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Bored fish?

3727 — 2012-02-03T15:22:09-07:00

I have one fantail goldfish. We've had "him" for about 6 years. He's lived in the same tank all the time (30 litres) recently he sits on the floor of the tank a lot. We turned down the bubbler...sorry, it's really my husband who is into the technicalities of the tank...we thought the current was too strong. But he's still doing it. If he's down there and I feed him he becomes very lively and eats fine, after he's eaten he's much more lively for a while and nibbles at the gravel and the stones. Coudl he be bored? He's grown loads since we got him, he's about 5" long without the tail, his tail is about the same again. Do we need a bigger tank?

Because he sits on the floor a lot his bottom fins are looking a little jagged. Also, he has a gold patch on the top of his body, it looks to me like some of is more orangy than the deep goldy colour, and it looks a little raised, like a birth mark.

Any ideas anyone?

Statistics : Posted by rickyfish1 • on Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:22 pm • Replies 0 • Views 12

Re: Black moor help

1955 — 2011-10-11T06:11:32-07:00

misspants12 wrote:I used a liquid test kit that I got from the aquatics shop by me and its just shows you colours depending on how much amonia or is in the water, with the ammonia if the water turns yellow its 0ppm and the darked shade of green it goes the more amonia it has in. I test it before I do the water change then if its any higher than .50 which is when it starts going a yellow/green then I do the water change. Nitrates is the same but pink and is usualy below 25ppm. Im not sure what its called thou as I got the box wet one day and it needed to be binned.

Firstly, liquid test kit is good as they are relatively accurate so it's great that you have these. But, 0.5 ppm ammonia will harm fish in the long term and can kill them. In fact, any readable ammonia will harm fish and as a general rule of thumb, even in the worst situations of an uncycled aquarium, one must never let ammonia *reach* 0.25 ppm.

I didn't mention before, but ammonia poisoning...

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:33 am • Replies 3 • Views 196

Re: Lepomis megalotis

1955 — 2011-08-16T08:10:25-07:00

What about species like Elassoma evergladei, Enneacathus chaetodon, Notropis lutrensis, Rhodeus sericeus amarus and Umbra pygmaea? They may be native to your area and might be more suitable.. you might want to double check those names.

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:39 am • Replies 3 • Views 339

Re: Help with sick pregnant Molly

1955 — 2011-07-24T06:07:57-07:00

Firstly, the average 5 gallon aquarium is by far too small for platys, mollies and especially Corys.

Where did you remove the molly to? The photo looks like some sort of breeder box?

I can't see the dots on the fins clearly on the photo, are they flat? Or bumpy? Or maybe furry? It could be fungus or whitespot. Both can be treated with medication, which is normally fry-safe, if it is filter-safe.

p.s. please try to not make multiple posts of the same thing.

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:44 am • Replies 1 • Views 151

Marimo tank

2012 — 2011-05-03T07:13:51-07:00

Hi all,

I've not been here for a while, but not because I forgot about the forum. Life has a way of throwing curve balls to keep you busy. One way is a house fire. I found this out first hand at 5:50am on Sunday, Dec. 19th when I awoke to a house filled with smoke. The alarms weren't yet going off. They didn't start going off until we were all going out the door... some help they were. It was found to be an electrical fire that started in the basement. It ended up going up through the walls, burning out the ceiling and then everything upstairs came downstairs. The FD arrived in good time, but it was pretty much too late. The entire house is just about a shell. None of the interior walls are viable and the insurance agency ruled it totaled. My own line of guppies, the tanks, aquarium plants, snails: all gone. On the bright side, we're ok, the dogs are ok, and my birds were safe in their outbuilding.

Now, on to happier things aquarium related. Statistics : Posted by Indiana Gardener • on Tue May 03, 2011 2:13 pm • Replies 0 • Views 237

Re: New Fish

1955 — 2011-04-19T01:48:00-07:00

jackcool wrote:Yes I am really interested in knowing about fish-less cycling method of preparing the filter for sustaining fish. I have two tank of fishes and a pond. So i need lot of filters. Its very expensive to buy separate filtration system for all. So it will help me a lot.

Fish-less cycling is essentially a method of growing bacteria which process ammonia and nitrite in the filter without risking the health of live fish, so has nothing to do with shared filtration systems.

In short, one starts by making sure the pH is over 7.5 and water temperature is at 29 °C (which are optimum conditions for the growth of these bacteria). One then adds pure household ammonia to the aquarium water, to a concentration of 3-5 ppm and keeps it at that until the filter can process both ammonia and nitrite down to 0 ppm within 12 hours. Once that happens, one needs to wait for the qualifying week of all ammonia and nitrite being processed within 12 hours. Once...

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:47 pm • Replies 3 • Views 702

Re: What is your favorite marine fish?

3668 — 2011-04-14T11:21:46-07:00

I am a crazy about fishes. In my pond a have a lot of fishes like angelfish, goldfish. But my favorite fish is Mandarin. It just looks awesome, very different from another fish and so much colorful also.

Statistics : Posted by jackcool • on Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:21 pm • Replies 24 • Views 2045

Re: Problems with fancy goldfish

3668 — 2011-04-14T11:12:29-07:00

Yes its looks like swim bladder problem. I am sorry to heard that your fish is die. When you attached to your fishes it feeling bad when they die like this way. Its nice step that you are using some good filtration now. Use some UV lights also.

Statistics : Posted by jackcool • on Tue May 25, 2010 10:52 am • Replies 5 • Views 2995

Re: Goldfish

3668 — 2011-04-14T11:05:27-07:00

Goldfish is very messy as we all know it. But if you want to put many together then you can. I am not finding in any problem in that. But they are eating like a hell so there must be fight about food so have some nice plants which can grow fast.

Statistics : Posted by jackcool • on Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:51 pm • Replies 4 • Views 2175

Re: Indoor Pond

3668 — 2011-04-14T11:02:19-07:00

Actually my friend also have very cool pond with lots of fishes and corals in it. I also wish to have indoor pond. And I am actually searching on net for the costing and some nice snaps of it. I will surely put the links whenever I found one.

Statistics : Posted by jackcool • on Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:56 am • Replies 2 • Views 521

Re: Another fish with a Betta

1955 — 2011-04-12T03:23:06-07:00

That's quite a tall, but narrow aquarium you're planning, which limits your options quite a lot. You should be looking at a small group of single species mid-water schooling fish, for example.. 6-8 ember tetras or ruby tetras or almost any Boraras species or galaxy danios. Bettas can also be compatible with shrimp, depending on the temperament of the Betta.

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:13 am • Replies 2 • Views 274

Re: Some photos...

1955 — 2011-04-07T02:08:42-07:00

Photo by H. Zell (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Dardanus calidus (Coenobitidae), large red hermit crab, with Calliactis parasitica (Hormathiidae), hermit anemone. The crab will attach anemones to its shell to protect itself from attacks.

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:13 pm • Replies 9 • Views 3583

Re: Kat's planted display

1955 — 2011-04-07T01:43:40-07:00

So, after the addition of a pair of Rams on 2011-03-30, the tank was broken down on 2011-04-01 because I managed to acquire a 5ft replacement for it!

Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:42 am • Replies 24 • Views 4408

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3667 — 2011-03-28T09:28:17-07:00

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Statistics : Posted by dancute • on Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:28 pm • Replies 0 • Views 437

Re: Hello! I am new here

1955 — 2011-01-27T03:36:30-07:00

Hi and welcome! It is always good seeing people seek information..

The first thing to consider is the nitrogen cycle: the conversion of toxic ammonia to slightly less toxic nitrite to non-toxic nitrate. In aquaria, this is commonly referred to as a "cycle". The filter is the place where the bacteria responsible for this live. When you get a new filter, it is empty of bacteria and they must be grown.. there are a number of ways to do this:

Fish-less cycling: when the filter is cycled by adding ammonia to the aquarium in quantities of below 5ppm for 4-6 weeks while the bacteria grow. At the end of this type of cycle, the full stock can be added in one go. This is considered to be the bestmethod.
Fish-in cycling: this is where live fish are used as a source of ammonia. Because ammonia is very toxic, this method requires that continuous waterchanges are performed on the tank to keep ammonia below 0.5ppm or the fish will be harmed (and could even

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Statistics : Posted by KittyKat • on Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:47 pm • Replies 1 • Views 831

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