to our pond) This is our fish experience with Koi, and we have little experience with fancy goldfish. We already love them so much! They are all...

White Foamy Bubbles At The Top Of My Tank. Hell All, I am experiancing White foamy Bubbles at the top of my tank. Location is top right side, front of tank, across from filter and heater. Above where all my Goldfish prefer to hang out. I did a water change about 4 days ago and usually keep a...

I have a 53 gallon aquarium, and currently, it has fancy goldfish, but I am going to be taking the goldfish out, taking them to my dentist's office (which has a fish tank, but nothing in it). Then we are going to be putting african cichlids in. Here is the tank:  ...

Hi all,    I am looking for some advice from anyone who is experienced with pond building/making.    I am looking to start a project and build a wooden raised pond for my two goldies who are getting a bit big for their current pond which is a plastic preformed pond only around 80 litres in the...

I bought a 29/30 gallons (113 liters or something around there I think) with all the fix'ems on craigslist for about $45 dollars. It came with two goldfish. I had the goldfish in a container for a couple of days because I took a day to get the tank set up. Then I wait 24 hours after having the...

I bought a 29 gallon tank from someone last night. They had two goldfish in the tank but they completely drained the tank of water and took out their old media (threw it away probably). I've had these goldfish in a container in my kitchen since last night. I have a air pump with a bubble stone...

Hi,   my girlfriend's black moor, Sinead, has been acting a little weird about 4 days now. She first suspected that she had fungus due to a white fuzzy ball in the fish's torsal (?) fin, she used treatment for fungus and the fuzzy ball disappeared. Then when she was changing the water of the...

I thought this was an interesting article about goldfish. We often think of betta and puffers as being "smart" fish due to their behavioral responses to outside stimuli but goldfish often get a bad rap. Long has the myth of their short memory been disproved but yet it persists.   From the...

Hi everyone,   My young sister got a fish about two weeks now. It's a huge red comet goldfish from the local petstore. They had recieved them the day she bought it so they were almost all fine and healthy (except for an extremely big oranda that was swimming upside down everywhere). When we got...

I just took over our tank. Think it's a 10gal, maybe 15. We have a cheetha patterned goldfish (think it's a goldfish) that has some scales missing and is swimming vertically, sometimes upside down. This began several days ago. We also have some kind of japenese yellow sucker (bottom feeder...

Hi, Let me introduce my tank first. I got a 38 gallon tank and inside I got 1 Oranda, 2 Fantail, 1 Black Goldfish (don't know the breed. Forgot to check when I bought) and 10 neon Tetras.   Since last Sunday, I noticed that my Black Goldfish had 2 white spots on his side. As of Friday, it became...

Does anyone know what breed of fish I have.   I have owned him for a few years now, he was small. I remember he was a strange colour when he was young, but I will admit, I wasn't very observant of my fish then. His environment is clean, his "housemates" are healthy.   He almost appears to have a...

Hi everyone! I just joined this forum in the hopes that someone could help me. Before the story, you'll probably want some info. Here's the stats:  29 Gallon KH: 20 PH: 7 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 I siphon every few days, and do a 10% water change every week. A tablespoon of aquarium salt  is added...

Age and condition: very healthy goldfish, and very greedy ;-) one is a shubunkin, I think one is a fantail, and the other is a bright orange goldfish, age unknown Quantity for sale: 3 Reason for Sale: selling for my dad, currently kept in a 20 gallon because their other tank cracked at another...

Ive been recently reading up on all the cool ponds that the forum members have but wonder if there is a basic guide out there as to how to set up the tank, Maintainance of the tank and other simple but basic 'rules'   A very easy one comes to mind. In summer with such a large avaliability of...

I'm 90% Sure my goldfish are comet goldfish       Thanks Guys! 

Right so every year for the past 4 years my goldfish have been laying eggs usually the do not hatch but this year the eggs have little black dots on them :S   What should I do I separated them and have them in a warm room!   How can I tell if they are fertile ? What do I do ?   agh!!!    LOL xD

A women in my area is selling Pond Fish and she included this picture. I'm not sure what they are... She said they were raised with Koi's (so they're not Koi's I'm guessing). Maybe just large goldfish?  

HELP! My little goldfish has been slowly growing a small now medium sized growth on it's head. It is white and hard. I first thought it was some sort of cottony fungus until I reached a q-tip in there to apply medicine to the area and found it was not a fungal growth because it was hard and...

Was not sure where to put this but thought this area was probably the best.  Recently went searching for a missing profile picture for a friend and came across this...   http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/30500/Anthony-Hopkins-Goldfish-30921.jpg   I would not want one of those in my tank...

Hi everyone,   Lately, I've been having trouble with nitrate in my tank.  I own two fancy goldfish, a 6 inch long and a 5 inch long, and keep them together in a 25 gallon tank.  I change out the water regularly, replace filter cartridges monthly, dose with natural remedies (like stress coat X...

Hi everyone,   I own 2 fancy goldfish and ever since I had them I have been feeding them natural foods, mainly from the Top Fin brand.  I am aware that Top Fin is not a good fish food brand, but I noticed that when I read the label, the ingredients were natural (shrimp, algae, etc.)  My fish...

HELP! I don't know what else to do, sigh my goldfish got ick from another fish I added about a month ago, unfortunately the fish died, cleaned the aquarium and treated my goldfish with ick jungle treatment, he recovered, some weeks later he got fin rot, checked the ammonia levels and they were...