Recent content by FranTom

I guess people in this state don't bring their goldfish to the vet. One clinic I called said they would give me advice over the phone - to which they had no advice to give ("I think you have tried everything") - two others don't do labs on goldfish because of the expense involved, so I'm not...

She is eating. She would eat more peas than pellets - but she always went crazy over peas. She's not pooping hardly at all though and when she does it's soooo thin - thinner than a thread. She swims around, but spends more time in the back of the tank than she ever has (near the filters and...

Can I ask, if this was your goldie, what would you do?

My pH used to be low (6.5) for many months -- then for some reason my tap water pH went up (8.0 to 8.2). Bob said keep it under 8.0 -- which from what I am reading will not be easy with hard water.

I heard from Bob right away - less than an hour after emailing him! :) He said it might be glugea or could be the high pH or genetics, etc. He suggested I work on the water quality (lowering pH and keeping nitrates under 20ppm) and wait and see. He suggested stopping all meds. I don't even know...

Found it! Thank you!!!!

How do I contact Bob? It does actually sound like the second disease you mentioned - which is horrifying! I feel horrible for keeping Tom with Francisco now!! He shows no signs - maybe he will be okay?? :(

This has gotten kind of gross. I thought we were making progress with the salt and MG, but this morning Tom had another two bumps. (Did a 50% wc last night but the ammonia and nitrites were 0 and the nitrates were 40ppm before the wc.) The bumps: One got huge - biggest one so far - throughout...

Whoa... Careful! It's extremely dangerous to boil rocks!!!!!

I have a few granite rocks from my backyard that I want to add to my tank (eventually to hold down a few real plants). How would you clean them? Just a good scrub under tap water? Bleach/water mix and rinse? Vinegar? Soak them (if yes, how long?)? Thanks!

I did another wc - can't seem to keep the nitrates down (typically, before all this medication I would see 20ppm nitrates at the most before a weekly wc!! So this stresses me out a bit) and again it's questionable if ammonia is present or not. I added the salt back in, Tom seems improved today...

Ok. I wasn't aware - mine just said Fluval AquaClear --- probably no difference in actual machine if they are the same company. Thanks for clearing that up for me. (I guess they were referring to another Fluval filter then.)

Ahhhhhh... I have the Fluval AquaClear then... And it's silent and I love it. Lol http://m.petsmart.com/mt/www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=17228016

Am I missing something? Fluval is an AquaClear. I have a Fluval AquaClear.

I think the noise level on the marineland varies by size because the water is passing over the biowheel, the larger the biowheel, the more sound it seems to make. I have the 200 and the 150 (on two different tanks) - the 150 is silent. The 200 (this is my second 200) is on the same tank as my AC...