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There is a lot of black brush algae growing on my plants. I wasn't able to find any information if BBA is good or bad for fancy goldfish. I understand I may have too little CO2 but I don't want to go high tech or buy tones of flourish excel to combat this and already my lighting is about 6...

Recently I started feeding my goldfish dried frozen shrimps mixed with their regular food. I noticed that the black moor is now pooping very thin white strands. Is there anything wrong with him? Water conditions are normal and he is swimming fine otherwise.

I have one Oranda that has a swollen eye and there is blood inside his eye! I don't know what happened as he was fine this morning.. What should I do??

My tank has been running abit more than 1 yr. Decided to go bare bottom from gravel. What do you guys think?

I have had 2 goldfish for 1 yr now and they haven't grown that much. They started off around 1 inch and now they are 2 inches (body length). I feed my fish once a day about 1/4 teaspoon of soaked hilkari lionhead pellets (sinking type). I noticed the water flow from my canister was too...

I have this brown algae on my rocks, plants and sides of my tank. How can I get rid of it? My goldfish eat it when I scrape it off and they even graze on it. Should I stop feeding my goldfish and let them graze on the algae until it is gone?? Can someone help ID this from the pictures? Are...

Is a PH of 8.5 bad for my goldfish? The PH from my tap is 7.8 but after a few days in my tank it stays at 8.5. I haven't changed the water in a week and it is still stable at 8.5. The other water parameters are normal.

Please tell me what this is on my plants (black algae?)--see the pics. How can I get rid of it? Why is it only on the wisteria? Also there is brown gunk growing on my rocks. How do I clear this up? My tank water gets a bit greenish if I don't do a water within a week's time.

I did a 2 high ph tests with my API master kit and the color was pinkish/red. It does not match any of the colors on the high ph chart. Does this mean it is off the chart--higher than 8.8?? The ph from my tap is 7.8. I recently started dosing once a week flourish excel and I added some new...

I did a PH test today and it was a reddish colour that I could not match to any of the reference colours. Does anyone know what this means? The only difference I have done is I started dosing my tank with Flourish Excel.

I just saw my oranda eat a small live snail off the front glass of the tank! He just came up to it and sucked it into is mouth. Has anyone seen this happen? Will the snails hard shell choke my fish?? He seems to be swimming fine and everything seems normal still. I think the snail came...

I recently put in a fiberglass mesh with hc cuba and I used staples to keep mesh together. Now I am noticing that the staples are starting to rust Will the rust harm my fish? How should I plant the HC? I would like to grow a carpet of this stuff but don't want the goldfish to dig it up. Any...

Tonight when I got home I could not find one of my fish in the tank. I looked around a bit and found one of my fish got stuck in one of the decorations! Luckily he is still alive but I don't know how long he was stuck there and how he even squeezed into the ornament! After I freed him I saw...

How can I stop or prevent them from doing this? I don't want my fish to get swim bladder issues because they are constantly gulping air and bubbles at the top after feeding. I'm pretty sure it is not aeration related because they only do this after feeding. I am feeding ~10-15 hikari lionhead...

THis morning I noticed one of my goldfish has two small white spots on his fins. The other fish don't have any. Should I be concerned about this? The spots are at the very edge of the fin. All the fish seem healthy and are swimming and eating. Ammonia 0 Nitrate 30ppm Ph 7.8 I just did a 70%...

I have been reading about how to remove small dust like particles in my water that are visible only when the light is turned on in my tank. From what I understand my filter floss may not be fine enough to remove these tiny particles and a micron filter pad maybe required in my canister. Are...

I have been feeding my fancies twice a day as much as they can eat in 2-3 mins for 2 months and they do not seem to have grown much. Also my fish do not look as fat as some of the other fancy goldfish I have seen. I am wondering if I am feeding too little? One thing that is surprising though...

Recently I fed my gold fish broccoli for the first time and afterwards I noticed that my water has been a little cloudy. There might have been a few larger pieces that the fish were not able to eat and I left in the tank (bad I know). Will the water clear up on its own? I should have adequate...

I bought some of the mini floating pellets to add variety to my goldfish diet. Does anyone know if these are ok for fancy goldfish? I realize since they are floating it may not be ideal but I plan to soak them for a bit before feeding. Anyone feed their goldfish these?

Today I noticed 2 of my fish are eating bubbles after feeding. One of them has had swim bladder issues before so I am worried he might get it again. I am presoaking sinking pellets for 15 mins prior to feeding (they expand to double their size after soaking). I tested my water just now and...

Hi, I just purchased an Oranda yesterday from a LFS and this morning I noticed he has a small black streak along the top of his tail fin. Is this something I should be worried about? Other than the black streak he looks pretty healthy (fins are not droopy) and he swims with the others. I did...

Hi, Currently I have 2 baby ryukins (~2 inches). I really want to add a black moor later when my tank is cycled (it is almost there!!) but I know these can get a bit big. Please advise if it would be OK to add the black moor. My tank dimensions is in my profile, its a 38 gallon with an...

I have the Eheim Classic 2217 running now for about 24 hours so far so good! The flow is quite strong in my 38 gallon but I played around with the spray bar and positioned it so that it is pushing across the waterline. Now the fish don't seem to mind as much (before the flow was pushing...

Need Advice on cycling and PWCs!! New 38 Gallon Fancy Goldfish Tank Hi, I am a new member here and hope to gain some advice from you all. I have a new tank setup (38 gallon, 30.5x22.5x12.5) and currently have 2 baby ryukins (1.5 and 2 inches). It has been running with fish in it for 23 days...