Green fish tank...

JennyW_2

chatta wrote:

I believe the tank contains goldfish, which are coldwater fish. People are recommending tropical fish, none of which will enjoy a non-heated tank :eek:

i'm aware the OP has goldfish, I was just making comparisons from when I used to keep fish, as I believe other posters were.

bunking_off

JennyW wrote:

i'm aware the OP has goldfish, I was just making comparisons from when I used to keep fish, as I believe other posters were.

Quite. And to be honest, in a centrally heated property it can be a moot point in any case. My goldfish tank was always clogging up with algae, so I just give it gentle heat and put a plec in it. Doesn't turn the tank into a tropical one, just maintains it at the daytime temp 24x7. Goldfish are just fine with it.

chatta

bunking_off wrote:

Quite. And to be honest, in a centrally heated property it can be a moot point in any case. My goldfish tank was always clogging up with algae, so I just give it gentle heat and put a plec in it. Doesn't turn the tank into a tropical one, just maintains it at the daytime temp 24x7. Goldfish are just fine with it.

I agree with this if the tank has a heater, but I didn't read that. Tropical fish like a constant temperature, so fine if there is a heater in tank. but unless you have central heating on 24/7 they will die come winter. I know my house wouldn't be warm enough at night to mantain enough heat during winter months.

Bossyboots

chatta wrote:

I believe the tank contains goldfish, which are coldwater fish. People are recommending tropical fish, none of which will enjoy a non-heated tank :eek:

We have only ever kept coldwater fish and our latest are just fancy goldfish.

It is untrue to say you will always lose fish when setting up a tank. When we started, we went 18 months without losing a fish.

Jay-Jay_4

After months of Stress coat, Stress zyme, aquarium salt, de-chlorinator, ammonia tests, nitrite and nitrate tests, fresh food and hours of research combined with lots of advice from proffesionals..... I was still losing fish in what should've been a perfectly cycled tank.

The last fish was one that my daughter brought home from a fayre. I had 10 minutes warning and the fish was put into tap water on lightly rinsed gravel. It's lasted longer than all the others and is at the moment swimming quite happily I've done one 20% water change with water which was left out for three days.

If anyone can tell me why I would be very interested

Lord_Gardener

Keep your filter unblocked , change only 1/3 water at any water change and use a magnetic scrapper to keep glass clean. Our gold fish have lasted for years!

Sarah1971

Looks like my poor goldfish are doomed then?! Do you think I should take them out and put them into another tank I have until the green tank clears? at least they might have more of a chance of surviving?

chatta

Fish are not doomed, is the water green or mostly the glass? If it's the water change a tiny bit, use that to water plants round house

But secret is to only ever change approx 20ish% every few weeks.

It will settle down, goldfish are usually very tough.

Bossyboots

Jay-Jay wrote:

After months of Stress coat, Stress zyme, aquarium salt, de-chlorinator, ammonia tests, nitrite and nitrate tests, fresh food and hours of research combined with lots of advice from proffesionals..... I was still losing fish in what should've been a perfectly cycled tank.

The last fish was one that my daughter brought home from a fayre. I had 10 minutes warning and the fish was put into tap water on lightly rinsed gravel. It's lasted longer than all the others and is at the moment swimming quite happily I've done one 20% water change with water which was left out for three days.

If anyone can tell me why I would be very interested

Our mistake was using an air freshner that was harmful to aquatic life, furniture polish that was likewise and all sorts of other things which if you check the packaging you will find should not be used anywhere near an aquariam.

The ordinary goldfish do seem to be more hardy that the more fancy or exotic species.

Dalkirst

I'm afraid i'm one of them people that have and still do change all the water in one go but mainly because we have white gravel which gets very messy and dirty looking.They don't seem to suffer from having all their water changed though but i will have to see about changing the gravel to a darker colour as it does look horrible when dirty and it gets dirty very quickly which is why we change the water and take the gravel out to clean it.If we change just a small percentage of the water then all the filth that's dragged up from plunging the gravel just goes straight back to sit down there again:rolleyes: