Recent content by pixieil

Thanks that was very reassuring. The 'endangered fish" is in the new 10ga tank I just bought. My original fish, who was in the 2.5 ga. for a year with 2 other fish, got moved to a 6 ga tank which i had to rush out and buy when I discovered he was attacking the "friend" id bought him after his...

ich on white fish Ok well by your description, the fish has both ich and tail rot. the salt and temp Q was what was advocated by the person who who did the post "if you think you fish has ich". Maybe those are ok for saltwater tropicals and not gold fish. Looking forward to your new med...

with reinstatement of the charcoal filters and a 1/4 water change, the fish has perked up a bit. tests this am. show a 40 nitrate level, and fish is still acting woozy, just not as bad. so i will go get more water and change the water some more . can gold fish stand salt as high as 3ppm and...

ok I read the post. should I start a new thread, since this is no longer just about tail rot? my poor goldfish has that definitely.Im still not sure about the ich because as i said, it is a white fish. i can see some little specks on a few places on its fins, but they dont really look as uniform...

Well I didnt get that last post till sunday, and was using the "quick cure" which claims to be for ich because of the white specks on the fins,(i dont see any white on the body, but its a white fish, so maybe i just dont see them.) the melafix for the tail rot and aquarium salt (2T total in 1...

new developments. now one of its pectorals is split, , and it has a spot on its tail about 1/16" diameter that is kind of roundish and rather fuzzy looking. I rushed out to "thank-god-for-Wal-Mart" and bought melafix, and something called 'fungus clear" by 'tank buddies', and something called...

Thanks. it is just a single clean tear and the fish seems undisturbed by it. should i uses melafix just in case, or is it better not to medicate until it needs it for sure.

Can someone tell me about tail rot? i have a comet with a beautiful long tail. earlier today it looked like it had a little tear in it near the top of the fin. now it is split all the way to the body. It is still all there, just separated. fish is by itself in tank cept for 2 snails. Water...

"Killer" is a common and "newbie" is a comet. my plans were to get a 29g and have 3 fish. I got a 10g cause thats what I could afford. I planned to get a bigger tank as soon as possible. The 2.5g that I inherited, had 3 fish in it which had all lived for a year in that tiny little tank, with no...

At this point, they are both about 2 inches long, if you dont count the fins. my understanding was a gallon per inch. Ultimately i planned to have 3 and move them to a 55g, but right now they are in a 10 gallon tank which is a new environment for both of them. I believe the aggressor is...

What constitutes aggressive in goldfish? i just put 2, 2" goldfish, in a new 10 gal tank. One of them ive had a while with 2 other goldfish. they all got along, no problems. the 2 others died March 21. (long story). I got my remaining goldfish a bigger tank and today i bought another goldfish...

yeah. Im trying to set up a 10 gl. but the water situationpanicked me. now I have another Q. the guy at Petsmart (who claims to be an expert, cause i asked) says Goldfish should get pelleted food , cause gulping air when they try to get food that floats on the surface gives them bloat. My...

It s a 2.5 gal (long explaination of it's history under "save the goldfish" in "getting started". Only one fish....now. There were 3 originally. when the other 2 died i set out to try to save the last one. I had no idea about ANYTHING to do with fish. still dont have much..

I just bought a test kit.OMG!my nitrates are at 200,my nitrites are at.5, my hardness registers300, my alkalinity registers lesss than 40and my ph looks like lesss than 6.8., and the doggone kit doesnt have a test for ammonia!Ive been doing 1/3 water changes every other day just on general...

wow! thanks so much! I think I understand it now. At least enough to get going. My gold fish is a 'common' I think,but Id like to get a comet. One of the ones that died was a comet i think as she/it had a really long gracefull tail. thanks agaon for the help and suggestions. Bryan ,you are a...