My poor goldfish is suffering...:(
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Sunny, it isn't necessary to feed your fish three times a day. Doing so will probably just add to the waste that causes pollution in your tank. I feed my fish once every one to two days, and I only feed them what they can consume in three minutes. I have been doing this for a couple of years now and all my fish are healthy and actually growing! It was a bit of a shock to me when I learned on these boards that fish don't need food like mammals do.
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Seaman
Shrimp gumbo, shrimp salad etc...
SunnyD said:How do you think they'll fare in the 10 gallon tank? And how often should I feed? The instructions on the TetraColor Tropical Flakes says 2 to 3 times daily. I was feeding twice a day, around 9am and 11 pm. Should I cut that back to once a day now? And the lighting? Is that contributing to the algae growth? I turn the light off at night from about 11 pm to 9 am.
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I hate to have to say it, but they wont last in a 10g, the smallest tank I personally would put 1 oranda or redcap goldfish is a 29g and even then that would be with weekly waterchanges. First off find out exactly what kind of other fish you have (the catfish and the algae eater) and then we can make better reccomendations.
As for the algae you will want to keep the light on for about 10 hours a day and reduce feeding to once every other day. Then if the algae still is a problem, you should cover your tank with garbagebags or something that completely blocks the light, and do a "blackout" no light at all for 3 days, also do not feed for those 3 days. What this does is algae cant store nutrients, so without light for 3 days it dies. Light, feeding habits, and waterchange habits all play major factors in algae growth.
Hmmm
Still not sure if that was anchorworm on Matsy. It was tiny strands seemed thinner and more transparent then in that photo.
I compaired my fish to some photo's on the internet and I would say the two tiny catfish are Cory. They looked most like the Bronze Cory since they are more of a solid brown/dark greenish in color.
The algae eater is very dark and looks most like a Pleco. He is a dark brown solid color and doesn't have any spots.
Well, I will cut back on the feedings to just a pinch once a day, but it looks like I'm going to have to get a larger tank anyway, huh? Can I use the existing water of this tank to create the new tank so I don't have to go through the cycling and all that?
Thanks a bunch ~D
Still not sure if that was anchorworm on Matsy. It was tiny strands seemed thinner and more transparent then in that photo.
I compaired my fish to some photo's on the internet and I would say the two tiny catfish are Cory. They looked most like the Bronze Cory since they are more of a solid brown/dark greenish in color.
The algae eater is very dark and looks most like a Pleco. He is a dark brown solid color and doesn't have any spots.
Well, I will cut back on the feedings to just a pinch once a day, but it looks like I'm going to have to get a larger tank anyway, huh? Can I use the existing water of this tank to create the new tank so I don't have to go through the cycling and all that?
Thanks a bunch ~D
There is little to no nitrifying bacteria in the water column. For cycling, use the old gravel, decorations and put the used filter media in the new tank filter (or run the old filter and newer bigger tank filter simultaneously for a while).
There are other nematodes that will attach to fish. Usualy the same sort of copper treatment (grr, I wish I could advise something better, anyone please help out) can get rid of them. Also, a salt bath (not the same as a salt treatment) can get rid of many external parasites.
Oh Gosh...
This whole fish ownership thing is really getting to me...
One of the redcaps is hanging out in the corner, face to the glass like he's in time out. Not typical of his behavior in the last 2 weeks I've had him. I changed about 50% of the tank water 2 days ago. Should I do it again now.
And the Pleco agae eater that I have came out of his hiding place momentarily and he appears lighter in color then he was when I got him. If he is ill would that cause his color to change? And I notice he does in fact have sort of a striped print on his tail. I'm thinking he's not the type of Pleco I thought he was.
Perhaps I'm just a little neurotic at the moment recouping from the lose of Matsy but I just can't bear the lose of another fish.
Thanks ~D
This whole fish ownership thing is really getting to me...
One of the redcaps is hanging out in the corner, face to the glass like he's in time out. Not typical of his behavior in the last 2 weeks I've had him. I changed about 50% of the tank water 2 days ago. Should I do it again now.
And the Pleco agae eater that I have came out of his hiding place momentarily and he appears lighter in color then he was when I got him. If he is ill would that cause his color to change? And I notice he does in fact have sort of a striped print on his tail. I'm thinking he's not the type of Pleco I thought he was.
Perhaps I'm just a little neurotic at the moment recouping from the lose of Matsy but I just can't bear the lose of another fish.
Thanks ~D
