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Hi all,
I am a newbie on fishes in general - I never had fishes before - well, with exception of a betta and it commited sucide on me.

I am in love with Pearl Scale GFs! biggrin.gif LOVE LOVE them - big belly short fins shiok.gif

I currently have 1 that had recovered from Ick and bought 2 baby ones - no definate colors yet - yeah, cheapie ones 30cents.. as I am a newbie the chances of them dying on me is very very high. Maybe those that are not culled are sold to the LFS.

I had read thro the forums and noticed that all are goldfish connoisseurs beg2.gif so don't mind my cheap pearlscales gfs and my route of "keeping goldfish learning".

I keep them in my office a 12L tank (i know it is too small but I cannot have it too big in the office) and it has a heater to regulate at 25 degrees with a thermometer to ensure that, a airpump and a OH filter. Bare, no gravel, once a week 100% water change... now, 20-25% change every 2- 3 days (depending on the water condition).

I bought interpet gold Fish safe for mid-week to "freshen" up the goldfish water but have not started on that yet... Anyone tried this yet?? Any review? As right now, it is just Tetra AquaSafe and salt.

The baby pearlscales - one in white and another in blackish copper ? I suspect it will not remain black, it will eventually turn gold biggrin.gif I am just basking in the new goldfish owner joy of watching their fishes swimming in the water and waiting for it to change its color. - just dont mind me. wink.gif

Just wanted to intro ... "Hello!" and yes, I have cats (regarding my nick).
later....
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felinefrend   Goldfish Newbie   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:21 am
desireless   Halo felinefrend :hi It is good to be seeing ne...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 8:44 pm
felinefrend   yes, I read those posts and yeah... no news... :...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:27 pm
CyberET   erm.. dunno le.. never really bother about them.. ...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 2:35 pm
felinefrend   yeah, i also think so... :D My PS big one - ver...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 3:47 pm
ball   Base on my observation, normally female goldfish...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:49 pm
The Matrix   mine har ... culled some, the largest one now abou...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 9:55 pm
felinefrend   I never thought of keeping fishes... if not of pe...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:31 pm
desireless   Yeah.. PS is VERY VERY sensitive. Usually first to...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:04 pm
CP   And the eyes can get dislodged too. (Er.....I am ...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:08 pm
felinefrend   I am noticing that on my bigger pearlscale... ey...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:34 pm
desireless   Eyes Popping may be be an indication of internal ...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:47 am
felinefrend   just now at the LFS I saw a goldfish with one of...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:21 pm
desireless   Probably sucked out by other bigger fishes? Anywa...   Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:12 pm
jhansolo   Correct me if I'm wrong, but eye popping can b...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:45 am
desireless   Either way, it is not a good sign. Can you see t...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 2:05 pm
felinefrend   nope... it looks like it is pretty huge from top...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 2:29 pm
CyberET   no struggle may not always be a good thing :P   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 4:55 pm
felinefrend   got struggle but limpy one... i observing her/him...   Tue, 15 Mar 2005 9:59 pm
felinefrend   This morning came back... my PS big one side nea...   Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:13 pm
The Matrix   not usual behaviour of a pearl scale. u feed enoug...   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 9:33 am
felinefrend   My gfs are in office. After 6 - 8pm, no more fee...   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:05 pm
felinefrend   Just saw the vicious thread on the PS goldfish...   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 9:25 pm
felinefrend   I got a newbie question (pls don't "K...   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:35 pm
CP   :think   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:14 pm
felinefrend   :blush read other posts from other newbies... s...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:20 pm
The Matrix   since u know plants dun last long ... a dying pl...   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:27 pm
felinefrend   Miniture - Small tank - daily water change. (10...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:26 pm
The Matrix   wah seh ... your boss very good hor. u a biologis...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 1:08 pm
GFSLAVE   Matrix, I'm about to ask him the same ques...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 1:52 pm
CP   If you read the posts properly feline is a SHE. ...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 1:58 pm
felinefrend   you are acute! Yes, I am FEMALE!! :D...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:02 pm
GF Lover   My wife also got 9inches tank with filter and ligh...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 9:52 pm
felinefrend   EXACTLY!!! So Cute!!! WA...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:24 pm
felinefrend   correction : Girl lah! never have fishes b...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:07 pm
felinefrend   no lah, my desk is "L" shaped one mah....   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:01 pm
jhansolo   I'm wondering why nobody tell you the fact, ...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:44 pm
felinefrend   I know my tanks are small, infact it is the larg...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 3:16 pm
jhansolo   Actually that size is the hardest. I'm a ...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 6:09 pm
felinefrend   Wifey now allows tanks to be in the house = all...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 6:44 pm
ball   My fishes are in the tub outside my house. There...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:34 am
felinefrend   Is your tank covered? When I brought my 2 goldfi...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:52 am
ball   My tub is not covered. But I think it is big eno...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 6:02 pm
CyberET   depends on what kinda plants, no guarantee either   Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:59 pm
GFSLAVE   Oops ... sorry ar !! :blush-big Now we...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 2:52 pm
felinefrend   U can continue with XY and Z, I don't mind, ...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 3:18 pm
goldrush   Wah very long no girl liao : :tada :tada wel...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 3:23 pm
felinefrend   So sweet :hi Thank you for the welcome :happy:   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 4:56 pm
The Matrix   erh ... a female specimen, goldfish starter and a ...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 6:43 pm
felinefrend   Dog lover also ! Table is low-partitioned, s...   Fri, 18 Mar 2005 7:27 pm
lincoln   :fish :fish :fish :fish :fish :fish wow ...   Fri, 01 Apr 2005 6:35 pm
GFSLAVE   Why curse your cat .... paste some dog poster to k...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:36 am
felinefrend   I got 2 dogs, a JRT and a chihuahua,,, trust me, ...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:19 am
felinefrend   ok, tried changing water by siphooning - wah piang...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:18 pm
desireless   Use water hose lor... Your colleagues sure do thi...   Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:32 pm
felinefrend   Their tanks are half the size of my 12L and they...   Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:37 am
carsonleo   hi... sorry to ask this, saw alot of c328, i think...   Mon, 21 Mar 2005 8:34 pm
GF Lover   Block 328, Clementi Avenue 2. I think there are 3...   Mon, 21 Mar 2005 8:42 pm
carsonleo   thanks... :peace   Wed, 23 Mar 2005 4:41 pm
felinefrend   only this office is goldfish siow - the rest is gu...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:55 am
The Matrix   now that surprise me ! anyone in the office...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:56 am
top_view_ranchu   One of my client's office have a 7 footer an...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:30 pm
The Matrix   wahhhh .... bring me there to see leh .... to ge...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 1:51 pm
CP   If there are any problems,I will be glad to help...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 2:02 pm
top_view_ranchu   Yes. The Cha bor always ask for cost down! :...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 2:38 pm
felinefrend   EXACTLY, the expert in our office is actually ou...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 4:13 pm
lincoln   I wanna go your office and see "fishes...   Tue, 12 Apr 2005 4:20 pm
yuanbao   Yeah.....think their details can be found in their...   Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:02 am
yckhor   yeah... I bought few fishes (4 x bubble eyes, 2 x ...   Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:17 am
felinefrend   Hi all, My two 30cent goldfish had grown :) reall...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 2:33 pm
goldrush   Dear Felinefrend Thxs for sharing your precious. ...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 2:48 pm
felinefrend   Maybe tonight will take the pictures of the 2 PS a...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 3:30 pm
goldrush   that goes to show you dont have to spend a bomb to...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 4:38 pm
felinefrend   It's true, my 30 cents goldfish tank has a wat...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 5:32 pm
CP   Piang, for the amount I spend on 1 packet of Ranch...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 5:39 pm
Ranchu Lover   Buy feeder "lagi best". Probably few tho...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 5:54 pm
felinefrend   it is true interms of quanity, but in terms of qu...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 4:26 pm
felinefrend   Infact I almost wanted to buy Ranchu lord to try ...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 4:24 pm
The Matrix   feline, u started right, and do stay on the right ...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 5:57 pm
felinefrend   I had seen PS of the size of a tangerine at 328 ...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 4:41 pm
The Matrix   guys, a good ranchu can be found in a shipment. a ...   Fri, 10 Jun 2005 6:00 pm
goldrush   Sorry pal pearlie wearlie not my taste leh Luc...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 9:22 am
felinefrend   http://people.delphiforums.com/NIKKIII/BOTHGF.JPG ...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 6:26 pm
CyberET   not fat enough must be round round like a ping pon...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 6:45 pm
felinefrend   yeah, my 2 not fat enough yet. my office ones are ...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:05 pm
Ranchu Lover   Use auto-feeder lah!   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:19 pm
felinefrend   my goldfish injured itself - one of the scales cam...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:16 pm
felinefrend   1. tank is a closed tank with a ledge, the autofee...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:23 pm
Ranchu Lover   Can always do some tricks to make the hole smalle...   Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:31 pm
CyberET   because an expensive auto-feeder can out last a fi...   Sun, 12 Jun 2005 1:18 am
Ranchu Lover   For a $030 fish, it certainly will have to o...   Mon, 13 Jun 2005 7:31 pm
The Matrix   WOW !!!! Japanese autofeeder at ...   Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:28 am
Ranchu Lover   You need to check your eyes. $0.30 fish and ...   Tue, 14 Jun 2005 7:45 am


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