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Ok- so for the past few weeks we've been feeding as follows: Day 1 peas, day 2 no food, day 3 pellets, day 4 no food, day 5 peas.. And so on. We also added some Epsom salts during the last water change. This has been going ok- ish. Mr. Myagi (our oranda) still hangs out at the top of the tank...

Ok. So Epsom salts- not aquarium salt though? I will try that! I'm just wondering long term how I should go about a feeding schedule to avoid him getting this off balance again.

A few weeks ago my oranda started hanging out at the top of the tank most days, but would swim around just fine when he felt like it. We started giving him peas once per week, not feeding one day per week, and sinking pellets the other 5 days. That seemed to maintain him on for awhile. Today I...

Here's my goldies. :)

Painting sounds pretty permanent.. So if you aren't super sure what you want you could always get them at the store. The kind I use just gets taped to the back of the tank- so you can change it a few times and decide what you like best. They aren't too expensive. But other folks here might have...

I actually just changed my background from blue to a picture. It looks a lot better in my tank. (I posted pics on another thread.) I think it depends on what else you have going on in your tank, and what your preferences are. :)

It's 36 actually. I was surprised too at how much difference the background made! And that way I was able to keep the back of the tank open so my oranges can swim through the bubble wall. They love those bubbles on their tummies!

Hey guys! Just wanted to update that after a few days of monitoring our new guy is doing awesome! It must have been the new tank jitters, because he is up and active and all over the place now. Happy guy. :) And we named him Mr. Myagi btw.

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it. :)

Don't mind the glare.. Can't get good pics of the whole tank because of that. Here's some close ups of our orandas, just for fun.

We were feeling like our tank looked bare, but didn't want to add anything else because our fish love to swim around a lot- especially back and forth through the bubble wall in back, right where we needed filler. So we just put up a busier background. What do you think? Here's the before and after:

Ok thanks- but does deleting them unsubscribe me from those threads? I guess I can just keep checking back under current/ participated threads.

Hi there- I have a red circle badge notification on my AA app, but I've checked everything I can think of, and there's nothing new... And it's still there. Any ideas what it could be about?

Thanks guys. As far as my new Oranda, he is still sitting on the bottom occasionally. When I fed them this morning he swam around a lot and ate a little, but he wasn't searching as vigorously for food as the other fish in the tank, you know? He is the biggest fish in the tank, and def ate the...

Thanks. So if we do get rid of the 3 feeders we'll be good with just the 2 orandas? We were thinking of eventually having 3 oranges- but at 36 gallons that would leave us 4 gallons shy. :( We do have a dual air pump- one air hose attached to an air wall that spans the back wall of the tank...