Comments on: Goldfish Aquarium Water Testing

By: Kaylie

Kaylie — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:27:05 +0000

I recently set up a 150 gallon pond in my yard and bought 5 fish. I have a pump but the water is a bit murky. The fish barely swim at all and the pH level is almost alkaline. I’m not sure if it’s worth using treatment because the workers at the pet store say it can just make them even more sick. What should I do?

thanks a lot
Kaylie

By: Lily

Lily — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:14:16 +0000

I have 3 goldfish in a small tank as they are all waiting to be relocated to a larger tank very soon.

I think my housemate over-fed the fish when I was away and the water was really cloudy on my return. I changed the water and not long after one of the fish had large black patches on its body, tail and mouth.

I think this is probably amonia burns recovering, however it has been nearly 3 months now and the black patches have not disappeared. Plus, the fish has now got a ragged tail and one of its fins on its tummy is rapidly disappearing!

PLEASE HELP ASAP!

By: damian

damian — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:52:21 +0000

hi i got 10 gold fish in owe pond and now we only got to left and i got the pump going on timer and it gets filled up with rain water i checked the pH it was up in 8 so i put ph down now near 6 and i don’t like to see the fish die

thanks damian

By: hope

hope — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:02:34 +0000

i have a 2 and a half gallon fish tank with 3 gold fish in it. is it all right for the pH level to be 5?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:42:05 +0000

I have a fish wth black dots on its gills,sides and fins. Could this be Ammonia poisioning or a different disease.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:10:22 +0000

Having the same thing with the see threw things by the tail they do have fin rot and are be treated for it as wee speak !

By: katherine

katherine — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:15:34 +0000

i have a goldfish that has all the symptoms of fin rot she hovers around the bottom
and has pink streaks on her tail with rough edges on the tail she also looks quite fat
and has see through balls hanging from her tummy right up to under the tail is this part of the illness or could she be carrying eggs also how do i test the water.

thank you
katherine

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:52:37 +0000

I sounds like you might have a bully fish on your hands. Best to move them in seperate tanks for a few days and see if there behavior has changed. Also a its a good idea to look carefull if any of them suffured an injury that might be infected, usually more by fungus than bacteria (you will see white velvetly or fuzzy like patches or spots on fins or tail or around mouth or in a wound). It is a slim chance but possible that they have a parisite but need more info to fugure ot that one.
It sounds like that Adam’s fish’s tank either has a very low ph and/or high ammonia levels in that case change the water a couple times and look into a better filter or some ammonia neturlizer and ammonia test kit and a ph raser and ph test kit (a tiny pinch can of baking soda can rase ph some but not recommended to be used more than twice in a water change). But theres a good chance its Gill Disease: Fish struggles to breath, stays at the bottom, loss in appitite folds up all other fins and swims with one on one side; all due to a bacterial infection in the gills cause by excessive ammonia, poor conditions… a very tough one to diagnose at first because there are little to no physical signs. but there are still may treatments in pet stores and also here is some web sites diagnose and find meds to treat such disease u don’t nesicarily need to buy them from them you might be able to find what u need in a local pet store… http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/symptoms.html
http://www.fishlore.com/Disease.htm
http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/disease/
and of course this site your on
(http://www.happy-goldfish.com)

By: marie

marie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:29:58 +0000

I have the same problem as Adam above. i had one fish who just seemed to lose interest in everything he stayed at the bottom of the tank in his log and eventually died. I have just introduced two new fish and one of them is just sitting in the plants wiggling slightly but not swimming. he looks very sluggish what could be the problem?
Thanks
Marie

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:18:43 +0000

thank you, your website has been a lot of help to me, keep up the good work

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:41:22 +0000

I have a goldfish who sits on the bottom of the tank, or on the plants, doesnt swim much, when it does it looks like a lot of effort, has developed dark marks in her tail, yet eats just fine and none of the other three fish in the tank are behaving in the same manor

I have changed the water a but hasnt made mauch difference and using a revitaliser tonic isnt having a noticable effect

Any ideas?

many thanks

Adam

By: admin

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:35:01 +0000

Hi Marion,

Can’t say for certain what this is, but it’s probably not serious. Green algae can be hard to wipe off – better using a razor blade to scrape it off.

I hope everything is ok with your tank now.

By: marion

marion — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:10:05 +0000

I have a 20 gallon aquarium. I had not cleaned my tank for about 3 weeks. As i was cleaning the tank, today, I noticed there were dark greenish spots stuck to the sides of the tank in different places and they were hard to clean off, would you know what it is and is it bad stuff?
There were blooms of brown alga growing also which wipes off easily. I am in Oahu, Hawaii.
thanks.