Hello, Won the battle against Ich in my tank, Ritchie Blackmoor and crew are alive and thriving now thanks to your advice. Thank You! Currently running two cartridge filters in my 60 gallon tank? Wondering how often I should replace vs cleaning them monthly? Generally, I clean them every couple of weeks and change them monthly. Is this about right? Thanks
Great,thankyou. And yes,the fish are the best barometer of how they are doing. If the fish are happy,your doing it right. I like your original zen approach to keeping goldfish.
I 100% agree with this guy. I used to do weekly water changes. Never had problems with algae or nutrient levels. 0 Amm, 0 No, and 0 Na. Sense I had 0 Na I decide oh I’ll just do water changes when they get high, now I have a bunch of algae issues and plants look funny. My best experience was replace around 20-30 percent twice a week and micro dose liquid fertilizer regardless of Na. Tap water has CO2 which is alot better than 1-2 week old stale tank water so good for introducing CO2 in low tech tanks. It also pulls unused nutrients for the plants and introduces fresh ones they need. Making it so the algae can’t feed on the left overs. Best thing I can do for my tank is FREQUENT WATER CHANGES
I use hot tub water stabilizer. My local store’s in-house brand has only the active ingredients required to neutralize Chlorine and bind Chloramines (which are used here too). C$15 for 1L and my math based on the concentration is 0.25ml/10gal or 40L tap water. Ymmv Once again another great video.
@FishKeepingAnswers thanks, that's perfect. I've been looking into what plants I can have with the fancies. They just eat everything. I'm going to reacquascape my tank with an anubias and crypt island, hopefully they survive. I'll also add some elodea as sacrificial plants, in case they want a nibble 🤣
Very beautiful❤ aquarium and very beautiful ❤ goldfish Can goldfish be kept with live plants? Won't they eat plants? Java moss?? It is too soft. Right? Goldfish won't eat it?
I keep live plants with all my fancy goldfish. Choose tough plants like Crypts, Anubias and Java Fern. They do pick at the Java Moss. If you put a small piece in they will probably eat it. If you put a large clump in it will almost certainly grow faster than they can eat it.
@@FishKeepingAnswers Oh ok. Java moss, anubias look nice with fancy goldfish. How do you disinfect live plants before planting them in the aquarium. Because live plants carry pests. Right? Please tell.
Honestly, I never worry. Just buy them from a reputable store and you should be fine. Goldfish will quickly eat the majority of pests, including tiny snails 💪🏻
Been testing out API Aqua Essential. Does a good job dropping all levels of nit/nit/amm as well as tap water treatment. Can't go wrong with prime tho. May i ask this tank size? They are looking happy!
What size tank is that? I have 3 fantails, 1 pleco and 2 snails in a 200 L tank and do 60 L changes. Its planted with wood and rocks so really 175 L of water. I am newly returned to aquariums after 20 years and it is much more complicated than back then ! Or rather there is more information now.
Hi. That’s a 180l tank. It’s gets about a 75% water change each week. Welcome back to the hobby. I agree there is a lot more (mis)information these days 😂
@FishKeepingAnswers Thank you 😊 normally when getting new creatures I do loads of research before hand. But as I had fish before and thought I knew it all 🤣 this time I didn't! I brought a compleat set up. The filter would have been useless for one guppy, heater was unadjustable ect. I spent shed loads trying different ones and also atarted with plasic plants 😳 within a few months scraped it all, got a new tank and started again. I still had a fluval filter that's 25 + years old and still going strong when I tried it in their bigger tank. But I was amazed the pet shop that I got the fantails ( Billy, Barney and Bob) from still believe fish only grow to the size of their tank!!!!! Plus sold common plecos 😱 Anyway enough of ranting. Love your channel 👍 Goldfish are the best, like destructive puppies 🥰
It’s a single Corydoras paleatus. I believe I inadvertently brought in some eggs when I transferred a clump of Java moss from a Corydoras breeding tank into this tank a couple of years ago. He survived, so good luck to him 🤣
Do you find keeping fish cruel cause they have limited space and cant swim and explore the same way like in the wild do you think they are sad and how do you feel about it 🐠 I have goldfish too so don’t feel attacked 😂
Nope! Never considered it cruel, unless the fish keeper is deliberately being cruel, which does happen. My fish have a longer life expectancy than wild fish, have access to medicine when they are ill, live a life free from predators and arguably have access to a better diet than their wild cousins 😎
This is so helpful! I got some comet goldfish from a fair and I'm doing my best to refresh my knowledge 😅 When you get the fresh water into the tank, is it coming from a big bucket of water that you've dechlorinated? I've been taking single gallons of water from the sink in a jug, putting in some prime, and popping them in the tank one my one. I guesstimate the temp of the new water based on how it feels in comparison to the water in the tank, not super accurate but I'm not sure how else to do it.
Just rescued 10 fancy goldfish. Thought id brush up on my knowledge on them and found your video! Nice.
Great video. Everyone with aquatic pets should understand the nitrogen cycle
Thank you. For those new to the hobby, the nitrogen cycle just seems hard to get your head around 🤔
@@FishKeepingAnswers i agree. Would help if Nitrite and Nitrate didn’t almost share the same name. 😂
Hello,
Won the battle against Ich in my tank, Ritchie Blackmoor and crew are alive and thriving now thanks to your advice. Thank You!
Currently running two cartridge filters in my 60 gallon tank? Wondering how often I should replace vs cleaning them monthly?
Generally, I clean them every couple of weeks and change them monthly. Is this about right?
Thanks
When you say a ‘cartridge filter’, is it a hang-on-back type?
@@FishKeepingAnswersthey are the Tetra Bio-Bag filter cartridges that slide down into the pump
Great,thankyou. And yes,the fish are the best barometer of how they are doing. If the fish are happy,your doing it right. I like your original zen approach to keeping goldfish.
I 100% agree with this guy. I used to do weekly water changes. Never had problems with algae or nutrient levels. 0 Amm, 0 No, and 0 Na. Sense I had 0 Na I decide oh I’ll just do water changes when they get high, now I have a bunch of algae issues and plants look funny. My best experience was replace around 20-30 percent twice a week and micro dose liquid fertilizer regardless of Na. Tap water has CO2 which is alot better than 1-2 week old stale tank water so good for introducing CO2 in low tech tanks. It also pulls unused nutrients for the plants and introduces fresh ones they need. Making it so the algae can’t feed on the left overs. Best thing I can do for my tank is FREQUENT WATER CHANGES
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thankyou very much for your simple and clear advice!
Thanks for this relaxing and informative video! It's a breath of fresh water.
Thank you so much I’m a new goldfish mom to Flipper and Flash. And you just saved my babies life….thank you🐡😊
Glad the video(s) help. 🫶🏻
I use hot tub water stabilizer.
My local store’s in-house brand has only the active ingredients required to neutralize Chlorine and bind Chloramines (which are used here too).
C$15 for 1L and my math based on the concentration is 0.25ml/10gal or 40L tap water.
Ymmv
Once again another great video.
Thanks for the kind feedback. I have never heard of hot tub water stabiliser????
I have a booklet from Aquarium they give it to us when we bought the tank and the guys told me how to change water and clean the tank
Wonderful video😊
Thank you. That’s an early video. Quality has improved a lot since those days 😂
Great video. I'm totally stunned how you are able to have live plants with fancy goldfish. What plants do you have in there please. Thanks
Thanks. These are Cryptocoryne wendetti ‘green’ 🥳
@FishKeepingAnswers thanks, that's perfect. I've been looking into what plants I can have with the fancies. They just eat everything. I'm going to reacquascape my tank with an anubias and crypt island, hopefully they survive. I'll also add some elodea as sacrificial plants, in case they want a nibble 🤣
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Very beautiful❤ aquarium and very beautiful ❤ goldfish
Can goldfish be kept with live plants? Won't they eat plants?
Java moss?? It is too soft. Right? Goldfish won't eat it?
I keep live plants with all my fancy goldfish. Choose tough plants like Crypts, Anubias and Java Fern. They do pick at the Java Moss. If you put a small piece in they will probably eat it. If you put a large clump in it will almost certainly grow faster than they can eat it.
@@FishKeepingAnswers
Oh ok.
Java moss, anubias look nice with fancy goldfish.
How do you disinfect live plants before planting them in the aquarium. Because live plants carry pests. Right? Please tell.
Honestly, I never worry. Just buy them from a reputable store and you should be fine. Goldfish will quickly eat the majority of pests, including tiny snails 💪🏻
Been testing out API Aqua Essential. Does a good job dropping all levels of nit/nit/amm as well as tap water treatment. Can't go wrong with prime tho.
May i ask this tank size? They are looking happy!
Hi. This is a 180l or 47 US Gal tank 🫶🏻
What size tank is that? I have 3 fantails, 1 pleco and 2 snails in a 200 L tank and do 60 L changes. Its planted with wood and rocks so really 175 L of water. I am newly returned to aquariums after 20 years and it is much more complicated than back then ! Or rather there is more information now.
Hi. That’s a 180l tank. It’s gets about a 75% water change each week.
Welcome back to the hobby. I agree there is a lot more (mis)information these days 😂
@FishKeepingAnswers Thank you 😊 normally when getting new creatures I do loads of research before hand. But as I had fish before and thought I knew it all 🤣 this time I didn't! I brought a compleat set up. The filter would have been useless for one guppy, heater was unadjustable ect. I spent shed loads trying different ones and also atarted with plasic plants 😳 within a few months scraped it all, got a new tank and started again. I still had a fluval filter that's 25 + years old and still going strong when I tried it in their bigger tank. But I was amazed the pet shop that I got the fantails ( Billy, Barney and Bob) from still believe fish only grow to the size of their tank!!!!! Plus sold common plecos 😱
Anyway enough of ranting.
Love your channel 👍
Goldfish are the best, like destructive puppies 🥰
Can you use distilled water would it make a difference good or bad???
You can use distilled water, but distilled water is free from any salts and minerals, so you will need to remineralise the water.
Wow! How big is your fish tank? Did you use aquasoil?
Thank one is 47 gallons or 180 liters 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswersOh thanks for the reply.😊
@@FishKeepingAnswers 180 litres isn't 47g mines 160 litres 35g
US gallons are different from imperial/UK gallons.... Just one more reason to use metric
I changed water every 2 weeks my fish tank is 75 letters of water
Is that a catfish?
It’s a single Corydoras paleatus. I believe I inadvertently brought in some eggs when I transferred a clump of Java moss from a Corydoras breeding tank into this tank a couple of years ago. He survived, so good luck to him 🤣
@@FishKeepingAnswers hahaha is there any fish you found you can keep with goldfish?
Do you find keeping fish cruel cause they have limited space and cant swim and explore the same way like in the wild do you think they are sad and how do you feel about it 🐠
I have goldfish too so don’t feel attacked 😂
Nope! Never considered it cruel, unless the fish keeper is deliberately being cruel, which does happen. My fish have a longer life expectancy than wild fish, have access to medicine when they are ill, live a life free from predators and arguably have access to a better diet than their wild cousins 😎
@@FishKeepingAnswers thankkss
This is so helpful! I got some comet goldfish from a fair and I'm doing my best to refresh my knowledge 😅 When you get the fresh water into the tank, is it coming from a big bucket of water that you've dechlorinated? I've been taking single gallons of water from the sink in a jug, putting in some prime, and popping them in the tank one my one. I guesstimate the temp of the new water based on how it feels in comparison to the water in the tank, not super accurate but I'm not sure how else to do it.