Hey, My oldest fish Snowy, has suddenly become very white. He was always a pale gold but I noticed today that he has become rather colourless. Is somehtign...
Hi Elle, Goldfish tend to change colours naturally. Many times black fish with turn orange and orange fish will turn white, etc. Sometimes the choice of food...
I haven't done a water test but there are two other fish that don't seem to be too bothered. and one of them is quite prone to nitrate poisoning. as fopr...
Hi Elle; I have one fish who started out here at work looking like a little bass, he
was greenish with a black stripe on his sides, then went to gold with...
On closer inspection he looks quite a bit skinnier than he was a few days ago and his tail has gone a bit raggedy at the ends.... it's odd cos he's normally...
Sounds to me like he's suffering from something.........I am a believer any
more in that Wardley's Complete Remedy........it saves guesswork and doesn't
seem...
Saddly, snowie died this afternoon.. I put him in a hospital tank, but to no avail.. he jsut gave up.. he was rather old but I think he may have caught...
I am so sorry, Elle, Man, they go down so fast, don't they? I wish I could
have said/done something that could help the poor little guy. Teri ... From:...
I am very confused as to why he deteriorated so quickly.. he ahd been gettign quieter due to age but he literally lost his weight over night. Guess it was his...
I think that is why I keep the Wardley's Complete Remedy around. I don't
leave the medicine in the water for 10 days as the label recommends, I
usually do a...
Thanks for your support.. this is the second fish i've lost so it's a bit easier this time but was hard to see him lieing so still... hopefully the other one...
I was wondering, how many of you use heaters in your goldfish tanks? What would be a good temperature be to maintain? It seems that my tanks temperature...
I don't use any heaters in with my goldfish, I understand they like cooler
water. I try to keep the water as cool as I can by doing lots of partial
water...
Thanks for the input. I think I might stop using the heater. I guess if the temperature is in the 70 - 76 range, they should be o.k. I leave a bucket of room...
Hi, I use heaters in my tanks in winter because the temperature in our house fluctuates greatly from day to night (nobody will get up to stoke the woodstove...
I notice the fancies really don't like too much temperature fluctuation, but
the commons of which I have the most of really don't seem to care. They
swim in...
Hi Teri, I have all fancies in my aquariums in the main part of the house, however, I did overwinter my pond fish (comets) in the basement. Our basement is...
Hi Val; One of the ladies here at work over wintered her fish in her pond. She says
they came out of it this spring and she also said she didn't lose any of...
Well, it's been over a month since I posted... I thought I give a follow up report. I ended up having 6 babies from the spawn, and because I've been able to...
How exciting!!!! I can't imagine! I have too many fish in my tanks to take
you up on your offer, wish I could. I don't know what I would do if my fish...
Where are you based and what type of fish are they..I'm in england... My old fish just died so I'm free for a new fish... so long as it likes regular goldfish...
Hi Sharon; Morty is doing ok. He's still not turning somersaults like he used to to
beg for food, but he is all over the tank, picking up gravel and spitting...
Dear Teri, I couldn't overwinter my fish in the pond, since it would freeze right to the bottom. I would have to dig a pond over 4 ft. deep, and I think that ...
Valerie writes: Maybe you could buy one of the preformed molded ponds and try that out. It wouldn't be a permanent thing. Also, I have seen people make small...
Dear Val; I've been thinking of doing that, do your waterlillies stay outside, or do
you bring them in? I would like a small pond with waterlillies. Teri ... ...
You know, I bet you could even dig a hole and put some of those plastic tubs
you're always talking about as emergency fish keepers..........Rubbermaid
pond,...
Dear Teri, My waterlilies stay in the pond overwinter and they have grown like topsy. My pond is an in-ground pond. How cold does it get where you are? ...
I'm in Missouri, so we get either really mild or really savage winters,
depending on how the winds blow. We had sub zero most of the winter this
year with...
Dear Teri, If you had a in ground pond, the water lilies could stay in. You would be best to cover the pond in winter with leaves or some kind of insulating...
