r/Goldfish

I have extra Amazon frogbit and water lettuce available and would love to share it with fellow aquarium hobbyists!

Price: FREE plants
Shipping: $15 USPS Flat Rate anywhere in the US

Plants will be packed carefully to give them the best chance of arriving in great condition.

Payment: PayPal
angelfire0695@gmail.com

If you’re interested, comment below and send me a PM or chat. I’ll update the post once everything has been claimed.

I’d much rather see these floating in someone’s fish tank than end up in the compost. Happy fishkeeping!

I picked up this cutie, Luigi, a few weeks ago.. so he still has a couple weeks left in his quarantine tank before he enters his forever home (in the last pic!) He is smaller than he looks in these pics! No symptoms of anything and nothing that he's done that has made me nervous!! He's passing his QT with flying colors!

I am so excited to add him to BMO's Mansion so it'll become BMO and Luigi's Mansion!!

I got him from a fantastic seller in the Bay Area, Full House Goldfish!

Wish us luck, we move him in probably September 5!!!

(Don’t attack me for the tank size, I’m doing my best)

crazy that the woman thought she was totally in the right and scary that some people don’t do any research when getting a pet!

I had to QT my oranda the night before my holiday as he suddenly got dropsy and red abdominal stains overnight. I made an appointment with my koi breeder to come in as soon as i got back a week later since fish medicine is VERY hard to come by here, so is someone able and willing to check for parasites and bacterial infections.

I was fully prepared to find a dead fish when i got hone (don’t get me wrong, i really like this fish but he was floating every single time i checked my garage camera while i was gone) but to my surprise he was alive. Still interested in food and swimming around the surface without going belly-up.

But he was a COMPLETELY different colorscheme 😅 And I’m wondering how to treat that. (After the meds) It turned out to be a bacterial problem that would have to be in my main tank as well, so he’s back in the main tank and that tank is under treatment with either antibiotics or some japanese powder. It was a yellow powder from the koi place, but i forgot the name (i asked, will add it on top as soon as i know!)

QT setup for the week - 65 L koi measuring container with a small fully cycled pump i keep at hand in my sump, pointed streight up for gas exchange and moderate flow, 500gr of ceramic pipes in that flow + an airstone at the other side and some scoops of gravel against boredom and to add some extra bacteria. 2% salt. Fotos are the before and after of 1 week. (5% salt for 4 days prior to leaving as well then did a WC and re-added a lower dose of 2%)

Main tank setup - 120cm former shallow reef with a 60cm 3-compartment sump with up-down flowing chambers that hold 1L K1 and the QT pump to move it around. 2nd chamber is 30/70 with bioballs, ceramic pipes and bio material vs mechanical filter mats (standard blue) on the other side. 3rd room is another mechanical filter mat + my return pump and heating. In the spaces between the rooms i keep 2x fine filter wool. I clean this once a month by just rinsing and i re-use my filterwool until it falls apart, then change them out 1-2 months apart. I do a 50-60% water change every weekend.

Very recently I noticed Artorias (the fish) have a strange wobble to his left (our right) eye, like it’s not as attached as it should be. It’s also got some fluid build up as you can see on the bottom. I’m wondering if he whacked it on something.

I’ve had him (her? Idk) for about five years, he lives in a 65 gallon with a few other fish and has been happy and healthy up until now.

it’s basically turned into a plant nursery for a day but i’m kinda vibing with the chaos 🤣 i got some risky plants to try with them to see if they’d leave them alone and so far so good but it’s only been an hour so we will see loll

It was so hard taking pictures of them lol. I only had pet fish as a child years ago. learning to take care of these two has been a fulfilling journey so far.

the difference two months of clean water and good food can make :)

no filter in the second picture, just good food and a decent light

A few days ago i noticed what appeared to be ich forming on my goldfish( have had for a little over 2 years now, unfortunately i have yet to do treatment because i didn’t quite have a quarantine tank completely ready but today I noticed this on this back fin.( I will be starting his treatment tomorrow for the ich)I’m not sure what it could be as I don’t use live plants, the food he gets is some frozen veggies once a week, pellets and/or flakes for other days but what isn’t eaten gets removed the next morning. His normal tank water quality wasn’t anything to worry about when checked a few days ago so I’m extremely confused

Hi everyone, first post here and excited to share my fun and quirky tank with a few orandas..

Tongue in cheek, there is a story here....

Alien crashed landed on some planet.. and looks sad and without hope (alien on ship)...

Then he walks the path of Zen/Buddah little stone path in middle, and meets Buddah.

He then finds friends (goldies) and peace zen like peace :)

EDIT: Ty all for your feedback and compliments. Will def upgrade tank in future when they a bit bigger.

Currently running a small sponge filter and biggg oversized Eheim 3 Professional Canister filter (flow rate 1200L/h)

I’m worried my goldfish has a red streak near his gills which he has never had before. I am unsure of what to do.

not sure whats wrong assumed swim bladder so treating him for that but he has this red on his chin, need advice on what it could be and how to help

I’ll try to keep this short and to the point, I’ve never posted on here before so I apologize if I’m doing it wrong. My goldfish is currently in a hospital tank due to swim bladder issues and is on Seachem Kanaplex, if more information is needed on that I will elaborate in the comments but that is not my issue right now. Today I noticed a piece of her fin had broken off and upon further inspection her fins seem to have damage to them in multiple places and I’m worried it could be fin rot of something to that extent. I’ve never owned fish before this and google isn’t being helpful much and I can’t find what I’m looking for on reddit so please please if anyone can help me give me any advice or anything like that please do, I want to do the best I possibly can for my fish.

water parameters have all been good, ammonia and nitrites at 0, nitrates are a little high between 20-30 but that shouldn’t be dangerous and I’ve been watching it closely but I am new to the hobby