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Also If you wanted. Maybe a pair or trio of guppies and 3 ghost shrimp. These lil shrimps do a good job of keeping algae down, and eat the fishy poop. They also have special food for em(i feed them this).

Or even 6 neon tetra and a pair or trio of ghosties.

Good luck

sorry that i cant upload pics i only have a camera so i can only do videos

I agree that Aquabid is the best place to go to when thinking about buying fish that most ship. Keep in mind that anyone can sell fish on there and not all sellers are top quality. Do some research and read the comments people leave. Might not be a bad idea to join the chat forum (link at the bottom of the Aquabid home page). I recommend not making impulse purchases. Learn about who you're considering buying from and more so what you're considering buying. Talk to the sellers. The reputable ones will be helpful and steer you in the right direction for your experience level, setup and water source.

The "Pete" in reference is Pete Mang. He lives in New York state and fish is a major chunk of his life. I've purchased from him several times over the years. The stuff I've gotten is usually pretty good and I wouldn't hesitate buying from him again. His seller name is Lotsoffish. He gets into his auctions and when you see his auctions you'll know what I mean. You'll also notice a lot of people copy cat the style he uses and use his name freely in selling offspring of fish they bought from him. His auction usually end a little higher, but he's good at making sure you get what you pay for. Here's a link to the page he put up on Aquabid about himself.  http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?justdisp&Lotsoffish


carolinagirl58, you're property looks like paradise! Who would need to go on vacation when you lived there? I agree that koi can be addicting, provided you have the space for the beasts they become. Koi have got to be one of my favorite fish. I had the opportunity to work with a private collection that was owned by the owners of an aquatic nursery I worked at for a Summer. Koi are smarter than I would have thought and each fish has its own personality and place in the school (which often is led by a big female). There were some koi that enjoyed having their backs rubbed and some that would come partially out of the water to rest their heads in my hand to have food shoveled into their mouths. Having them follow me as I walked the length of the pond (and not follow most others) did a real trip to my ego.


I lost track of where the suggestion was to put 5 female Bettas together. I've had many Bettas over the years and prefer the personalities of the females over the males. Some of them aren't as showy but they make it up in personality. The comment I'd like to add from my experiences with housing female Bettas together is that they are also territorial, but not as much as the males. If you are considering housing some together I recommend that you purchase them young (when they are still in the schooling stage of life) and from the same spawn to minimize fighting. I've had some wicked females that have killed males that I've put them in with (which was partially my mistake for introducing them before the females were ready). You can probably buy a bunch of young females for a quite reasonable price seeing the market is geared towards the males. Breeders need to thin out their spawns as they are growing and its a wonderful time to get them cheap. Once in a while you'll end up with a late maturing male (which will become obvious because of his behavior).


thekid - I've never done it myself on here, but I would think posting videos is possible. If you open a video account with something like Photobucket you'd probably be able to do it that way.

The betta thing? I got that off of aquariumfish.net and lotsoffish starts all of his auctions at $1 and free shipping!!!!!! But some of his auctions do end up going up to $100.

Can anyone help me with my red capped oranda goldfish?

Symptoms:
It has been floating for the past couple of days and today I walked past the tank and relized it was stuck to the filter. I immediatly shut the filter off and I moved the fish away from the filter. Now it is really weak and won't swim much.

Living Conditions:
The fish lives with 2 other fish, a black moor and a little redish/orange one (both goldfish). They are all in a 50 gallon tank.

Food:
I feed the goldfish pellets once every other day. And I try to feed them seaweed once a week to try and prevent swimbladder.

I also recently lost my very first goldfish to swimbladder and another calico goldfish with similar symptoms to the red capped oranda (stuck to the filter, can't swim ect.)

Please help my goldfish. Thanks.

EDITED TO SAY: I forgot to mention that the goldfish is 2-3 years old and it lost its red in its cap a while back if that makes a difference.

We wiped the side of the tank afew days ago just to get the bacteria and algea off the side of the glass. The last time we cleaned the entire tank was proble a month or 2 ago. I know the lady at petco told us not to do a 100% water change at once because the goldfish need some algea to survive. I have one of those test kits and I tested the water a few days ago. Lemme try to go find the paper that I wrote the test results on.

I cant find the paper. It must have got thrown away by accident. But I can do another water test tonight or tomorrow.

Definitely do a water change. Once a month at the very least, especially with goldfish since they produce a lot of waste. I don't know what the lady at Petco said but it is NOT necessary to have algae in your tank for them to survive.

I know you said you fed them seaweed to help prevent this, but that won't help entirely. One thing is that you could be feeding them too often or the food is expanding while in their gut. It helps to not feed them every few days to allow them to eat any leftovers that may be in the gravel and to give their system a break. And before you feed them, soak the pellets in water first for about 5 minutes so they are already moist. Variety in their diet is also best. Something you may want to try is putting an orange slice in the tank. Just cut an orange into fourths or smaller and put it in the water. I did this with mine to help prevent instances like this. Give them time, once they figure out what it is, they will recognize it and eat it down to the skin.

ETA: Algae is also a sign of high waste products (aka Nitrate).