OMG!:eek3: Who knew that there were so many kinds of goldies???
I have been posting my fingers off today.....
I started in "general discussion" because I had a sick goldie and added melafix.....and didn't know wherelse to post..... then after getting responses in the General Discussion forum I got my water tested at a respectable place. (what do you call places that sell fish aquariums etc...) They gave me some advise with respect to restoring the water and speculated that Oly would get better...I think he was to far gone....
Now I have a goldie who's been orphaned because his tankmate died....I'm still in shock and grief over losing him/her. It all happened so fast....I didn't know anything was really wrong until this morning and by this afternoon he died. I don't NOT want do the right thing with caring for my aquarium properly in future.
I will NEVER go to PetStupid for fish or advice anymore.
I have questions:
What is the REAL rule of thumb for tank size and goldfish? And that being said how do I know what kind of goldie I have? And it seems that for different kinds different rules apply.
What kind of new tankmate would be good for my orphan....I believe he is missing his buddy....( I will make sure he is not also sick b4 adopting although he is swimming around pretty "happily" now that he isn't babysitting his buddy.
Is a betta okay? Or is that too small and vulnerable to being a sanck...(god forbid) What about a black moor?
I saw the thread about sexing a goldie. Does that apply to all kinds? And can you only tell at 2-3 years or do the determing marks stay forever?
I appreciate having this site to come to ...
Hope I haven't asked too many questions at one time....Thanks,
Pam
I have been posting my fingers off today.....
I started in "general discussion" because I had a sick goldie and added melafix.....and didn't know wherelse to post..... then after getting responses in the General Discussion forum I got my water tested at a respectable place. (what do you call places that sell fish aquariums etc...) They gave me some advise with respect to restoring the water and speculated that Oly would get better...I think he was to far gone....
Now I have a goldie who's been orphaned because his tankmate died....I'm still in shock and grief over losing him/her. It all happened so fast....I didn't know anything was really wrong until this morning and by this afternoon he died. I don't NOT want do the right thing with caring for my aquarium properly in future.
I will NEVER go to PetStupid for fish or advice anymore.
I have questions:
What is the REAL rule of thumb for tank size and goldfish? And that being said how do I know what kind of goldie I have? And it seems that for different kinds different rules apply.
What kind of new tankmate would be good for my orphan....I believe he is missing his buddy....( I will make sure he is not also sick b4 adopting although he is swimming around pretty "happily" now that he isn't babysitting his buddy.
Is a betta okay? Or is that too small and vulnerable to being a sanck...(god forbid) What about a black moor?
I saw the thread about sexing a goldie. Does that apply to all kinds? And can you only tell at 2-3 years or do the determing marks stay forever?
I appreciate having this site to come to ...
Hope I haven't asked too many questions at one time....Thanks,
Pam