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Hm, I'd love to, but unfortunately I'm leaving the country in a few weeks, and I don't want to start a new tank just to leave it with the fish-sitter. Maybe I'll try the classifieds forum here. It's a real nice, 12-gallon tank, only a few months old...

I'm not sure about my water parameters exactly -- I've been lazy about measuring them lately, and some water leaking from my tank filter messed up the color comparison chart on my tester kit. But from what I could tell the parameters were the same as before, and those were in the normal range...

I have two common goldfish. When I got them, both were bright orange. I went away for a couple weeks, and had someone look after the fish while I was gone (fed them, replaced water as it evaporated, but no water changes), and when I returned, one of my goldfish had turned white! The other is...

The fish are both common goldfish. The bigger one was a little bigger when I got them, but not as much bigger as he is now. It's not really a matter of Marius being faster... Marius isn't all that terribly fast. Jean Valjean isn't even going for the food -- he just doesn't get it at all. He...

I have two very small goldfish in a 12-gallon tank (I know, I know, 10 gallons a piece, maybe when they're bigger). The fish, Jean Valjean and Marius, get along fine in general, and are both very alert and healthy. In fact, they get all excited when I come near the tank and wiggle up and down...

I tried for a picture but my goldfish (his name is Jean Valjean) gets so excited when I get near the tank that he swims right at me and I can't get a picture of his tail. The best I got were blurry photos that didn't show enough detail. Is there any inexpensive way to lower the temperature of...

My goldfish's tail has suddenly developed a black edge -- the end of his tail is dark for maybe half a millimeter. I think the very tips of his pectoral fins are dark too. What could this be? The other fish is fine. Tank parameters (ppm): nitrate: 20 nitrite: 0 water hardness: 25...

The fish both seem to be doing well now. They're swimming around all happy and active and not floating or sinking. They liked the peas. So, what have I learned? 1) With a few very dedicated exceptions, really no one ought to keep common goldfish. 2) The entire...

Oh dear, now the other one is leaning to one side. I guess the term is "listing?" But not much, just slightly. He may have been doing this all along and I just didn't notice. The first one seems to have his equilibrium back. I need to come up with names for these guys. There's the...

Sorry, but I don't think any of these options are good ones. The fish didn't come from a pet store, so I can't return them, and even if I did give them to a store they're feeder fish -- they certainly wouldn't be better off there. I may be able to manage a 12 gallon tank, though even that...

Hi, I'm new here. I recently inherited two goldfish and a very small tank (over the weekend a friend of a friend needed to leave town quickly and was giving away his two goldfish and their one-gallon aquarium). One of the goldfish seems to be having some trouble as of tonight. They were fine...