Queen & Tank Buddies in the new 55 Gallon! *Updated* Queen had babies!

[IRescue452]

Beautiful tank setup. Are those real plants? I still can't believe Bob hasn't tried eating the goldfish yet. I hope Queen doesn't get any blue rocks stuck in her throat. I got rid off all my gravel years ago. I kinda miss the colors, but if I do a trop tank someday I'll be sure to get some pretty blue gravel again.

[Kalei]

Thanks everyone for the great compliments! ^^ Only once and alwhile Bob tries to suckle on the side of Queen, but Queen has such a powerful tail, with one quick flick, Bob is off and gives up. lol, I have a very lazy algae eater. He does not do his job at all ever since I got him. When I first got him he wouldn't clean algae off anywhere, he even let himself get sooo skinny. So I finally fed him some algae pellets, that or else he was starving to death. So Bob now eats algae pellets and Goldfish pellets...he's a strange pleco lol.

And Queen pics up rocks and spits them out all the time. She's done this since I got her 2 and a half years ago now. Of all my life of having goldfish, I've never had any die from the gravel or choking. But I guess it's possible. Has yours ever died of the gravel before? Just wondering. Once again thanks everyone!

The plants aren't real. The really long ones are ones I made myself from plastic plants at a dollar store, and ones from petstores. I kind of did some cutting some reputting together and all that and made them! They sure are pretty.

[sweetpatata6]

Yes, they really are pretty... And let's hope that none of your fish die from choking

[Freedom]

What a great tank setup! I really enjoyes seeing the "before" and "after;" I bet there was a few hours work in between those 2 photos, ha ha.

I have blue gravel also, with a little white mixed in for variety.

Thanks for posting all these photos, and I am SO glad those 2 fishies have names now!

[Beki]

Hey Kalei your tank looks great~! i'm soo happy that your fish are doing well too! thank you soo much for the tank aswell, and helping me set it up. I love queen and she'll look beautiful if she does turn all white! she'll look loverly! i'm very happy for you.

[Kalei]

Thanks so much Beki!

And Freedom, you're right, that tank took me from 6:30 til 10:00 to be completely done. Lots of work, and filling it up took about 45 minutes itself lol. That's alot of water.

[sprokett]

they are so cute i want some more fish now i did have two gold fish called boo and zino but sadly died of white spots

[Kalei]

they are so cute i want some more fish now i did have two gold fish called boo and zino but sadly died of white spots

Oh, that's not good at all. I think my father just had that problem with his tropical fish, it was either white spots or ick, one of them anyways. Most of his died even though he was treating them, now there is only 1 guarami left, 1 tiger barb, and 1 pleco.

[Blue_Frog]

Kaleii --

What a wonderful tank you have there! And i'm sure queen will be very happy moving the pebbles around the tank

Also, how are the little froggies doing? I'd love to see more pictures of the little guys

[sweetpatata6]

Me too I ALMOST forgot about them! Are you fattining them up?

[Kalei]

Hey everyone, I'm really sad to say that both of the froggies died a just a day or two ago. I have no idea what went wrong (except the fact that wal-mart doesn't know how to look after them) but I fed them right and everything. One died sunk to the bottom with fungus growing on him, and the other just was floating dead.

I dont' think I'm going to bother with anymore smaller fish or frogs right now, have to look after my big tank, and also I am trying to raise Queen's babies. She had thousands of eggs a few days ago and I searched alot on how to raise goldfish from eggs, so I'm trying it

[Twisterdog]

Nice pics, and pretty fish! I have the exact same tank and stand, BTW.

[Kalei]

Nice pics, and pretty fish! I have the exact same tank and stand, BTW.

Wow! That's so cool! We're twins! Just kidding lol.

So the babies are all eating great and everything, but because of the liquid food the water is seriously foggy. does anybody know if I should change some water and add new water? And how many times should I do this. I'ts going to be hard doing it without getting a baby, but I know I can.

Originally I filled the baby tank with the 55 gallons water so that the water wasn't new. Should I once and awhile change the water from the 55 gallon?

And do the babies need oxygen? Should I put a bubble maker in there? lol sorry for all the questions. Thanks for the positive thoughts guys! You all are awesome!

[IRescue452]

Yes, change the water often, some people do daily changes. Be sure the new water is the same temp and is dechlorinated. No need to use the water from te 55 gallon, there is nothing beneficial in that water and there will be less oxygen in the used water. A sponge filter would be good as it won't suck up the babies. Its basically a sponge padding that goes around the air stone from the bubbler.

[Kalei]

Yes, change the water often, some people do daily changes. Be sure the new water is the same temp and is dechlorinated. No need to use the water from te 55 gallon, there is nothing beneficial in that water and there will be less oxygen in the used water. A sponge filter would be good as it won't suck up the babies. Its basically a sponge padding that goes around the air stone from the bubbler.

Thanks! Today at lunch I went home and changed the water for my fishies, and they look fine so far. I'm at work so I really don't know until I get home. But alot more are moving around now. There had to be at least 10 in there that were up by the top eating and what not. It's so cute. And man is it hard and annoying to try and take water out without getting a fishy lol, but I was patient and didn't get any little fishy while I changed the water I haven't got any bubble or filter in yet, but tonight I should be able to get a sponge filter and/or bubble maker at wal-mart or Pets Unlimited.

I really hope I can keep this up! It's exciting, and I already have a man I know wanting a couple once they are big. He wants a couple goldfish that will grow big and if they are from Queen then they will most likely grow big like her.

I was wondering, are fry hard to keep alive?