Ok so my plan for my fish tank was guppies and palaties but now i changed my mind and i want a goldfish. I put aquarium salt in the tank as the directions said. Should i do water changes or leave it?
I have three beautiful ranchus, one lionhead and a minow in my ten gallon tank. they have a little coral decoration and two cups to hide in. When I first became obsessed with goldfish I looked up goldfish training but most people said it was insane so i gave up on it but one day [...]
I’ve done the research and have decided to add aquarium salt to my goldfish tank since one of my fish has tail rot (I think) and I want to try & make sure the others don’t get it.
I’m going to add 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons of water by mixing the salt in a cup [...]
He is really bloated form one side only and has raised scales only on that part. I’m really worried he might be getting an infection in the raised scales. I want to add some aquarium salt to prevent infections but will the aquarium salt worsen his constipation? I heard that salt can worsen the water [...]
I’ve posted several questions on here before reguarding Goldfish, as I’m still new to keeping aquariums. And unlike my cousin, I researched and asked questions BEFORE I bought my goldfish.
Anyway, my cousin, age 23 or so came to visit and she really liked my Ryukin fantail, Charlie. Sure enough, a few days later, she [...]
I have a 20gal aquarium (24in x 12in x 16in) with two fish, a Red Oranda (about 4-5in excluding tail) and a black moor (about 2in excluding tail). The aquarium is brand new, about 2-3 week old and its still just starting to cycle and has a somewhat stressful level of amonia. I do regular [...]
I have two common goldfish in a twenty gallon (high) tank with artificial plants and do 2.5 gallon water changes every week.
I use aquarium salt, de-chlorinator, and an over the counter algae control chemical by tetra. Still, there’s this gross, greenish black algae all over the decorations.
I’ve thought of trying my hand [...]
I have one fancy goldfish, a black moor and two normal goldfish. I just lost two fish to white spots, despite my desperate efforts to save them. The fancy goldfish and one of the normal ones now have wounds on their sides, and they do not seem to get any better (they do not seem [...]
Katie M asked:
I received 2 fish friday as a gift, a calico fantail and gold fantail. I wasn’t knowledgeable about care of goldfish until I did some research. So I didn’t know that they need at least 10 gallons each. I had them in a 5 gallon filtered tank I have but when I [...]
