Recent content by Chinnery

Defo the 1st 1, u have to know ur fish an stuff if they r to keep u entertained

I have a lot of filtration in there an lots of water flow, no fancy chemical stuff but it works ok. I posted here because of my last disastrous water change, not health probs. The last thing fatty and his m8s want is me sucking them up every week!Waterchanges never seem to go to well, especially...

I jus dont want to complicate things thas all. Im not home that much either so times short. I think if u could see fatty an the gang and their lovely tank ud agree that they are in good condition. And I will take a pic when it clears up.I dont really want to get into nitrAtes and nitrogen cycles...

Well i spose the stats are its about 17 inch deep with a light green colour to the water. 3 goldies an a plac. I have 2 powerheads and 2 fluval 4 pulses. I have a castle, an air driven treasure chest and a diver and some plastic plants. 25% every week would freak my fish out i think, seems a bit...

No waters fine jus needs to clear up a bit. It always goes like that when im away, I left the lights in too which never helps, altho my plec is happy at the abbundance of food lol. Im not due another change till december tho and i like to keep to my shedule

Sorry for delay replying been away all week with work. Well thanks for all the advice an some excellent food tips!! I left a few grapes in there before I went an theyve been munched, peanuts didnt go tho!All the floating stuff has. Im gonna defo try an broaden their food horizons, altho I did...

Thanks for the info, i spose my feeding techniques are far from orthodox but my fish are happy and healthy. Of course I jus dont feed em junk foods they r more treats, they also get things like rice krispies, sugar puffs,cornflakes (and those flakes have 33% of an adults RDA for vits an mins)...

Well the way I look at it, would you like a balanced diet of bloody fish flakes and koi sticks? Have you ever tasted them? They are rank, fish flakes are like eating bits of crepe paper.An the nutritional content of them is probably pretty crappy (ash etc) and most pellets are derived from trout...

Well ive had all 3 of em for a cpl of yrs, my mate had em before me but they werent in very good shape an i pretty much started tryin em on all sorts of stuff straight away. Yeah he (and the others but more fatty) loves soggy crisps an loves a bit of bacon too. The rind finely chopped i mean...

Ok im back home now. First off FATTYs FREE! I came home and he was a bit further down. So I sortve filcked the tube an tapped it on the side an he came out quite easily an hes swimming round fine. Ive fed him an he ate. I wasnt neglecting him i jus didnt want to damage him an its worked out ok...

Hey all, Thanx 4 ur concern, i wasnt neglecting the little guy I had jus tried all the suggestions an he wuldnt budge. Thas why we call him fatty!, and all those methods would stress him out an end up damaging him. Im sure the swelling has caused him to be so jammed. So I decided id leave him...

Hes gone in tail first i didnt actually see him go up cause i was fending off my bloody cat, the thing goes nuts when im in the tank. so hes got water flowing accross his gills. Maybe the swelling will go down over then next few hours an he'll come out on his own

Hes about half way up the wide plastic bit. Ive tried blowing and some gentle poking but nothing so far. Hes defo swollen up but hes still breathing. I have to go out now so ive left him in the flow of the powerhead and put some pellets on the gravel to try and entice him out. Ill try tonight...

Hmm my m8 who i bought them off specifically said they were fanny goldfish. That prob explain why they laugh at me in the garden centre when im askin about them....anyway right im gonna give it a go im tryin to find a blunt stick to poke him with like you have suggested. I dont really want to...

Yes its stuck around its stomach and its gills are not jammed so hes breathing ok