My Showtank, ### Options

[PERRY]

OK so here it finally is... my show tank, for the best adult looking fish. But untill my green water grow barrels become established all the fish will stay here. Dual filteration and T-5 flourcent lighting.


Here is a top view of the tank so all my top view fish can be appreciated.


A pic of my newly purchased True Black Oranda (a stallion) I hope he dosent loose his black! Hes quite large though.

[orandaluv]

I've heard that all fish have the Ich bacteria, it's things like drastic changes in water temp or anything super stressful will bring it out. QT is always the best bet though, you never know how many parasites a new fish is carrying. I'm treating for parasites right now, my adult was showing signs of skin flukes. Looks to be under control but since Prazi is so safe, I'm continuing the treatment for a few weeks just to be safe. Parasite Clear from Jungle Labs was a good safe parasite med too, you might want to keep some around all the time.

I'm a strong believer in salt too, great soothing qualities for stress.

I have Anubias plants in my tank. My fish eat the flowers that bloom on it occasionally, but otherwise leave it alone. They love to play peek-a-boo with the broad leaves. If looked at my video, you'll also see that I have my plants in votive dishes. Makes for easy vacuuming. My tank is half bare-bottom too, which also makes for wasy cleaning. Does the black rock in your tank affect your ph at all? Just curious...

I don't know if this will come through or not, but here's a link about truly aquatic plants that work with goldfish.

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/Plants.html