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Just because your goldfish are not fancies, they do still eat and poop a lot. Goldfish are little eating and pooping machines! They may be more ” hardy ” than the fancies but they still do not like high amounts of ammonia and nitrites and after repeated exposure, will wear their immunity down. A weakened immunity leaves them open for parasites and bacterial infections and can lead to death.
NO fish likes swimming around in it’s own waste.
Just because your tank looks clean, you could still have high levels of them.
I REALLY suggest getting an API freshwater test kit. It comes with PH, High PH, ammonia,
Nitrite and Nitrate testing solution. Unless you test your water, you don’t know what is going
on with it. Goldfish do prefer higher PH ( hard water ), soft water is to acidic for them. That
is why you will want to test both PH and High PH to see where your tank is at.PH should be around 7.5 for goldfish
Ammonia should ALWAYS be 0 ppm ( No fish should be in a tank with ammonia! )
Nitrite should ALWAYS be 0 ppm
Nitrate should always be < 20 ppm ( ideal would be <=12 ppm )
Temperature for goldfish should be around 74 degrees F.
You probably already know this but make sure to always treat your water with a de chlorinator.
I really like Prime, but there are many different ones out there to choose from.I also like to use API Quick Start after every water change.
My biggest issue is that I never quarantined new fish or plants and I am paying the price
for it now. I purchased some plants for my refugium and the person I purchased them from
promised me she would treat them for snails for me. Sure enough, I just put them in my refugium
and a few weeks later I had snails! I also purchased some show quality goldfish and thought
that since they were soooooooooo expensive they would be parasite free. I just put them in the
tank with the fish I already had and BAM all my fish got flukes and I lost several. Now I have
a 10 gallon hospital tank that EVERYTHING new will be quarantined in for 4-6 weeks + treated
for parasites and any bacterial infections. When not in use, I keep my little Betta fish in it
to keep it up and running.I hope this helps you with having a happy and healthy goldfish tank!
I recently upgraded my 80 gallon fancy goldfish tank to a custom 200 gallon tank. I have
a refugium, 2 large Rena filters, a large Aquaripure nitrate filter, chiller and a lighting
system that mimics night and day lighting and I can set it for cloudy days and storms with lightning!
I love to just sit and watch my goldfish in their BIG new tank.
I have done A LOT of research on fancy goldfish and their care.
You have too many fish in a 20 gallon tank already. You are supposed to give the first goldfish 20 gallons and any additional fish 10 gallons. With just the 4 goldfish, you should have a 40 gallon
tank for them to comfortably live and grow in.
You also have to be careful housing goldfish with plecostomus. If there is not enough food for
the plecostomus, they have been known to go after goldfish and suck their protective slime covering off, which can then weaken them and makes them more susceptible to ick and other parasites. They can also attack Goldfish that have a wen ( the lumpy part on the top of their head ). I used to have a pleco a long time ago but after witnessing it chasing my goldfish around, I gave him back to the pet store.
In addition, goldfish are cold water fish, while plecos, cory cats and danios are warmer.
Fancy goldfish are VERY hard to take care of. MUCH harder than when I had a salt water tank.
With the size of your tank and with how many fish you already have in it, you should be doing
water changes every few days. I also suggest ( if you don’t have one ) to purchase a freshwater
test kit and regularly check your water quality. You would be surprised how quickly ammonia,
nitrates and nitrites can build up. If you start to notice black marks on any of your goldfish,
that is a sign of too much ammonia. It is actually a sign of them healing from the ammonia burn
they received when their tank had too much of it in it.Through much trial and error, I have learned the hard way of how to keep fancies.
Thank you so very much for the wonderful card. I completely
forgot about them until I opened it. It really made my day after a long hard day at work.Merry Christmas
Tamara
I have a few questions.
Can there be pictures on the front, back and title page?
Can and/or should, Windstone Editions, with address, phone number and web address be included?
Can specific people or persons, who work for/at Windstone Editions, be mentioned? Example- Susie,
melody, John, etc.Thanks
🙂Thank you everyone for the nice wishes you sent me on my Birthday.
You really touched my heart.HUGS
Tamara
:beer:Darn it! I was going to send you a Birthday wish on your
Birthday but I totally forgot! I had such a horrible day at
work yesterday, that by the time I got home, I was dead from the neck up!
Well, at least I hadn’t forgotten to send you your gift. 🙂 I really
hope you liked it.
Well, better late than never…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY :BEER: :PARTY:Love always
Tamara
:love:Maybe it isn’t printing because on Monday their prices go up.
No longer will we have to pay for delivery confirmation but they
are raising their prices to cover it. I believe that flat rate
will go up $1.00.If you are going to do cards this year, PLEASE add me to the list.
I asked last year but never got one. 🙁Tamara
Sorry it has taken so long to post the pictures of the Foo puppy that I received from Skeeterdee ( Anita ). I have not been feeling very
well. I want to introduce you to ” Golden Leaves.” I really
love my Foo puppy. She was also so kind as to send a little friend
with my Foo, a cute little Halloween pumpkin. Thank you so much,
Skeeterdee. I will treasure both always.
This was my first PYO swap. I had a really fun time. The Foo puppy
I painted for Lokie was only the second PYO that I have ever painted.
The first was a winged wolf painted to look like my puppy, Darla ( my Avatar )
I was very nervous about painting a Foo for someone who has been painting
beautiful PYOs for some time now. I really hope that she likes it.
Thank you again Skeeterdee for my wonderful Golden Leaves Foo.
Take care and hope to see you around the forum!
Tamara aka Pixie-dust
I received a PM from Secerthope acouple of days ago.
This is part of what she wrote to me….Hey Chick,
” removed for her privacy ” so I went to the hospital and have been having test run for the last few week’s. Scared the crap out of me.
But I just wanted you to know that the box was here and that I’ll be opening all of then later after I let everyone else know I got their boxes also.TTYS,
KarenSo, if you have been trying to contact her, be patient. She has had a
medical scare. She will contact you when she is able.I hope this helps.
TamaraQuestions…
Will there be email notifications, like when new items are added to
the store, so we know when something is listed/added? Or do they
just appear randomly day and/or night and Monday-Friday, weekends?
Can there be a specific time of day, like just say 5:30 PM? when
the items are listed so everyone knows when to check the ” special section ”
Thanks
:beer:
