A Few Questions

[death]

i seen a advertisement for a free tank today and thought why not it would do my molly fry for the time being however when i arrived the geezer said i had to take the fish that was in it and i said ok no prob what kind were they to which he replied i dont know they are goldfish kinda things i thought oh oh here we go so when i got the tank i immiediatley seen 3 fish (very similar to the ones in the picture in a 5 gallon tank) i knew immediatley they were in a small tank for them and that they were not looked after very well poor fish as the guy sed xcuse the colour of the tank i havent cleaned it in a month again i was tempted to say to the gezzer but he might not have given me the fish thus meaning the fish would have suffered more so i was totally unexpected to have these fish and as im fairly new at keeping tropicals id like to know some answers to these keeping these coldwater fish please

1)the first thing is what kind of fish do i have ??? like i said they are similar to the picture above

2)one of the fish has what i can only describe as a large blue pupil what is this likley to be and how can i cure this ??? poor fish

3)what is the diet of these fish??? i did get given goldfish flakes but as a tropical fish keeper can i also feed these fish frozen brine shrimp/bloodworm as i do to my tropical fish

anyother useful info and help will be much appriciated thanks in advance joe

 

[black angel]

The fish in the pic is a fantail.
To know what to do about the fish with the eye problem can you get a pic of it to show us?
For feeding, try not to give any flake but sinking granular food as they are prone to swimming problems if they take air in from the top. You can feed them anything you give your tropicals really and also appreciate a bit of ornage now and again and green leaved veg that you can boil for a few secs first. Also give them boiled frozen garden peas that youve shelled and squashed or cut into tiny pieces.

 

[death]

ok thanks for your reply and here is a pic of the eye sorry about the quality as its from my fone

 

[WILDER]

Any white specs on the eye.

 

[death]

Any white specs on the eye.

no theres no white specks it just looks blue / black

 

[WILDER]

If it's not buldging out or swollen i wouldn't worry to much for now, just keep an eye on it,lol sorry, my goldfish has two different eyes, might be genetic.

 

[death]

lol ok thanks for ya help

 

[black angel]

Your fish is a calico fantail. Because of the pigment levels its very common for this type of fish to have one eye appear blue/black all over. Theres nothing to worry about with it.

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

Hi there! Good job you have the fish now and the other chap doesn't have them any more. He obviously got bored with keeping them and wasn't interested in looking after them correctly!
As you said in your first post, a 5 gallon tank is *waaaaaaaaaaay* too small for even one goldfish, let alone for three of them! Once you are able to do so, they will need a tank that measures a minimum of 30"x18"x12" (LxHxW) with a decent internal power filter like a Fluval 4+ (probably will need a spray bar though, as a Fluval 4+ will create a lot of water movement and current in a tank that size so a spray bar will even things out). They need a lot of filtration because they create an awful lot of waste and are quite messy around the tank (sifting substrate etc.)!
Aside from that all the suggestions made by other people are spot on as usual . As well as peas my goldfish like a bit of blanched spinach or courgette chopped into mouth-sized pieces. They love bloodworm and brine shrimp too, which you've been feeding them. Goldfish are also quite an oxygen-hungry fish and like plenty of aeration to the water... a good filter should provide enough surface movement for them, but sometimes they need/like a little airstone as well.
Good luck with your new (if somewhat unexpected) goldfish! Let us know how things get on.

 

[death]

thanks to all again for your info i will get a new tank when i can in the mean time i fed them blood worm and they seemed to love it i think they never had it before judging on by the way they ate it i plan on trying them with brine shrimp tomorow im just glad that they will be better treated with me now though i am no expert but at least i do take care of them

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

Good stuff
Until they get their big new home just make sure that you perform *at least* a weekly water change of 40% in a tank that size and wash the filter sponge every week in the soon-to-be-discarded tank water.