i have been keeping gold fish at least for 10 years

i like gold fish but my bf hates animal. any tips on howto win his heart? he hates animal because he is lazy to take care of the animal. oh!

Get him the cat from SHrek 3. Who can deny such a cute lil kitty? ^ ^

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Added on August 14, 2007, 1:30 am
One thing i learned from my primary teacher. GOldfish must live in clean water, but not too clean. And cannot live intoo dirty water.... IT's like not too clean and not too dirty environment..... IM not shure but is my teacher lying? wakkakakkaa

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Added on August 14, 2007, 1:31 amIf anyone can, can verify for me the environment thingy?

changing water once a week should be sufficient

i've been into fish 7 years already..guppy,discus,goldfish all kept b4..now start again with goldfish..
currently having,short tail ryukin,black oranda,normal oranda,crown pearscale..black butterfly..

my tank is 2.5 feet..using canister filter..weekly 80% water change..feed twice daily with hikari gold..

u try feeding them blood worms b4?

Hi there, yet another goldfish lover here of just 8 months!

I have a 4X2 sized pool with 10" of depth with 8 occupant of mostly Ranchus and 2 Ryukins. One ranchu died 2 months ago.

It's kept in my semi-outdoor courtyard and is using UV filters to keep the water from turning green!

I have a question:
I had a 1 inch long 'bandaraya' which has grown larger (4") than the main occupants.
Recently i have discovered that it'll hunt down a particular goldfish. At first i thought it was just 'extra' active. That particular ranchu then developed a rash on it's body. I then exchanged the 4 inch long 'bandaraya' for a 1 inch long infant and asked the aquarium shop owner regarding how to heal my ranchu.

He recommend me a sachet of yellow pellets which i then poured a little to my pond. It turned green. According to him, the scales of my ranchu will be ok within the next day!

My ranchu which died 2 months ago have also develop the same symptoms. Later the skin seems to rot and i separated it onto another tank. It was alive but motionless (even when it was in the main pool).

Have you guys got any other opinion? Tks

tks kent kt,

Any antibiotics to recommend?

Need I separate the 'sick' goldfish from the healthy ones?

Currently, i separated the small 'bandaraya' just in case.

goldfish has a short life span right.. also hard to keep

After these few days, I have poured 2 out of 4 servings of the yellowish stuff i mentioned earlier in my post. The result is that the injured ranchu has recovered in terms of the reddish blood on it's body. However, one side of it's body (the rear) still has this scales jutting out a little (like 45 degree spikes).

I am still separating the 'bandaraya' from the pond!

Yes, the rachu is swimming well and eating food all this time.

Luckily i removed the 'bandaraya' earlier.

bandaraya fish especially when pregnant they will be fierce & they will injured other fish as well

The initial injury was done by the larger 'bandaraya', which was larger than the goldfish. The smaller one just continue to add injury. I think after the fish is cured 100%, i'll put the small 'bandaraya' back in. (er, Is there a name for the 'bandaraya'?)

when small i always like to keep gold fish as pet.. but don know why they so easily die lar... die till i finally give up

i remember when i was young the bandaraya attack my sis when she is cleaning the aquarium
the bandaraya fish always stay at the sand there
every fish tat pass by also kena attack den my mum have a look after it attacked my sis hand
n say the bandaraya got baby thats why so firce

My goldfish i mentioned earlier died 2 days ago. To my suprise, it looks as though it has recovered. it was swimming ok and eating ok.

It just stayed motionless 2 days ago, and confirmed dead looking at the gills which were not moving at all.

I guess the scales were not cured and thus had infection. However, in my earlier postings, the redness dissapeared and i thought it was recovering!

In my 9 months, 2 goldfish died! Now left 7.

i also don know what really happen.. i do change water quite frequent, have a big tank for few goldfish.. don know why always die...  now i just keep 2 golden fish in a small tank.. i hope it is much more easy for me to take care.. i think should learn from take care just 2 gold fish instead of whole tank.. learn from begin gua...

i also don know what type.. just small 1 cause just for 2 goldfish... ya the water should use clean water rite? i don dare use paip water..

I use Nutrafin, Biozyme formula50, Salt stress reliever, and a few drops of LIFE bearer (gill flukes, body flukes, fish lice-parasite killer) after each 'refill'.

BTW how do we calculate/convert gallons to litres?

ya.. now i really careful d, but how you know the water got problem or not?

OK got it (however from another web page- the one you posted is very good as well, very informative..tks)

1 gallon is 3.8 ltrs

As for my 4(L)X2(W)X1(D) is equivalent to 50gallons x 3.8 = 190ltrs

Since i fill up my tank 11in deep instead of 12in (1ft) = 45gallons x 3.8 = 171ltrs

This is to help me to put the exact amount conditioners etc. needed!