Recent content by Inkdork

The others remained well and are still the picture of health. I have no idea what took Tank but it was bad. It's funny how much you can miss a fish.

About 7 weeks I think? Maybe 8? He was the picture of health up until he wasn't. Active, always begging for food, constantly trying to get the girls to spawn... Lol.

The substrate is super fine sand and the rocks in the tank are all a couple inches across. I don't think it was a water quality thing because I've been testing often both before they moved to this tank, and since. And I moved the old filters over to the new tank to get the cycle going. His...

I have a 75 gallon tank that had 4 fancy Goldfish. The water parameters before I did a 60% water change last night were ammonia 0/0.25, nitrite 0, nitrate 5, temperature 68°, and pH 8.4. Two days ago I noticed a little fluffy looking fungus on one of the ranchu's wen. It was kind of trailing...

That's awesome! They're so pretty, even three comets. I love them all. This little dude arrived this afternoon and it's in the 36g for the next two weeks, when he'll join the others in the 75g once I know he's healthy. I'm calling him or her Ziggy. When I unpacked the little guy, he was...

Yeah. I guess they had that tank listed in the FB marketplace for months but it never came up in my searches before that. Either way, I'm super glad I have it and my goldies now have the tank they deserve!

Yeah I couldn't find anything nearby on CL but this was on the Facebook marketplace. She was asking $265 and I was like well... I can give you this instead. Initially I had pulled the trigger on a 75 with stand from PetSmart but then had buyer's remorse and cancelled it before I even picked it...

Several weeks ago, I lost my mind and ordered not 2, but 3 fancy goldfish for my 36g Bowfront. Well, last Friday I made a deal and picked up a 75g with stand and lids for $180. The best part is it was only 15 minutes away! I finished setting up and got lights on it this afternoon, and finally...

Lol aww. Glad I asked first!

At some point I will have an empty 36g. I'm trying to decide between a second community tank, or these guys. Would this be suitable for a blood parrot? How large do they get? Can I house more than one together? I've had cichlids in the past but it's been a long time and I probably wasn't doing...

I bought a 75 gallon for my goldfish... Lol. They're currently in a 36 bowfront that I just bought a month ago. Accessories and equipment will arrive over the next few weeks and since they're not in immediate need of an upgrade, I can take my time with getting the new tank set up and cycled...

Welcome! Re: plecos- I've heard they can suck the slime coat off of a goldfish, injuring them. I might be wrong about that though so someone please correct me if I am. Also, they get way too big for a tank that size. Bristlenose "plecos" which are only colloquially called plecos, stay much...

Welp.... My mom is going to shoot me. Not even a month ago I set up a 36g bowfront as my first goldfish tank, which the first thing I did when stocking it was buy one too many goldfish (3 fancies)... they were too pretty and an extra one found it's way into my cart. I clearly have no self...

Yes it is! I love seeing his whiskers develop. Today I set up the new filter, spent 20 minutes with an emery board smoothing sharp edges on some of the new tank's decor, put in 8 Marino balls, and planted a couple little bunches of some sort of grassy stuff. My goldfish should ship out...

Agreed. I hope to never have that happen again, but that's unlikely.