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Thanks jlk.

Hi All. What colour type would you say my Ranchu is? I know he's got black scales but also a kind of gold under scales. Wondered if there was a name for his kind of colours. Thanks.

Glad our advice helped. Here's a pic of my tank. I love my tank after I went bare bottom. I had white gravel before and algae kept on settling on it and it looked very un-slightly, went bare bottom and made all the difference!

I meant gives the effect of mirrored glass*

The BB will grow perfectly fine in your filter set up. Especially if you have a few sponges and bio rings etc. Just make sure you carry out maintenance on the sponges etc from time to time. If they clog up too much it can reduce water flow. I have a bare bottom Goldie tank and couldn't be...

Hi Guys. Meet my Lionhead called Zha Zha.

Thanks for your thoughts Pip. I didn't think it was a bacterial issue either, as water is kept pristine and tank maintenance is regular. However, tonight the lump has seemly burst. If you see the first pic I unloaded today the lump had a whiteness to it. A few hours later the whiteness...

Think the lump has just burst? I've dosed the tank with Melafix. Unfortunately I don't have a qt tank. Do you think Melafix will do the trick?

The lump seems to have for worse now. It seems to be stilling out more and making his scales stick out more. Also one of the outermost scales on the lump seems to have white stuff coming off it. See pic.

No, no other symptoms. He's eating fine, swimming fine, doesn't rub against anything, and isn't bottom sitting. The area of the bump looks normal (can only see normal looking scales), the only thing is, is just the bump. Apart from that he seems ok.

It just all of a sudden appeared. I look at him regularly so I would have noticed if it had slowly been growing. I just touched the lump, it felt soft and squishy I think. Hard to tell as not sure if it felt soft due to his scales.

Another pic

Hi Jlk. Please see the attached pics. The parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 40 nitrate and 8.0 PH. I know the nitrate is a bit high but it comes out of my tap at that. I do 80% water changes weekly. I haven't touched the fish yet. I doubt he would let me lol. I also feed him and others home...

Hi All. My red capped oranda has developed a small bump/bulge on his side. I've read about supersaturated gas maybe causes symptoms like this. I noticed it after about 6 hours after doing a large water change. If it is because of supersaturated gas will the bump go soon? Thanks.

I would suggest the fish is extremely stressed from being trapped and then the process to free her. If the water parameters are perfect and as suggested use API Stress Coat (use double measures). As long as no internal damage was done during the freeing process then the fish should start to show...