Goldfish will often times swim upside down. They do not do this by choice, they are having problems with their swim bladder. If you want to help out your fish you will want to first try to fast your fish for at least three days. This is to help the digestive track start moving. One ...
Lionhead goldfish are goldfish without dorsal or top fins. Their bodies are egg-shaped and their fins are comparatively small in comparison with their bodies. This makes them far slower swimmers than common or comet goldfish. For this reason, they are best kept with either other lionheads or slow-swimming fancy goldfish like ranchus or orandas. Although ...
Albacore is a member of the mackerel family. It resides worldwide in temperate seas, including the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is most abundant in the Pacific Ocean, where it ranges from Alaska to Mexico. (There are two populations of albacore in the Pacific Ocean-one below the equator and the other above it since albacore ...
Ryukin goldfish are a type of fancy goldfish that do not make good wet pets for anyone who has never kept fish before. They have different care needs than a common or comet goldfish. Anyone considering bringing a Ruykin into their lives needs to be experienced with keeping common goldfish, black moors or fantails. Ryukins ...
When I started keeping fish as pets, I was warned that all goldfish do is eat and create waste. Regardless, I chose to not only buy goldfish, but devote an entire tank to them. I currently have a 29 gallon tank that I keep 2-3 goldfish in along with a pleco. During the past year ...
Trying to decide the best route to take when stocking a nano tank, which technically covers tanks from a 10 gallons on the small size to 30 gallons at the other end of the spectrum, can be challenging. Questions run rampant from this point on as aquarists are faced with the arduous task of deciding ...
The fondest memories I have from my childhood are those of weekend fishing trips with my dad and grandpa. There was only saltwater where I grew up so speckled trout and redfish usually ended up on the menu. From a young age I found a love for the fight of a bull redfish. I remember ...
There are so many fascinating facts about animals, we couldn’t possibly ever learn them all. So here is a list of 10 amazing animal facts I have learned. Who knows, you may learn something new too. Lonesome George Lonesome George is the name of the rarest animal on the earth. Rarest, because he is the ...
Black moor goldfish are the most popular goldfish with an egg-shaped or nearly round-shaped body. Usually fan-tails or egg-shaped goldfish cannot swim very well and are at a distinct disadvantage when placed in a tank with long-bodied goldfish like the common, comet or shubunkin. The long-bodied fish are faster swimmers and can gobble up the ...
Goldfish are one of the most common types of fish. They come in different varieties such as Ryukin, Fantail, Oranda and many others. Some goldfish look like they have bubbles of skin covering their eyes. Goldfish can live to be 5 to 10 years old. The average goldfish lives to be around 4 years old. ...
