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Debride Medicated Fish Food For Internal Parasites and Diseases

Debride Medicated Food is a treatment medication for both koi and goldfish. Koi and goldfish can become infected with internal worms and parasites causing bacterial infections to occur. Debride Medicated Fish Food will eliminate all internal worms as it contains the active ingredient Praziquantel, a deworming agent. People should treat their fish once a year for internal worms. Left untreated can cause severe damage to internal tissue and organs which is one of the causes of dropsy, which is an internal bacterial infection. Using Debride Medicated Fish Food will help ensure your goldfish and koi stay healthy and disease free.

Tip: Buy Debride Medicated Fish Food Online as it’s cheaper then buying it at your local pet stores. In fact most dealers don’t carry Debride DW Medicated Fish Food 2lb

Debride Medicated Food - Deworming Food For Koi and Goldfish

Debride Medicated Food and is mostly available online. See above link if you wish to purchase some to treat your fish.

Sincerely,

Jamie Boyle
The Goldfish Guy
“Helping Goldfish Owners With Advice, Fish Care and Fish Medication Treatments for Goldfish Diseases, Illnesses and Parasites”

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Oase PondoVac 3 – Pond Cleaning Tool For Goldfish Ponds

Most of us can agree that cleaning a goldfish pond is no fun, until you found the Oase PondoVac3. This easy to use pond vacuum cleaner makes cleaning a pond easy, efficient and fun. A pond vacuum is definitely worth getting even though they can be expensive but the time you save in cleaning your pond makes this one product that pond owners love. Oase makes high quality pond products and is definitely worth investing into if your looking at having crystal clear water. Regular pond maintenance is needed and people should know how to clean a goldfish pond and this one piece of pond cleaning equipment that people should buy at the same time they are looking at building a pond in their backyard. Add this PondVac3 to your list when buying pond supplies and products so you can fully enjoy your garden pond.

Here is a complete product description of the Oase PondoVac 3:

PondoVac 3 - Pond Cleaning Product By Oase For Spring and Fall Maintenance
With the PondoVac 3 you can avoid the annoyance of container capacity restrictions. The Two-Chamber System: Two identically sized cylinders are filled and emptied in alternating cycles. If one container is full a valve is mechanically activated by a float. This triggers emptying of one chamber while the other is being filled. Both vacuuming and emptying of the container can occur at the same time. Built-in wheels allow for easy movement and transportation. The delivery includes a special string algae nozzle, a wide nozzle with a rubber lip, a crevice tool and a floor nozzle, the vacuum tube extension, as well as a debris collection bag for the water return. It is also ideally suited for wet vacuum applications in the household.

Power cable length – 13 ft. Dimensions – 15 x 27 inches.
Limited Warranty – 3 + 2* = 5 Years (*a 2 year extension is added when you register the PondoVac 3.)

If you want to buy a Oase Pond Vacuum Cleaner go here > PondoVac 3

*** Please note at the time of posting this, a 2 year extension warranty is available unless the supplier or manufacturer decides to change this ***

Oase PondVac3 - The Ultimate Pond Cleaning Tool For Water Gardens in Both Spring and Fall MaintenanceIf people are looking at buying a pond vacuum cleaner for their water garden you should check out Amazon.com for the PondVac3 as they do have the lowest price on the internet from what I’ve seen. Here is the link to buying a PondoVac 3 over at amazon and you can see customer reviews and more information. This is by far the ultimate pond cleaning tool for both spring and fall pond cleaning as many pond owners will agree with me.

Sincerely,

Jamie Boyle
The Goldfish Guy
“Helping Goldfish Owners With Advice, Fish Care and Fish Medication Treatments for Goldfish Diseases, Illnesses and Parasites”

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Feeding Pond Fish – When Should I Start Feeding Fish In Spring?

Spring has arrived and when should you start feeding pond fish in spring in your garden pond? What people should do is only start feeding their pond fish when the water warms up past 55 degrees farenheit. People need to remember that your fish need to come out of hibernation over winter. Their immune system is still low and vulnerable to diseases and parasites. As the water warms your fish metabolism will increase.

 People should start feeding their goldfish a wheat germ based food that is easy to digest in spring and low in protein. When the water is below 55 degrees farenheit the metablism of the fish slows down that is why you should only start feeding fish once water warms up past that.

Koi Fish Pond

People should also have a thermometer on hand so they can check the temperature of the water in their pond come spring. I know after a long winter people are very eager to start feeding their goldfish and getting their pond operational again. I know because I am one of those people. It’s exciting to know your pond is open and you see your fish swimming around but this is also the most crucial time that pond fish are vulnerable to many things as well.

Feeding Goldfish and Koi In Fish Pond

Spring Fish Food For Pond FishIf people are eager to start feeding their pond fish such as goldfish and koi you can buy Autumn and Spring Fish Food that you can feed your fish down to 42 degreees farenheit. You can go this route but I would suggest just letting your pond fish be until the water temperature warms up to 55 degrees. If your pond fish are hungry their is plenty of food for them to pick at in a pond. Just let nature feed them until your water temperature in your pond is safe to start feeding them regular fish food. Remember always start feeding pond fish a wheat germ based food until water warms up then you can switch over and start feeding your fish a higher protein food. Feeding pond fish is one of the most exciting parts of owning a pond so lets feed them the appropriate food at the time of year to ensure they maintain healthy and disease free.

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Goldfish Pond- Cleaning and Pond Spring Start Up Tips

Now that spring has arrived your going to need to clean your goldfish pond and get it already for the pond season. Pond maintenance is needed and you will need to clean your goldfish pond of any debris and organic matter that has decomposed over winter. If you did not cover your goldfish pond last year with a pond netting you will need to scoop up all the leaves that are decaying. This decaying matter is prime areas for when goldfish diseases and parasites occur. Remove all the sludge at the bottom of your goldfish pond to prevent diseases and parasite outbreaks.

For small ponds you can completely clean your pond rinse it out and refill it. If you have goldfish in your pond simply remove them and place them in an indoor aquarium until you finish cleaning your pond. It would be best to keep them in a fish tank for about 3-4 days before you re-introduce them to your pond. This would be a great time for you to observe your fish and look for any signs or symptoms of diseases and parasites. If you notice any sick fish treat them as needed.

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For any pond plants that you have in your pond such as water lilies and other marginals, this is a great time to divide them. Simply divide and re-pot your pond plants and fertilize them as well. When you clean your pond for spring this is the ideal time for dividing your pond plants and water lilies and you can place them where you want in your garden pond.

For larger ponds which you may not be able to drain your pond and clean it completely make sure you remove as much as the sludge as possible. Do a partial water change and remove about 25% of the water.

Now that your pond is cleaned out your going to need to start up your pond for the season. Now you can hook up your pond pump and filter and get the water circulating. Be sure to add beneficial bacteria to get your biological filter working properly. Also add water conditioner to remove chlorine from the water to make it safe for your goldfish.

In spring is when people tend to have problems with algae blooms with their goldfish pond. After you have finished cleaning your pond and hooking up your pond pump and filter add a bag of barley to your pond. A bag of barley right by the pond pump will help reduce the the chance of algae. Barley works great for algae control in ponds. Simply add barley straw, barley extract or pellets in your pond at the beginning of spring and this will help your pond stay clear.

After you have cleaned your pond and started it up for spring most people want to start feeding their fish. Remember you can only start feeding your fish when it warms up to about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Some fish foods on the market today you can feed your fish at 45 degrees but general rule is about 55 degrees you can start feeding your goldfish. When you do start feeding your goldfish in your pond start feeding them a wheat germ food that fish can easily digest. Feed them once a day and then as summer approaches you can switch fish foods later. Remember goldfish in a pond don’t really need to be fed, their is plenty of food in the pond for them.

Now that your goldfish pond is all cleaned out and ready for the season you can start to enjoy it. To fully enjoy your water garden make sure you have enough pond plants, water lilies and floating aquatic plants. Having your pond about 70% full of plants will help keep your water crystal clear all summer long. Make sure you have great pond filter as well as consider buying a UV sterilizer for your pond will help keep your water quality perfect all summer. Enjoy your goldfish pond and get your pond started up for spring for another pond season

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Goldfish Care Information Blog Hits 100,000 Visitors

By Jamie Boyle

Wow, what a last year and a half! My Goldfish Care Information Blog hit 100,000 visitors here today on March 31, 2009. This goldfish blog has come a long way as it first began September 15th, 2007. I would like to thank everyone for visiting my goldfish blog for all their questions they have concerning goldfish care and how to treat against various goldfish diseases and parasites.

 I consider this a goldfish milestone! My goldfish blog started off with mimimum traffic and now has become one of the sites to go to for questions concerning goldfish care and how to treat them. Now I get about 500 hits a day with up to 1000 page views. If this traffic keeps up I will double the traffic and get close to 200,000 visitors in one year. It’s crazy as I remember when I first started there was minimum traffic but now lots of people have visited this goldfish blog and there are many websites and blogs linking back to it.

Goldfish Care Information Blog Hits 100,000th Visitor

I would like to thank everyone for coming and visiting my goldfish blog over the last year and a half. I am just glad that I am able to help you with your questions and hope that you all have learned a thing or two about goldfish. This goldfish blog wouldn’t have grown like it did without all of you asking questions, so thanks and I look forward to helping many more people here in 2009. I am very happy with the results I’ve had with this blog and the feedback I get as I truly enjoy helping you with all your questions. As you can tell, this hobby is a real passion of mine and a hobby that I really enjoy. I’m just happy that this blog has been able to help so many people with their goldfish.

For everyone else who doesn’t know already I have also set up a goldfish forum where you can go and upload your goldfish pictures, koi pictures, pond photos and talk and communicate with others in the hobby. Feel free to check it out over at Pet Goldfish Forum.

Thanks again for visiting my goldfish care information blog and I’ll talk to you all soon!

Sincerely,

Jamie Boyle
The Goldfish Guy

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Goldfish Video Clips of Aquarium and Healthy Goldfish

This goldfish video clip was shared to me by a member of my Goldfish Forum of his beautiful aquarium and his healthy goldfish. Now this is what a fish tank should look like. You can tell how well it is maintained and kept up and the fish are amazing. He has beautiful fish including orandas, shubunkin, lionhead and a pleco. His aquarium is very well set up and maintained. Great job in taking care of his goldfish.

Take a look at these goldfish video clips courtesy of Klaas:


See how beautiful this aquarium is and how healthy the fish tank looks. If you want to see more goldfish videos, pictures and more information go to PetGoldfishForum.com and join today. You can chat with Klaas forum name “sejp” and other people involved in the goldfish hobby as well as myself.

Hope you enjoyed these goldfish video clips and see you all on the fish forum!

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Do Goldfish Need An Air Pump In Fish Bowl or Aquarium?

By Jamie Boyle

Do goldfish need an aquarium air pump? Yes and no really. If you want your goldfish to live a long healthy life then go with an air pump. Having an air pump in the aquarium or goldfish bowl helps in so many ways. It creates gas exchange and helps add oxygen to the water. Some people believe that goldfish will live just fine without an air pump and that may be so. For instance if you have an aquarium and have a filter running this helps add oxygen to the water. The water flowing in forces oxygen into the water increasing the oxygen level that fish need.

Goldfish need oxygen too. For instance on hot sunny days in goldfish ponds you may see your fish coming to the surface gasping for air. This happens especially when you have green algae blooms. GoldfishWhat you need to do is add oxygen quickly to the water. Spray a hose directly into the water will help increase the oxygen level. In warm hot sunny days the oxygen level is low as the temperature of the water is high. In cold water is where you see an abundance of oxygen available. There is more oxygen in cold water then there is warm water. So in reference to aquarium air pumps they are highly beneficial to a properly functional goldfish tank.

Aquarium Air Pumps - Elite Air Pump Maxima

Goldfish need plenty of oxygen and an aquarium air pump is highly recommended as it helps reduce stress too. As we all know with stress can come sickness and diseases so it is always best to take all necessary steps to keeping goldfish healthy. I mentioned about a goldfish pond in the summer just to explain a little more on this subject. As far as goldfish bowls and aquariums are concerned it is to your best option to go and equip your fish tank with an air pump. The agitation that happens at the surface of the water will add oxygen to your fish tank. This will create a healthier home for your fish and will reduce stress. If people are planning on having good luck taking care of goldfish then I would suggest not to go and try and keep them in a goldfish bowl. It’s just too small and in order to have great luck with fish keeping I would get all the proper equipment needed such as air pump, filter and aquarium gravel. With basically everything in life things need oxygen to live and goldfish are much the same. Also beneficial bacteria in your filter need oxygen to live and reproduce. Air pumps can help in so many ways in keeping an aquarium healthy. I hope this helps give you more of an idea on why people should really have an air pump in their fish tank. Your goldfish will like you for it and you will have better luck with your overall experience in fish keeping. Having an air pump in your goldfish aquarium is absolutely necessary towards optimum fish health.

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Fish Tank Light Starts Fire In Tracy Morgan’s New York Home

By Jamie Boyle

Earlier this week some of you may have heard that a fish tank light actually caused a small fire in comedian-actor Tracy Morgan’s New York City Apartment. The good news is that the fire was contained and no one was hurt, not even the fish in his aquarium. Firefighters were called and were able to get control of the fire quick before it was able to spread any further. Reports say that the fire was put out within 30 minutes.

It just goes to show people how important it is to make sure your aquarium equipment is working properly. This could have turned out worse but luckily it was taken care of quickly. The fire here that occurred in Tracy Morgan’s New York City Apartment on Feb. 18th, 2009 was due to a faulty fish tank light. Tracy Morgan fish tank light causes fire in his New York City ApartmentIt is unknown whether or not he leaves his aquarium fish tank light on continuously but this is not recommended. Fish tank lights should only be on for about 8 hrs a day.

A good tip for aquarium owners is to make sure to check your aquarium equipment often to make sure it’s working properly. This can avoid possible fires in case of faulty equipment. An example of checking the equipment is to make sure you check the filters after a power outage. Power outages can cause the filter to lose its prime and cause them to run dry overheating and potentially catch fire. Trust me when they run dry they get very hot if you don’t know. Fish Tank Including LightIt has happened to me several times when the power has gone out and they were extremely hot.

All I can say is Tracy Morgan was lucky that this never spread further. It would be interesting to know what aquarium fish tank light or brand he had on his fish tank. I can’t imagine him having an old fish tank light on it. Maybe there are some faulty defective fish tank lights on the market that should be looked at further. The good news is that know one was hurt and I guess the fish in the aquarium had a little luck on their side that day too.

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Prevent Ich Fish Disease – How To Prevent Ich ( White Spot Disease)

By Jamie Boyle

Many people often wonder ” How Do I Prevent Ich ” from reaching my aquarium and infecting my fish. There are ways in which you can prevent ich from reaching your tank. Here are some simple ich preventative measures you can do to keep ich away and how to prevent white spot disease from reaching your fish:

1. Never buy fish from an aquarium that contain sick fish at a pet store. Look for signs of ich, other external parasites or fish diseases before you make a fish purchase. You may be bringing home more then fish, some hitch hikers as well.

Sarassa Comets2. Before adding new fish to your aquarium or pond you need to quarantine new arrivals for minimum 2-4 weeks to make sure fish are okay and healthy. If not, you may be introducing ich, other external parasites or fish diseases to already healthy fish.

3. When buying aquarium plants or pond plants be sure to disinfect them before placing them in your tank or pond. To do so you can use Potassium Permanganate solution and dip the water plants in it. By doing so you can reduce the chance of introducing ich and other parasites to your aquarium.

4. Never add water to your aquarium or pond from the pet store where you may have bought fish or water plants. Fish should be netted out and water discarded. Water may contain parasites like ich (white spot disease) or other external parasites.

5. Never use the same netting and equipment from other tanks if you have more then one. By using the same net from one tank to another you risk introducing ich and other parasites from a tank that may have been sick. Have a seperate net for each tank.

6. Use an ultraviolet steriliser to help kill ich parasites. As the free swimming ich parasites known as tomites gets killed as they pass through. This may be away to help prevent ich or white spot disease in a way but there is no sure way that all tomites have been killed or destroyed. May help prevent ich but not a 100% sure way to do so.

7. Use CopperSafe From Mardel Labs fish medication to help prevent ich from occuring. One treatment last over a month. It not only helps prevent against ich but velvet and other external parasites as well.

These are just some simple ways you can help reduce the risk, and prevent ich disease from infecting your fish. Preventative measures are the best way to prevent against ich or white spot disease. In case your fish have developed ich or white spots seek ich medication and begin treatment right away.

Sincerely,

Jamie Boyle
The Goldfish Guy
“Helping Goldfish Owners With Advice, Fish Care and Fish Medication Treatments for Goldfish Diseases, Illnesses and Parasites”

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Kordon Malachite Green Fish Medication For Ich and External Parasites

By Jamie Boyle

Kordon Malachite Green Disease Treatment is an effective fish medication used to treat a wide variety of fish diseases for both freshwater and saltwater. Malachite Green is a medication that I’ve been using for fish treatment for years due to it’s effectiveness at healing and treating fish diseases and parasites including ich.

Kordon Malachite Green treats the following common protozoan parasites: Ichthyophthirius (freshwater ich) , Chilodonella, Costra, Epistylis, Ambiphyra, Oodinium, Cryptocaryon (marine ich) and Trichodina. Malachite Green not only treats against ich and other external parasites but is very effective against fungal infections. Kordon Malachite Green Fish Medication For Ich and External ParasitesThis fish medication works well to control against fungus on fish eggs after fish breeding. By using Malachite Green it helps increase the hatching rate of fish eggs as left untreated the fungus would take over the eggs and kill the baby fry.

Directions: Use 1 teaspoon per every 10 gallons of water. Remove carbon from filter. Perform water 25% water change daily and repeat dosage until fish are treated. Kordon Malachite Green is a very effective fish medication for treatment of ich and other external parasites including fungus found on fish. This is one product that I recommend when fish treatment is needed.

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