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  1. Something is slowly killing off my fish

    in Diseases

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    Approx 200litre coldwater tank, with filter, air curtain thingy. No real plants (plastic one's), and a large piece of driftwood that is still staining the water.

    My goldfish only seem to live a few months and then they die. They tend to sit on the bottom (although one was doing nose stands), before having problems keeping upright, and laying on their sides. Then they usually go belly up within a day or two.

    I'm pretty sure its not my water, as it is only one fish at a time, and usually a few months after I buy it. Up until then, they look fine. I have one at the moment who is looking abit odd, sitting on the bottom, sometimes gulping at nothing (as if its swallowing food but nothing is there)

    For years I had goldfish that had the bare minimum of care and they thrived. Now I'm actually trying to look after them, and they're dying :(

    The one's I've had lately have all come from the same local place. They are bred in big concrete ponds/tanks outside, sometimes the water so dirty you can't see whats in there. Is there a chance they are just a dodgy batch of goldfish? Or is there something I'm missing?

    I would've thought if there was anything major going on in the tank, they'd all die together, not one every few weeks or so. (dependant on when I buy them, they seem to last a few months.)

    Am feeding them flakes, but they do get pee's a few times a week.

    Any help please? I don't want to continue having a goldfish graveyard :(

  6. A few Goldfish questions

    in General Breeding

    Posted

    I've given up trying to work out how to sex my goldfish, as it's near impossible for me. :) I recently bought another 4, 1 of which I was told was definately a male, but he looks like all the rest of mine to me. In the new bunch was a black moor. Last night when I got home from work, it was being harassed rather strongly by the large male (who is sort of a black moor/fantail cross), and a smaller fish. None of the others were interested. I'm not sure if its a female and they were trying to do whatever, or what. It looks the same underneath as the others. My dilemma is do I leave it, assuming its the natural breeding process, or remove it to another tank, if its a male and getting picked on? How do I tell? It's looking abit battered today, with abit of scale damage on its sides.

    Any help would be appreciated!

  8. M.T.S support group

    in Welcome

    Posted

    I feel like such a noob!

    I only have 3 tanks. (partner keeps asking "why do you need more?")

    I have an octagonal with tropicals in, a small tank that usually houses goldfish, and a big tank (I'm real techincal on measurements hehe) that I haven't added any tropicals to yet, but my 3 goldfish are currently in it cycling it.

    Which made me kind of think "hmm, they look cool in there, so I might keep it as a cold water tank"

    Which means I need to get another big tank, to move my tropicals into, so I can get some Angels for my octagonal.

    I promised I wouldn't buy any more tanks without asking..............

  10. How much would you pay for all of this?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    1m x 40 x 40 rectangular tank

    millenium 2000 filter + spare cartridge

    visitherm 250w thermostat heater

    large resin bell

    bout $30 or so worth of gravel

    sucky tube for gravel cleaning

    bag of cichlid pellets

    bag of cichlid pellet crumbs

    3/4 full tub of JBL plecochips (full tub $38)

    full bottle of JBL aquakal, and another of aquacid

    2/3 full pH test kit

    25l plastic jerry can for water

    slightly used bottle of Malachite green

    2 convicts (1 male 1 female)

    2 ?blue zebras sex unknown

    2 medium but still juvenile orange parrot cichlids, one which needs his face painting with malachite green once a day long term.

    1 1ft long pleco (sex unknown)

  11. My wood won't sink

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Thanks for all of the ideas!

    I don't think I could get a bigger piece of wood in there. It was hard enough getting that bit in past the centre brace.

    Think I will try the lead thing. Even if I only manage to anchor one end, and have the other end floating, should be okay.

    Cheers :)

  15. My wood won't sink

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    A month and a half?!?! :o

    I would put it in boiling water, but I have nothing big enough to put it in. I don't want to add boiling water to the tank incase it breaks. We don't have a bath to use either :(

    I could try the rubbish bin, but the top piece sticks out of the water about 20ish cm, so wouldn't that make it a waste of time?

  16. My wood won't sink

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    :(

    It's been in the tank for about 3 weeks now, with a 5kg bag of stones sitting on top of it, but it is still floating when I take the stones off.

    Before that, it was in a big rubbish bin full of water for a couple of weeks, but because of it's size, it wasn't fully submerged.

    How long is it going to take before it stops floating? Or should I just give up and throw it out? :evil:

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  21. Oily looking scum on top of water?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Tank has been full of water for about a week now, with a large piece of wood in it (and stones) I'm basically using it to soak the wood, as the rubbish bin I bought to soak it in wasn't quite big enough. The wood was in the bin for about 2 weeks, if not more, and was pretty well soaked during that time. Water was clear etc.

    When I put it in the tank, it was still floating, so I've sat a 5kg bag of stones to it to keep it submerged.

    Noticed this morning that there is an oily/fatty looking scum on the top of the water. When you put your finger into it, and drag it along, it looks like congealed fat or something. Any idea whats causing it? We haven't had flyspray or anything similar. Nothing I can think of at all. Surely if it was anything to do with the wood, it would've happened before now?

    There are no fish in the tank yet btw! It's basically just being used as a large bucket, until I can get my wood to stay submerged ;)

    It wouldn't be the plastic bag the stones are in? I'm just clueless as to what it could be.

  24. Pet Shops selling the wrong fish

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    :evil:

    So yesterday I went in to my LFS to get a bristlenose. They were in a tank with alot of other fish, and being relatively new and dumb, I had no idea what they looked like. Well, it seems neither did the woman working there! She ummed and ahhed awhile, and finally caught one. I bought it home, not entirely sure it was a bristlenose, cause I couldn't see any real bristles, and it looked similar to my peppered cory, though a different colour.

    I looked it up on the net today (first chance I've had), and it's a panda cory. :o

    This same woman a few weeks ago sold me a couple of platties. I already had 2 (which I'd bought from the very knowledgable man who works there), so knew what I was getting. 1 was definately a platy, but the other I wasn't sure about as it looked different and was a different colour. Now I'm wondering if it might be a female swordtail, as there were also swordtails in the same tank. Is there any easy way to tell? I've read Platties can come in various colours and even body shapes.

    Have tried to take a few photos but the fish weren't very oblidging!

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