Update!!

Ok I am STILL bad at updating this doo-hickey!!

Here's my "roll call" on my tanks.

Right now my 100 gal tank is full (cause I am using the 30 to quarantine a new baby)
Big Boy: Red Oranda (THE star of my tank!)
Spot: Common (White)
Yin: Calico Lionhead (He's quite a BUTTERBALL) I love that he has several "shiney scales"
Toby (Blue Ryukin (Again SOLID WHITE)
Hershey: Fantail/Oranda His belly & sides have turned golden the rest & all fins are chocolate brown.
Patch: Hershey's sibling! But he's Orange kinda Calico-ish (some white on one side) and all white fins. Real pretty!
Cocoa: Hershey & Patch's sibling. (look's the most Oranda-like of the three. Orangish wen with gold/orange body & all Dark Chocolate fins! Quite Striking!!
Buster: Red Lionhead. He is so cute. He always looks "cartoonish to me!!

I have several Blue GM Snails & a pluthera of Red Ramshorn Snails!!


Then is the 30 is my brand new baby Calico Oranda. I have him in quarantine for 2 weeks! I named her Cindy Lou Who (like on Dr Suess). She's so tiny! A 2 sided goldie: Left side is Red Orange Calico & the right side is mostly White Calico. All fins are white calico. She is VERY shy & often freaks out when you walk up to the tank! I will be SOOOOO glad when she feels safe!


After guarantine I plan to move her to the big tank & return Hershey & Toby to the 30. I want to watch Cindy Lou grow out in the big tank!

I am also "tank sitting" my daughter's 10 gallon tank with 5 Tiger Barbs. They have been here for months. I think they MIGHT be mine!

Finally I 'm back!!

I am TERRIBLE at updating this thingee!! I will TRY to do a bit better!

Here are the goldies that reside in my 100 gallon tank now. (Measurements are kinda estimated...I still use the "chase 'em around with the tape measre thingee!)

Big Boy, Red Oranda 6'
Spot, Common 7 1/2"
Hershey, Fantail/Oranda 5"
Toby. GU Tung Hoi BluRyu 5" (COMPLETELY WHITE NOW!)
Patch, Fantail/Oranda 4 1/2"
Cocoa, Fantail/Oranda 4 1/4"

In the 30 gallon tank:

Yin, Calico Lionhead 4"
Buster, Lionhead 3 1/2"

I have 3 AQ110's!! I REALLY like them! Easy to maintain & quite powerful! I have two on the big tank (as well as a Fluval 104) . I changed my 110's.....I cut off the strainer from the intake tube (It ALWAYS got clogged with debris) & I "made" a 16 oz water bottle as a "cover".

To do this I cut off the "spout" of th bottle so the intake tube fits. I drilled about 40-50 evenly spaced holes into the bottle. I slipped the adapted bottle onto the intake tube. The force of the water holds the bottle in place. Some people on sites I visit were concerned that detritus would b a problem but more is pulled in that got thru the small end I removed.

Also I can replace the bottles whenever I want to!

Another "alteration" I made:
I cut the sponge in half & added more ceramic rings!! More good bacteria!!!!


One of my FAVORITE pieces of equipment is my Python! If you have a good size tank or multiple tanks it is must have item! I do weekly 50% or more water changes EVERY week! Some people seem afraid to do BIG water changes. Worried they'll "damage" the bacteria colony. The good bacteria is in & on EVERYTHING! I dig deeply thru all of the gravel at each water change. I stop only after there is no sign of gunk or dirt. Each week I rinse one of the filter sponges. Once a month I even rinse the ceramic rings........one filter on one week & then the other filter the following week.

Because I have pet snails when I am gravel cleaning I keep a container of tank water & pop the snails in there as I find them. I keep my Ramshorn snails from over populating by saving the ones I want to keep in the container & vaccuuming the others out. To some this may seem cruel, but they are VERY prolific!!!

I also have some other "pet" snails:

Yella Fella........a Golden Mystery Snails
Cream Puff......a cream colored one w/a hint of blue in the spiral
......a Blue Mystery Snail

NOTE: My "pet" snails are the reason I adapted my intake tubes on the AQ110's!!! I had a GM snail get pulled tight up against the intake (actually partially pulled INTO it!!) He was killed....it was terrible. So I started researching how the protect the others. Then took the ideas & added my own . So far it's working great!

I'll try to update w/pics soon. My digital camera died on me! :(

Finally an update!!!

3/8/07

Well , I have failed to keep this up very well! I hope to do a little better!

I had some losses since my last post:
Yang (one of my Lionheads imported from CHiNA died.) :(
Zeus (my beautiful White & Orange Butterfly Ryukin (imported from California) had a terrible mishap with the filter. I think he HAD to have already been sick. But I finally had to put him down. I hated that he was a very pretty goldfish!

Here's my list of goldies & sizes (last post & current)
Big Boy 4 1/2 5 1/4
Toby 2 1/2 3 1/2
Buster 3 3 1/2
Spot 5 1/2 6 1/2
Yin 2 1/2 3
Cocoa 3 3 1/2
Patch 3 3 1/2
Mickey Blue 1 1 1/2
Hershey 4
Sassy 5 1/2

((These measurements aren't exact.....I used the ole chase 'em around the front of the tank with a tape measure method. Next time I will try to get exact measruements!

Mickey Blue is my Blue Oranda (baby) I HAD named Bo Peep! But that just didn't fit!

Geesh!! I left this toooo long!!

Well, It has been awhile! So I will update my goldies!



Big Boy...............................Red Oranda.......................4 1/2 "
Zeus....................................Red & White Ryukin........3"
Toby....................................Blue Ryukin.....................2 1/2"
Buster.................................Red Lionhead....................3"
Spot.....................................Common............................5 1/2"
Yin.......................................Lionhead............................2 1/2"
Yang....................................Lionhead...........................2 1/2"
Cocoa...................................Fantail/Oranda ...............3"
Hershey...............................Fantail/Oranda...............3 1/4"
Sassy....................................Red & White Oranda......4"
Cooper..................................Blue Ryukin.....................3"
Patch......................................Fantail/Oranda..............3"
(temp name?) Bo Peep........Blue Oranda....................1"

I am looking for another tank (maybe a 55!) I am DEAL SHOPPING!! If I find one I am toying with the idea of making my 30 a saltwater tank! But right now I have no idea how to run one AND I haven't seen ANY deals on tanks! So it is just an idea!!!

Love my new baby Goldies!!

Update on Zeus!

Woohoo! I think he's ok! No more getting bouyant! Took the advice of a KoiVet and quit feeding flakes & most prepared fish food. I am MAINLY feeding the gel food! A little sinking crumbles (but not much) the rest is veggies, fruit & some people food! He has not become bouyant for several days! Got my fins (oops fingers!!) crossed! Yippee Go Zeus!!

Picture Updates on my Goldies!

A friend of mine requested more goldie pics....so here goes!