SusanN

Oh no! 14in! That's insane! I was hoping he was close to done growing! Lol. For the cold water anytime we take the water below 70 he starts acting really funny. That started after he got whatni think was ICK. The treatment I did called for rasing the temp to 77-80 degrees. It cured him, but he doesn't like cold water anymore. The plants we have are annibuis. But I was wondering about the hanging ones. He doesn't eat the plants but he plays with them. So he keeps pulling them up. I was afraid the nitrates might be part of our problem. Man, we struggle so bad with that. We are doing a 50% water change once a week and 25% once or twice a week. We also clean the filter cartridges daily This tank filter has 2. Your advice is very helpful Thank you!

I have a Goldfish my daughter actually won him at the fair. It's been 1 week shy of 1 year now. He is now just under 8 inches long and 5 inches tall. And boy is he FUN! He interacts with us almost like playing. We have upgraded his tank several times. We now have him in a 55 gallon tank. Up until the 10 gallon we had a little hideout and he LOVED IT! We put one in the 20 gallon, but around 6 inches or so he was just too big and was scraping scales off. I am having ZERO luck finding anything we can use as a little hideout. We have a few little artificial plants, air stone, a little decor. We have recently added live plants. I plan on adding more of the live plants. Also, the algae is getting really bad, so we want to get snails. What is the best kind and how many? Lastly, my daughter really ants to get him a friend. What should we get that would be a good tank mate? We will take any tips we can get. This is our 1st fish. We have overcome a couple illnesses and has fought so hard and have grown pretty attached Thank You Here are some pictures of our guy.