Recent content by Buddy's mom

2 Hi. Thank you for that information. I had bought the salt and pimafix and melafix and the salt just mainly bc everyone with goldfish or other cold water fish said that any cold fish owner should have on hand at home. I havent done any treatments yet except the water changes. I really just...

@fluttermoth: One more question when it comes to the filter cycle. So with the pimafix and melafix it says take carbon filter out bc it will take double or triple the amount of stuff if you dont. So my question is Is that true for 1. Would it be better to move buddy into my 20 gallon bucket that...

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it. I bought Pimafix and Melafix so I can treat buddy. I also got aquarium salt to add to the tank. So hopefully he will heal ok. Thank you about the dots. Ive never noticed them before but his color was always bright and u couldnt see...

I just did a 50% water change. Everything was 0 except Ph was high. 8.2. Its at 7.4 7.6 now. My tank isnt cycled bc when I came home it was so bad and food molding that I didnt think it was possible to save so I did 100% water change. I was told when he got sick days ago to stay do 40 and 50 %...

If someone could please help me diagnose and save my buddy we would be greatly appreciative. Heres 2 other pics. Is this whole normal? Its behind his eye in pic. And what i have circled is small holes the whole length of him on both sides. Hes eaten nothing but peas and his poop is white. Im...

Just to add I also use Prime to treat water. I am just noticing fin rot today. The white spot is just noticed today too. I am gking to store to buy aquarium salt now so want ro know what else to get?? Thank you again

Hi my nam es Amy and I won a common goldfish we named buddy at a fair 2years ago. I started out knowing nothing about goldfish except I had a bunch when little and now learned that I most likely killed them from lack of knowledge. Im in process of getting a suitable tank for buddy. At the...