The questions are:
What is the brown stuff growing on the goldfish? How do I get rid of it?
Lost Stripe and 2 goldfish to ick. I read some where that you need to treat ick for 14 days so we did. Oops. Now the three feeder goldfish left have dark brown gunk growing on them. I’m doing a 25% vacuumed water change and adding about 15 tsp of rock salt (dissolved) and DH has added Stress Coat.
Obviously I have a pic of the problem but I've just spent an hour trying to "upload picture" and it looks like crap, so...
With the three fantailed-type fancy goldfish, what would be recommended for this tank? I was thinking about a few shrimp for sifting the gravel and one algae eater. Siamese/Bristlenose/Bulldog/Pitbull/Rubbernose(lip)
We/he want three fantailed-type fancy goldfish and whatever else would be recommended to help maintain the tank.
How long has your tank been set up? Over a year
How big? 30 gallon
Substrate? Large, smaller than a dime, smooth rocks (not the small typical rough stuff)
Plants? Plastic,
half of a coconut shell for poor Stripe to hide, may he rest in peace.
Heater? No
What type of fish? Feeder Goldfish and Stripe (unknown bottom feeder, not algae eater)
How many? 3, was 5
Type of filter? HOB, no carbon
pH, ammonia, nitrite? Don’t know
How often do you change water? irregularly
How much water? 50% when it’s done
Dear Husband wanted to set up our fish tank, so he is to take care of it. I love having a fish tank. He overfeeds them nightly. I would forget completely so at least they get fed, for that I am thankful to him. He doesn’t seem to get the 5-min rule. So there is tons of decomposing fish flakes on the substrate. In the last 12 months I think he has vacuumed the gravel 3 time and I have done it 6 times when I can’t stand the idea of the fishies swimming in that much waste and ammonia.
What is the brown stuff growing on the goldfish? How do I get rid of it?
Lost Stripe and 2 goldfish to ick. I read some where that you need to treat ick for 14 days so we did. Oops. Now the three feeder goldfish left have dark brown gunk growing on them. I’m doing a 25% vacuumed water change and adding about 15 tsp of rock salt (dissolved) and DH has added Stress Coat.
Obviously I have a pic of the problem but I've just spent an hour trying to "upload picture" and it looks like crap, so...
With the three fantailed-type fancy goldfish, what would be recommended for this tank? I was thinking about a few shrimp for sifting the gravel and one algae eater. Siamese/Bristlenose/Bulldog/Pitbull/Rubbernose(lip)
We/he want three fantailed-type fancy goldfish and whatever else would be recommended to help maintain the tank.
How long has your tank been set up? Over a year
How big? 30 gallon
Substrate? Large, smaller than a dime, smooth rocks (not the small typical rough stuff)
Plants? Plastic,
half of a coconut shell for poor Stripe to hide, may he rest in peace.
Heater? No
What type of fish? Feeder Goldfish and Stripe (unknown bottom feeder, not algae eater)
How many? 3, was 5
Type of filter? HOB, no carbon
pH, ammonia, nitrite? Don’t know
How often do you change water? irregularly
How much water? 50% when it’s done
Dear Husband wanted to set up our fish tank, so he is to take care of it. I love having a fish tank. He overfeeds them nightly. I would forget completely so at least they get fed, for that I am thankful to him. He doesn’t seem to get the 5-min rule. So there is tons of decomposing fish flakes on the substrate. In the last 12 months I think he has vacuumed the gravel 3 time and I have done it 6 times when I can’t stand the idea of the fishies swimming in that much waste and ammonia.