Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:22 pm  

RebelRebel wrote:

Any experts on goldfish care on this board? One of ours is swimming round the tank looking a bit like a mouldy peach.

Fungus - you need to isolate it and maybe give it a salt bath.

Alternatively and much more sensibly, put it in a sarnie bag and squash it between two bricks.

If there are fish remaining, treat the water.

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:32 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Fungus - you need to isolate it and maybe give it a salt bath.

Alternatively and much more sensibly, put it in a sarnie bag and squash it between two bricks.

If there are fish remaining, treat the water.

Cheers. Took the fish-friendly option. Didn't fancy it on my sarnies.

Great end to the krikit...

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:21 pm  

I think if you do a 25% weekly water change religiously most fish should do well. I stopped adding water treatment about 2 years ago as it always seemed to make things worse and effect the healthy fish.

I'm currently thinking of selling my 4 foot tank to make way for a 6x6 foot pond in the cellar.

£100!

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:59 pm  

Lupset_Airport wrote:

I think if you do a 25% weekly water change religiously most fish should do well. I stopped adding water treatment about 2 years ago as it always seemed to make things worse and effect the healthy fish.

We did that for the first couple of months, then had 3 weeks away where we didn't get chance, and the fish were affected after that. I reckon the weekly quater tank water change is good enough. We also have one of those syphon things to clean the crap out of the bottom. They look happy enough now, after their sodium something-or-other bath. Just hope they live till Tuesday, when the kids come back.

I like the idea of the pond in the cellar.

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:01 pm  

Lupset_Airport wrote:

I think if you do a 25% weekly water change religiously most fish should do well. I stopped adding water treatment about 2 years ago as it always seemed to make things worse and effect the healthy fish.

I'm currently thinking of selling my 4 foot tank to make way for a 6x6 foot pond in the cellar.

£100!

looks a nice set up but your heater in the pic is upright and the warmth of the heater will of turned on and off too much ideally it should be at 45 deg central to the length of the tank.

what filtration have you, also is it connected to protein skimmer or uv light for marine ?

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:04 pm  

RebelRebel wrote:

We did that for the first couple of months, then had 3 weeks away where we didn't get chance, and the fish were affected after that. I reckon the weekly quater tank water change is good enough. We also have one of those syphon things to clean the crap out of the bottom. They look happy enough now, after their sodium something-or-other bath. Just hope they live till Tuesday, when the kids come back.

I like the idea of the pond in the cellar.

depending on the tank size it can be prone to what they call new tank syndrome, its all down to the nitrite levels rising sharply

ideally you set it up before putting the fish in

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:06 pm  

snowie wrote:

depending on the tank size it can be prone to what they call new tank syndrome, its all down to the nitrite levels rising sharply

ideally you set it up before putting the fish in

your making this up now arnt you??

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:06 pm  

chapster wrote: your making this up now arnt you?? nope http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html

chapster wrote: your making this up now arnt you?? nope http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:10 pm  

snowie wrote: nope http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html I actually opened that link, how sad am I??

snowie wrote: nope http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html I actually opened that link, how sad am I??

Re: O/T The Chat Thread : Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:17 pm  

chapster wrote:

I actually opened that link, how sad am I??

no not really when you have a tank full of fish that can run to thousands you have to have some knowledge of keeping fish.

I kept marines for quite a few years and had a lovely copperband that fed from my hand, I did a water change one day due to not having a protein skimmer in the system that would take the yellow colour out of the water and I lost the full tank full of fish
the water hadn't come from the usual source as was too hard, I should of checked before doing it