sorry to be a pain...try posting on rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish ....(I think
thats it....theres definately a goldfish ggroup in here...)

Tim wrote:

> I'll give you some history first.  I had two completely non-aggressive fish
> (one goldfish and the other is a shubunkin) who spend many an hour swimming
> round our tank.
>
> I have had many problems (the first morning I introduced the shubunkin he
> made "look I'm dying here" movements until I introduced them
into a bigger
> tank with a filter.  I also bought weed from a shop to make the tank look
> nice and give something for the fish to nibble between meals, but this
> turned out to be a wonderful "cut" variety (no roots) which
died and was in
> the process of rotting two days later.  Lesson learned, don't buy cheap
> weed.
>
> The water went yellow and was showing leathal levels of ammonia.  I did a
> 50% waterchange and put some ammonia absorbing rocks at the bottom.
>
> About two months after the fish were introduced, I got a new fish (it was
> black with big bobbly eyes.  I'm not sure that's the technical name).
>
> I diagnosed it with whitespot about two weeks after we got it.  I took it
> back the dealership who aggreed, offered to treat it (which I declined) and
> he gave me some free whitespot chemicals.  I treated the tank but the fish
> died the next day.  I continued to treat the tank and everything seemed fine
> for the last month.
>
> I do a weekly 10% waterchange (with added stress coat to remove chlorine
> etc)
>
> The water is going yellow again and the shubunkin is occasionally floating
> to the top, looking like he's eating (not gasping) whilst swimming a bit
> backwards...
>
> When move towards the tank, the shubunkin swims straight to the bottom and
> is quite happy to swim with the goldfish.  It may be a game, but I suspect
> not.
>
> Oh, you can see my fish {at}  http://neonet.neobard.info/webcam.php
>
> Some people have suggested it may be the constant lack of privacy and fame
> that is causing my fish stress.  I don't think so.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions on either
>
> 1) why my tank goes yellow so quickly
> 2) why my fish are acting odd (is it whitespot again?)
>
> the layout of my room is a bit like this:
> ______________
> |                           |
>
> |x                         |
> -------------------
>
> the "x" is the fish tank, the holes are windows.  The
windows have blinds
> and the left hand blinds are angled away from the tank.  The other window
> does face the tank, and is a bit bright, but no direct sunlight as such.
>
> Sorry for the long post & the absence of lurking...
>
> Tim Neobard
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