August

and I dont want that, or to start any trouble. I want to be a good newbie! haha!

There is a store in Calgary that I recently found and I was wondering if I should stay clear of it or if they sell decently healthy fish? I dont know if I am aloud to just out right ask with the name of the store becuase I cannot find a sponsor list, or if it is against the rules?

where would I look for slightly used gravel or meduim from an established tank? also I am already doing the pea thing it was one of the first things I was told to do with pearlscales, as they have an even higher rate of swim bladder disease then other goldfish. so next time how would I ideally set up the same kind of tank? would home grown brine shrimp be better than store bought frozen cubes? and is Hikari the best brand of food at this point?

Thank you I did my water change today and added the prime and extra prime and I will bring the temp down a bit more, I was keeping it higher cause the room they are in swings into the mid to low teens at times so i figured the slightly high temp was like a buffer for them

Hello! new to the forum and to the hobby! I currently have a 20G with two pearlscale goldfish and having issues with it already! as well as a Gecko and two dogs. um! HI!! :thumbs:

Haha! OKAY help! A few months ago while living in BC I got a goldfish… Okay well 5 in a little Hagen starter kit that wasn’t even a gallon! All but one died and I kept him happy and fairly healthy(in a 10 gallon) and he grew almost 2 inches before I gave him away and moved to Alberta Now after actually reading about fish and specifically goldfish (They are so cute!) I figured I could try again; I went to Big Al’s and got their 20gallon starter kit, and three pearl scale goldfish, first mistake, buying the fish before the tank cycled. I have now had the tank for three weeks and had one causality, she died within 12 hours of purchase so I just put her in the garden, I don’t NEED a third goldie in the tank, if you haven’t seen them at BA’s they’re about an inch… or rather were mine have literally doubled in size (not exaggerating here: P) But my problems with this tank have been since day two I had new tank syndrome and only in the last week has the tank really cleared up, almost crystal clear! I have been using stability by seachem and following the directions on the back to combat the problem. My NH3/NH4+ has been consistently high at about 2ppm and daily water changes have not helped that out, to help the fish out I have been dosing them with Ammo lock by API twice a week 5mls per dose. I have prime but I have not used it yet because I am starting to get worried about chemical reactions. My NO2 has only in the last two days started to register a number at .25ppm but almost no quiet there with the colour (I am using API matertester) and nothing on the NO3 tester. My PH is at 8.2, It’s a 20 gallon, with two heaters (there is a draft in the room) keeping it at about 82 the filter that came with the starter kit with the filter bit that came with the kit, and one aqua clear zeo-carb filter insert and nothing else in that back compartment (I don’t know what else to put in there), and a aquaclear air pump with two 6 inch long stones at either end of the tank, lots of agitation. The tank has one decoration in the middle and it is a clear bottom as my fish don’t seem to filter through the bottom if the rocks are there and food just goes bad and uneaten, plus I do like the way the tank looks, no plants, just two fish about 2 or so inches long. Poop machines. How do I get the Ammonia to stay down before the cycle is complete, I do a 40-60% water change every other day. How do I bring my ph to 7.4? How do I encourage the cycle? And what do I put in the back of the filter? And what is a good instant de-chlorinator? I do not have the room for buckets of water to let stand. I feed my gold fish a combination of homemade gel food, soaked flakes, and brine shrimp, throughout the day, I feel a bit more because of the slightly higher temp, should I be feeding a vegetarian diet to reduce ammonia? Would a plant help the situation out? So in closing HELP I am addicted but very clueless! I cannot wait to have more space!