Caryl

The glass flat on top is easiest. Alanmin tells me they don't like their dirt to be too acidic. I feed mine luncheon and bread.

The pet shop was wrong. :roll: I suggest a newbie get a test kit for pH, ammonia, nitrates and nitrites so if something goes wrong, you will be able to tell us what the readings are for these and that will help us diagnose the problem. I don't know about the test kit you linked to as I have never used it (and rarely use test kits myself)

Yeah but mine thought faster by 1 minute :lol:

Why are you wanting to use it at all? What is the pH of your tap water and what fish are you wanting to keep? Using chemicals to alter the pH is fraught with problems and often results in the pH swinging up and down - to the detriment of the fish.

What sort of husbandry information? I have been training Grant for 30 years now but still can't get him to put a new toilet roll on the holder when required! Do you have any helpful hints? :lol:

One site I found suggested (for bettas but I guess any fish) 1Tbs Epsom salts per gallon (US) and bathe fish in it for 15 - 20 mins. Can be repeated up to 2x daily. A goldfish site said 1 - 2 Tbs per 10 gallons (US). Yet another said 1 level tsp per 4 gallons (US) :roll: I have never tried Epsom Salts on fish so can't say from personal experience. It will take a day or 2 for it to work I suspect, especially since its digestive system will have shut down. There is no cure for the carp pox, it is a virus I think.

Good idea Stella

Does Timaru have chlorine added to their water supply?

By tumours, if you mean white wart-like lumps, that will be carp pox. Highly contagious but not life threatening. Like warts in humans. What do you mean by "old"? A goldfish can live over 30 years.

If it has never been outside I would wait for warmer weather (depending on your temps). Our big pond iced over last night. No I do not feed the fish over winter as they do not eat during the cold months.

Beaut flowers (and pics) Alan

The bigger the fish the bigger the poo. In an enclosed system it has nowhere to go.

You have to be careful feeding goldfish once the temp drops below 10C as their digestive systems shut down (only partially in warmer areas) and they can have constipation and other problems as their systems can't process the food as normal. I stopped feeding our pond fish a couple of months ago. If they can, put the fish in a small tank and bring the temp up in it. The fish should come right again. Once it has, put it back in the pond. Just a tank inside a warm house would do, no need for a heaterstat. A cooked, shelled pea would help it's digestion too.

I would definitely appreciate an article please Stella.

Good to hear all moved safe and sound Errol. Looking forward to seeing the new fish room. Sorry I missed the meeting

I would be concerned if it is one fish and not the others. Perhaps the pink is blood and it has an internal problem Is it new food and what sort?

Poo can change colour depending on what the fish are being fed - esp if they are eating colour enhancing foods.

It will need to be cycled HaNs

Perhaps you saw the same one twice

Are they actually getting the food though? My males try to chase the females away from the food.

Not wood. They made plastic pipes to go over it all. There are pics of it back in my pond thread. It still has a minor leak around one of the poles so we put a ballcock in 8)

No I didn't. The problems arose when the builders tried to concrete around a post and found they couldn't seal it fully. Painting the pond with sealant worked excellently. Can't remember what the stuff was called but it had a rubbery feel to it when freshly painted on then it set.

South America - Rio de Janeiro to Uruguay and Paraguay

I haven't found leopardfish or wcmms particularly bad at eating fry, their own or each others :-?

I gravel vac when I do a waterchage too - every 3 months or so.