Also check your water source too. Unfiltered tap water do have sediment which may make the water to look cloudy & brownish under white fluorescent light.

what is the best algae water to keep with gold fish?
OTO?
im using gold algae eater, doesnt seems to bully them...
siamese and flying fox is a big NO

yes siamese and ff shouldn't be in the tank at all... as to other algae eater, monitor them when your tank is clean, if they don't start to lick on your gf then it is good. I don't use any of them..safer!

Hi!
May I know why?

it tends to attack the gf ...

Is goldfish easy to rear for a beginner?

This post has been edited by Savor_Savvy: Jul 24 2015, 12:36 PM

No. Goldfish require clean water. Take note clean water, not clear water. Goldfish is not a hardy fish. They require water quality level like koi.

And the common trouble is usually people keep em in a small tank, and the smaller the tank, the harder it is to maintain good water parameters.

Anybody know whether Goldfish Mania open on Sunday or not? What is the business hour? Thanks

since you know the name of this group why not PM them in FB ? You have to book their time I believe.

Already bought goldfish from them last Sunday. Yeah they open upon appointment only. Big surprise for me as I think that they open a normal aquatic shop but its more like a breeding centre

It is run by a couple of goldfish fanatics as a part time thingy but yeah..lots of nice gf isn't it?

I have a 17 inch tank. Is it good enough to get 9 gold fish? other than water filter wat else i need ?

17in is barely 2 feet.. depending on the size of the fish, maybe 3 small small goldfish would be possible IMO.

i just begin to rear some gold fish.. i noob here
is it require to have a heater?

it is about 50Gallon of water, it is require about 150W of heater power
and my tank is 4ft x 1.5ft

do i need 2x150W or 2 x 75W to achieve the best heater env.

we live in the tropical country.. unless maybe you stay in Genting / Cameron , high ground? It is absolutely not required.

wow thanks

For goldfish rearing, yes you can overstock your tank with goldfish, if you got superior filtration system that able to neutralize ammonia as fast as the fish produced(Mature fish tank), and also u got time to do more water change, filtration only to remove dangerous ammonia but water change still necessary.

In Our country heater is not required. Goldfish able to live in quite low or high temperature. Just to make sure the temperature did not crash and the fish will fine.(Temperature crash, maybe suddenly pour new water in fast pace and cause temperature up or down in short period)

Before start rear goldfish, learn about cycling fish tank water. Else you need to perform water change almost everyday until the fish tank water not smelly. Smelly fish tank water usually meaning high ammonia.

Sinking pellet always better for goldfish. No feeding high portion of food in single feeding. To increase fish size, feed fish by dividing to more time of feeding, but less portion each feeding to avoid swim bladder issue.

Cheers.

Bump for this thread!

Sifus,

What is the market price for a Ranchu/Oranda now?
I find it very expensive compared to few years back

yes, what i can say is that... goldfish is selling like a goldbar now.. Go to Irene aquarium, you will know how ridiculous it is ..

where would you recommend for reasonabe and most important, honest,
LFS/ breeder for beginner (in goldfish)?

i plan to use either 3ft x 2ft or 4ft x 3ft plastic/ frp tank or maybe a large
Baba planter box.

thanks.