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3 Things You Should Know About Goldfish Illnesses


Saturday, October 17th, 2009


Goldfish illnesses are often caused because of poor caring for the goldfish. Fortunately, if properly cared for a goldfish can live for a very long time. Most aquarium goldfishes can live for more than a decade, and pond goldfishes even more then 2 decades with the proper care. There is a report of a goldfish that lived for 43 years.

Too bad most of the goldfishes don’t live that long. Sooner or later the fish will face one of the many goldfish illnesses and if the illness is not recognized at time the goldfish will most likely die.

It can even get worse, if you don’t find out what caused the illness, the other wish in the tank will have a chance to get the same illness too.

Here’s a list of 3 things you must know about goldfish illnesses.

1.) Goldfish illnesses are mainly caused by improper caring for a the fish. It’s always said that preventing is better than curing.

So my first advice is to prevent the diseases. This is the best done with good water maintaining, to have always good water quality. Most of the illnesses are caused by bad water quality.

You need to change until 25% of the water every week, and every 2 weeks you need to clean the whole tank. Make sure when you change the water that the new water has the same temperature as the normal tank water, otherwise you can stress your fish which can cause illnesses as well.

2.) Feeding your fish the right way.

Don’t overfeed your fish, if your fish doesn’t eat all the food you give them in 2 minutes than remove the rest of the food if it’s floating on the surface, if you don’t remove it you can overfeed them what can cause illnesses.

If they do eat all within 2 minutes, try to give them a little bit more the next time, after a couple of times you will know exactly how much food they need.

Also don’t give your fish only flaked goldfish food, try to give them also some vegetables and live foods like brine shrimp, Daphnia, wax worms. All these are most often available in every pet store.

3.) Recognizing goldfish illnesses.

With the two steps above you can prevent most of the goldfish illnesses. Unfortunately it’s still possible your goldfish will face an illness.

Therefore it’s necessary that you know how to recognize illnesses, and how to treat them.
If you see strange things on your fish what you haven’t seen before, or your fish rubs itself on objects or the fins look strange there’s a chance your fish is sick.

You now need to find out what the illnes is and what the cause of the illness is. Most of the time it has something to do with the water quality. But it can also be a new fish you put in the tank, the temperature of the water, the lights you’re using or something else.

Found out what the 3 most common goldfish illnesses are. Maybe your goldfish has one too.

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How To Prevent Goldfish Illnesses In 5 Easy Steps


Saturday, October 17th, 2009


Sooner or later your goldfish will have one of the many goldfish illnesses, even the best goldfish owners will have their goldfish become sick. But most of the goldfish illnesses are easy to prevent.

With the proper care, you can stop many goldfish illnesses and lower the risk of illnesses in your aquarium.

Here you will read in 5 easy steps to stop goldfish illnesses.

Step 1.) Feeding your goldfish.

A goldfish eats almost about everything you feed them. But remember to never overfeed your goldfish, that sounds easy but it happens all the time.

Also don’t underfeed them, if you see your goldfish eats the food very fast, it’s a good idea to give them the next time a little bit more food.

You should also feed your goldfish different kinds of food. But keep in mind, there are different kinds of goldfish, and not every goldfish has the same diet.

Feeding your goldfish with only goldfish flakes will do. But for a healthier goldfish you can also feed vegetables, live food is also good for your fish like Brine shrimp or mosquito larvae.

Step 2.) Cleaning the tank.

Make sure your tank is clean. Goldfish are huge waste producers, and waste leads to a high ammonia level in your tank. Ammonia is really bad for your goldfish and causes many goldfish illnesses.

To have a low ammonia level, it’s also a must to have a water filter.

You need to have a good pH level in your aquarium.

Step 3.) Aquarium accessories

You need to have some plants and gravel.

A plant can improve the atmosphere in the tank. But keep in mind that you don’t put just any sort of plant in the tank, there is a good chance the goldfish might eat it.

You also need to care of the plants, otherwise the plants can be a cause of different goldfish illnesses.

You need also some different accessories for the goldfish to amuse themselves, goldfish also like to hide.

Step 4.) Equipment

When we talk about equipment, we usually talk about things like, a filter, heater, light and a fishnet. The fishnet will be necessary when you need to transfer the fish, and also to remove the rest of the food that’s floating in the aquarium.

A heater isn’t always necessary, it mainly depends on the temperature in the room where your tank is placed. Since goldfish are coldwater fishes a good temperature is between 75 degrees F and 78 degrees F.

Step 5.) Before buying a goldfish and everything else.

Before you want to buy a goldfish and all the equipment, you need to know what kind of goldfish you want. Since not all goldfish can be together in one tank, it’s really necessary to do your research. You also need to know how many goldfish you want. For beginners it’s better to start with 3 to 5 goldfishes and a small 20 to 30 gallon tank.

Those are the 5 steps that work for me. If you just do that, you will have healthy and long living goldfish, and they will grow to big goldfishes.

Keeping a goldfish and preventing goldfish illnesses requires dedication, if you don’t want to educate yourself about your pet and give the time needed yo keep a goldfish I urge you don’t keep them.

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