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Is it unusual for a fish to reject the food he has eaten for the last 4 years? His tankmate still loves it and I wasn't aware fish can change tastes. I do add blanched spinach once a week with clips and usually they both go crazy. This last week he took a bite and then spit that out also...

So I took my seven inch common Goldfish to the vets' the other day. He will not eat and he was the more voracious of him and his tankmate. She said he is in good health and shows no signs of stunting. He is in a 55 gallon tank with a tankmate. We did a full water test before we went all and...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 55 gallons How long has the tank been running? 3 1/2 years Does it have a filter? 2 HOB 110 gallon filters Does it have a heater? No What is the water temperature? 71.2F What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.) 2...

The fish is 7 in not including the tail fin. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I am including a post that should give all the pertinent information I have about the fish, the aquarium and the setup.

Good morning. I hope someone can help as I am in dire straits. I have 2 4-year old goldfish in a 55G tank, a fancy and a comet. The comet has always been the more active and speedy one. However I noticed the other morning he stopped taking food. He is also acting very slow and lethargic...

Thank you for responding. I did a LOT of research today and it sounds like you are right on the money about the spot. A healing spot, or a fracture of some sort. I am no picasso by any means but I put a black circle around the bump. I just got more info from my wife. She has done some...

https://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/urgent-help-with-high-ammonia-levels-375014.html This was my post the last time I had issues. I was on here dealing with ammonia issues before and now new problems keep popping up. We were good for a while. Fish.....but I do love them. But here is...

We are going to stay the course and maybe go with the Tidal filter next week. If we do I am going to take the C-nodes out of the Fluval since they are already exposed to our tank water and add them to the Tidal Media. Then I figure rinsing the new sponge with the Tidal in tank water also...

Just an update. We have been doing a partial change every evening and adding prime every other day. Have been putting stability in every day. We also changed the media in the C3 Fluval from the Carbon/Ammonia mixed to the Ammonia only removing media. Tonight we have levels of .5 ammonia...

Going to look into getting the Tidal 110. But I have a question for whoever can answer. If we are cycling this tank and change the filter won't the new filter's media be too clean? I was wondering if before using the new filter if I should soak it's media in tank water for a day or so.

We are actually testing the tank twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. No nitrates OR nitrites just the ammonia. I had thought of one bigger filter vs. hobs but canisters are a little out of my price range now. Someone reached out to me and said they use a Tidal 110 HOB and that...

No it is a 37 gallon with a c3 Fluval Power. The dimensions are just about 30 and 1/2 inches long, 12 and 1/2 inches wide and 23 inches high. We purchased it from Country Max as most other makers I looked at and contacted online either made 36 or 40. The only other 37 gallon I found was...

I can post a picture of the tank. We are dead set on keeping the fish as they are ours now. The tank has been up and running for just over 5 weeks.

Here's the gist of the situation. We have had cats over the years and 3 passed. All of them were sick and had various illnesses. Cancer, diabetes, thyroid, allergies, etc. I became an expert on cat biology and treatments fast. After all of them were gone we got a pair of siblings who also...

We are having a serious problem controlling the ammonia in our tank. We have 2 five inch goldfish in a 37 gallon aquarium. We use a Fluval C3 five stage filtration external filter for up to 50 gallons. We had been using the Carbon/Ammonia controlling bag media but we have the pure ammonia...