Recent content by Luke Anderson

Black marks on goldfish usually mean one of two things, either natural color change which is perfectly ok, or ammonia burns. Ammonia burns that show as black or dark brown on goldfish is a sign of healing, and the fish could have been exposed to ammonia as long as 3 weeks previously before the...

Goldfish can handle salt very well in smaller amounts. For treating diseases such as costia it is common to use up to .9% salt for short periods, however anything over .3% is very stressful to them.

Very good point danny! thanks for pointing that out, i should have clarified....

The guide for adult angels is 10 gallons apiece. In my experience it is best to follow that as a minimum, although you could probably add a few otos to your tank for clean up as they aren hard on the bioload.

Usually there is agression issues between the two, but it really does depend on the individual fish, as i have personally known some people to mix them with success for years. Your other questions I am unable to answer though sorry...

Nope. :)

Once fully grown that red slider will attempt to eat those fish, as fish to them= lunch.

I have obsessive compulsive disorder, and my main compulsions have to do with doing excessive amounts of water changes and observing and stressing over every little thing with my fish. :?

That is symptoms of many conditions. The slimyness could be from a ph crash among other things, the skinnyness could be from a variety of parasites, the hump could be lordosis caused by malnutrition, birth defect, or electrocution. There are other possible causes, and conditions as well besides...

Just thought i'd point out something... whether a algae wafer is the best depends on which species it is for, and whether you use it as a "staple" or not. Omega one is excellent for most pleco species that are omnivorous, but becauase it contains animal matter is unsuitable for a daily diet for...

Koi, usually grow to 24+ inches. Usually Fancy varieties of goldfish anywhere from as little as 4 inches (siamese dolls, and often celestial eyes, and bubble eyes stay fairly little), to up to 14 inches. Normal single tailed goldfish (excluding tamasabas, and nymphs), and wakins, usually get...

If you truely think it is tb, you will be forced to put the whole tank under quarantine for at least a year, in order to notice if any of your other fish die from similar deaths. if they don't after a year, then it it relatively safe to add fish, or remove those that you have and expose them to...

Yes krap that is a general minimum guide for goldfish kept in an aquarium. It is different for a pond, since it can be difficult to always be doing LOTS of water changes in order to keep water quality where it should be. (Ponds still should have regular water changes, just like aquariums however...

Angelfish are omnivorous, leaning towards eating food from animal sources preferably, but they will benefit from, and enjoy a bit of veggie food now and then. :)

I agree 250 gallons per koi is a good guide. I wouldnt ever stock at more than 1 per 100 gallons, and preferably would give at least 500-1000 gallons apiece to get good growth, and make maintenance not so difficult, needing to do as many water changes on the pond and such.