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scrivens345
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A Question from PFK
« on: July 16, 2012, 11:42:15 AM »
This was a question of the month in PFK latest issue

The reply probably means I'm going to stop taking this magazine

Here is a summary of the Question

Sick lethargic Ryukin in 120 L tank witha shubunkin, a moor and a lionhead, plus 5 White clouds

The reply (expert opinion) was :-it's   probably

a) ectoplasmic parasite
b) bacterial infection

NOT A MENTION OF THE FACT THAT HE'D BE OVERSTOCKED WITH A TANK TWICE THAT SIZE!!!!!!!

So, it looks like I'm going to be complaining to them yet again

What hope is there if a leading magazine gives such advice?
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fantailer
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 12:48:53 PM »
Every thing is going downhill.

I liked the answered but I don't at the same time. I bet they got the disease right but not the tank size. It makes my sad and annoyed.
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Nossie
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2012, 02:59:03 PM »
Ehm... well it could be a parasite/bacterial infection but it's always more important to deal with the cause, not the disease. You know, if fish are lethargic, do a water change! Or upgrade the tank or whatever that caused the disease/symptoms in the first place and then treat them with medication if that's even needed anymore.
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Skwishee
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2012, 03:49:23 AM »
Yes, PFK have made similar mistakes, there was one that said it was okay to keep koi in tanks or something like that.
I believe the editor is going to try and get members of the PFK forum to answer questions, not sure if that's definitely going to happen, but I did see it being mentioned.

To be honest, the goldfish answers of the magazine are always a bit off, I forget which month it was, but someone asked about cleaning a 40litre tank, that had goldfish. The reply was basically weekly water changes of 25 - 35% and then added at the end, mentioned about the goldfish outgrowing the tank, and said 'buy a bigger tank', but doesn't specify a size.
Lets face it, a lot of things are bigger than 40 litres, so that fish could still end up in un-suitable aquaria.

Haven't brought this months PFK though, so hadn't seen this latest disaster...
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scrivens345
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 04:25:20 AM »
My hypothesis is this: Even if your stocking levels are good...what happens if something goes wrong? such as a sudden spike or stress due to illness....then I think fish get ill because there is little spare capacity

My own tank is running at  about 97% , which means there is no spare capacity in the event of emergency, which is why I'm looking at a much bigger tank (Bank manager willing)
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fantailer
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2012, 11:44:56 AM »
Aren't you looking for a 75 gallon?
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 03:02:48 PM »
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(Bank manager willing)

Hummmm....who's that?? Wink

You deserve a bigger tank for all support you give here. You have space for a bigger tank?

Btw - have you ever thought of starting a blog and putting your message out there?  Scrivens says  "Tank size is important". Maybe a t-shirt??? Wink
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Skwishee
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2012, 04:07:24 AM »
Surely the 50 gallon/200 litre tank is enough for 3 fancy goldfish?
How many apple snails do you have? As I think stocking wise they need 10 litres each.
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scrivens345
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2012, 04:28:57 AM »
yes it's enough Shwiskee...and that's ok when things are fine...but there's no margin of error when one is fully-stocked...I want to be in the situation where my tank has enough spare capacity to cope with unexpected water-parameter changes or illness, or emergency re-housing.

Say I had to replace a filter unexpectedly and the tank started to cycle; that can be coped with much better with an under-stocked tank
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fantailer
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2012, 07:02:00 AM »
My stocking level is 67%. Thats all I remembered.
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Skwishee
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2012, 09:36:11 AM »
My tank with Lucky is around 76% stocked according to AQ Advisor, you really wouldn't think it, when she's so tiny XD
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scrivens345
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2012, 12:23:19 PM »
I'm still thinking that Lucky is permanently stunted given his size and age: The flip-side is that you get to have him in his present tank for a good while yet Grin
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Skwishee
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2012, 05:25:03 AM »
Yeah, there is something not right with her growth, I think with her it's a mixture of genetics, being a feeder fish and goodness knows how she was kept at the fair and then me being a complete nonce to begin with didn't help things either.

I am still planning on upgrading her when she reaches 6 inches (with the 6x fish length rule, that's the maximum size for a goldfish my tank can take), but it's impossible to know how long that will take her XD
I don't like keeping her on her own much either, would she benefit from fishy company such as minnows?
I know I can't take another goldfish, but something smaller would probably be okay?
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scrivens345
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Re: A Question from PFK
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2012, 05:33:57 AM »
white clouds, perhaps a small shoal of 6 say...  Grin
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