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Water Quality and Testing by Phillyn17 In order keep your fish happy and healthy, you should keep their tank water clean and free from harmful bacteria and chemicals. There are many available types of equipment for testing your tank water for impurities, but for the purpose of this thread I will cover the four main… Continue reading Water quality and testing

The birth of a goldfish keeper and how it happens by phillyn17 Once upon a time, around 1992 in deepest darkest South Wales (UK) a middle aged couple bought a new house. The seller asked them if they would be interested in keeping the large tropical fish tank which was currently installed in the living… Continue reading Birth of a goldfish keeper

Taking photos of fish is not easy, but try I’d like to begin by saying that I am not, by any means, a photographer. In fact, I tend to take terrible pictures! Over the last several months, through trial and error, I’ve gotten better at getting good “tank shots”. Here’s what I do. Turn off… Continue reading Taking photos of fish

Water changes without buckets By Shadow II have just installed a home made water changing system that eliminates the need for buckets. I bought a new plastic 50 gallon water tank. I bought it originally so that I could let my water stand for 24 hours before adding it to my tank. I put a… Continue reading Water Changes without Buckets

Seachem Prime and False readings by Shadow Prime works by removing chlorine from the water and then binds with ammonia until it can be consumed by your biological filtration (chloramines minus chlorine = ammonia). The bond is not reversible and ammonia is still available for your bacteria to consume. Prime will not halt your cycling… Continue reading Seachem Prime

PH GH and KH Explained, or my thoughts pH GH and KH explained in this article, as best I can. Water chemistry requirements for goldfish are often underestimated. At the same time it needs to be acknowledged that they require a stable PH and hence are susceptible to illness from a rapid pH change. Goldfish… Continue reading pH GH and KH explained

Molly is a variety of tropical fish Here is some info about them. A Molly is usually included among the first fish for beginner aquarists. Mollies are often kept in community aquariums, but they are known to nip the fins of species with long and delicate fins and can therefore be a bad choice if… Continue reading Molly Fish

TREATMENT for ICH The level of salt concentration is selected so that it will be toxic to the parasite, but not to the fish. Goldfish are quite salt tolerant for short periods of time. Salt is also effective in treating injuries or infections to the slime coat of our goldfish. The slime coat is the… Continue reading TREATMENT for ICH

GOLDFISH CURLED HIGH NITRATES by Shadow Day 1 I have just acquired 2 butterfly moors with Nitrate poisoning. I tested the water the fish came in from the store. PH 6.8 (not great) GH 80 (too low) KH 60 ( way too low) ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 60 (very high) All measured with api… Continue reading GOLDFISH CURLED

Feeding Blood worms the facts By Shadow Blood worms are the larvae of the midge fly. It is a small, long, thin, bright red larvae which grows in stagnant pools. The blood worm has red iron-porphyrin protein in its blood and tissue which gives it its characteristic colour. This larva is very important in the… Continue reading Feeding blood worms