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Thanks all. I intended to use "incompetent" for its definition- not to call out inappropriate names, with no intention of showing the thread, and possibly looking for a bit of sympathy. As for the history of the fish; I originally had just two goldfish in a twenty gallon tank, whereas the...

Thanks all. For those wondering why I made this thread; I really am worried about the health of the fish. There were originally 5 fish in the tank, but my sister is moving house so she has 'dumped' her fish in the tank as there is no other place for them. This is my tank by the way, and while...

Can somebody please explain to my incompetent mother why you cannot keep 15 goldfish in a twenty gallon tank? Apparently they will be "fine". Please post here in layman's terms why it is not acceptable to do so, as she simply refuses to believe anything I say. Much appreciated!

This goldfish has had many 'cuts' over the past month or two, where it looks as though it's flesh is protruding through the scales. I originally thought that there was something sharp in the tank, so I removed some ornaments, but this did not help. I own four young goldfish in a twenty gallon...

Various water conditioners offer to remove ammonia, and promote good growth, etc, along with neutralizing chlorine/chloramines. So can I put a few drops into a functional aquarium with the fish purely for the ammonia reduction and growth, etc, maybe once per week alongside using the conditioner...

I will, thanks. My error was probably choosing small leaves plants rather than larger leaves/more passive plants!

Ah right, I'll give it a try. Thanks.

I should have mentioned that the tank is not in direct sunlight, but the tank gets plenty of light due to the summer. As such algae is not much of a problem.

What do you mean by 'floating'? Are you saying to just let the elodea free as a floating plant? What benefit would that have:?

I just googled elodea and I'm pretty sure that's one of the bunches, much appreciated. The annoying thing is that the cuttings do seem to grow the beginnings of new branches, but at too slow a rate so that they are losing more leaves, and being ripped around so much, etc, at an overwhelming...

I'm unable to recall their names, but one was sold as "the most common oxygenating aquarium plant, with light green stems and dark green leaves". Another was of a red/Brown colour with thin spiked leaves, a feeder plant. I was also told that these were very easy to plant, and needed little extra...

Absolutely not.

I recently bought three bunches of aquarium plant cuttings, but am having difficulty getting them to grow. 1 of the bunches has been completely destroyed by the goldfish, and the other two are going the same way. The problem is that I cannot get the cuttings to stay in a stable position within...

Would this filter type be OK in my 20 Gallon tank? have a 20 gallon tank with a few goldfish, and I need a new filter. Im looking for something relatively cheap however, and am unsure what type of design I need. Would something like this be alright...

I have an 80 L / 20 gallon tank with four adult goldfish and one youth, so I need a pretty good filter. I'm currently using a cheap sponge biological filter which is doing pretty much nothing, so I need to upgrade pretty quickly. The trouble is; I'm finding it really difficult to choose which...

I honestly can't tell you the appropriate parameters because I don't have the equipment to do so, all I know is the temperature - 24 degrees C. My tanks are all second hand from family members, so this is why I do not have much specialist equipment, etc. and the fish were bought through...

Recently a goldfish of mine has been having problems, which then led to death a few minutes ago upon writing this. Basically; it seemed to have developed some sort of flesh wound to one side with some sort of white 'flesh' protruding from the cut. While this was happening it would lay on the...