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My boyfriend and I got a second goldfish and a bigger tank. The new goldfish came with some issues and I wanna make sure I'm handling them the best I can. Our red cap oranda has the body shape of a koi or common goldfish. Also, he has a nice bright red sore in his left gill. His gill plate is...

So my boyfriend and I are looking into a bigger tank for our lionhead goldfish and he would like to put something in with her. He doesn't know freshwater and I don't know a whole lot about goldfish. So, what all can you put in with a lionhead?

I just noticed late last night that I got crypt melt. You guys got any advice for curing this annoying affliction?? Thanks.

Alright. I give up. I got a goldfish from Walmart named Pudgie, who I thought was an oranda, and therefore researched oranda care. Then, I posted her story in the general discussion area, and was told she's a lionhead. So, I started to research lionhead care, just to be sure I was doing what I...

This is my goldfish, Pudgie. He shows us all that just because a fish appears to be weak, doesn't mean it is. The first picture of him was taken on June 17, 2013, the day my boyfriend and I went to buy him. He was rather thin for an Oranda, as I discovered upon researching the type, his spine...

Alright. I just got a goldfish a few months ago and will be getting him a bigger tank here soon. The plan is to get Pudgie (the boyfriend named him) a 40-55 gal tank and possibly a friend (aka another Oranda). My problem is I have algae everywhere in his current tank that I can't get to with an...

So now that I got a new filter and light hood for my 10-gal tank, I've discovered a new aspect of my betta fish. Thomas is the most playful betta I've ever seen. He must have ADHD or something. He's tried to play with leaves off my ludwigia, he's thrown sand everywhere, he plays in the air...

I currently have a Tetra Whisper 10i filter in my 10-gal tank. I have done everything imaginable to it and the darn thing just won't work. It trickles out a few drops of water at a time. I've changed the cartridge, cleaned the thing all over, taken it apart and cleaned it, all I can do for it...

I came back to my dorm after handling some college business and found this on my lava rock. I have never seen a snail like this before. Not the colors or the shell shape. What in the galaxy is this??? :blink:

I was talking to my dad after my DG passed away about how I always have to do a water change after a fish dies. Whether I'm supposed to or not, I have this thing where I have to do it. We both were wondering if its just my thing, or do you really have to do a water change after a fish dies. So...

I know my username is BettaGal, and I know I've done a crap-ton of research on bettas and tend to be fairly knowledgeable about them. There's one thing I wanna ask before doing this. My DG has succumbed to some illness that is not contagious (I think a tumor). I will get a betta later on to...

Has anyone heard or seen if a fish can get cancer or something similar? My DG got this sore looking thing on his head back in January. I've researched every possible thing I can think of that it could be and have come up with nothing. Someone here suggested TB, which at least was closer, but...

I have a 10 gallon tank that currently has a Tetra Whisper 10i filter. I've had it since November-ish. This filter is always clogged. More water goes over the sides than through the cartridge. I've swished the cartridge and scrubber thing a million times. I've resorted to scrubbing them in tap...

So I added a new Cory cat to my main tank. I know I'm a little overstocked, but it's not ridiculous and when I get my own place I'm getting a bigger tank. My tank has 4 albino Corys, a DG, and three snails. It's a 10-gal. I noticed my Corys rubbing on the sand which they never do and thought...

So my friend is getting a fish tank, and is new to fish. I can help with the basic stuff, but the issue is the fish. Like me, my friend has ADHD and likes somewhat mean fish. I thought the perfect kind would be a cichlid. The problem is I know about as much about cichlids as my RCS do. I know...

So I got this plant from Petco today after the infamous flame DG Torch completely shredded what was left of my anacharis. I mean shredded it. No way it can be replanted. I got a red ludwigia and this grassy looking thing. It didn't have a name in it. Can anyone ID this thing? It would be the...

I've had my RCS in my 3 gallon tank for about 2-3 weeks now. I've seen the creepy carcasses from molting a few times. I know I have two females and one male. I have yet to see anyone berried, but I have seen the yellow in their bodies kinda behind the head area. The tank is cycled. Before I got...

My only male RCS has this white thing in his back. It goes down his back. I never noticed it before a couple days ago. I will try to get a better picture of it, but they don't like to sit. Lol. So, any idea what the heck this thing is?

I just tested the water in my RCS tank for ammonia. I just added some black sand from the main tank last night, and the main tank has had some ammonia issues throughout its life. Now that it finally cycled, the ammonia is gone, except for the occasional .5 reading I may get. It used to get up to...

So my DG had this really weird spot in him, and for the life of me, I could not find anything to tell me what it was. I researched everything suggested on here, and none of it agreed. Looked at pictures of what was suggested. I decided to keep the water clean and see if anything happened. It...

I wanna move my crypt from where I naively planted it when I first got it. I put it in the corner of the tank, and since plants actually grow (who would've thought that? Lol), it seems like half the leaves are smashed against the glass. I just wanna move it like maybe to the center (?) of the...

I tested my ammonia in my main tank a few days ago trying to rule out that issue with my DG. When I went to put the test back in the box, the test tube rolled off my desk and broke. Can I use the test tubes from the other tests, or will that screw up my readings? What do I do now? It's a fairly...

What does it mean if one of my RCS flips onto his back? He keeps trying to flip back over but has yet to succeed. No idea how he flipped over. He's always been the lazy bum shrimp, but this is kinda scary looking. I thought he was dead when I first saw him on his back, but he moved. What is he...

Do RCS really eat what I think is green hair algae? It's green and stringy. Never had an issue with it before. The guy at the store said they eat it and breed in it. There was a massive ball of it in the tank of them so he had to hunt for them. A little of it came home with them and I went in...

My DG has some kind of mark on his head that no one can figure out what it is. It was suggested to me to try salt. I only have Epsom salt available and I have snails and Corys. Will this work? How should I do it if it will work?