How to Add New Goldfish | Acclimate & Quarantine | Day-by-Day Results👉

[@goldfishlover.6734]

Lei, Congrats on the new fish. LOVING the butterfly telescopes! A quick question/observation on the buoyancy issues the two butterfly telescopes experienced during the quarantine period - there is soooo much misinformation floating around on so many of the platforms regarding treatment, causation etc. So many hobbiests experience this issue with their fancy goldfish varieties and get paniced and over-react when dealing with fish that succumb to this misunderstood 'ailment' that they end up doing far more damage to the fish and their water conditions. Could you perhaps address the issue in more detail in another video? I think many of your viewers would benefit from your calm and measured approach. It might also be beneficial, given the industry connections you have fostered over the years, to also include insight from the various professional keepers and breeders you know on how they approach the issue as well.

[@GoldfishCorner]

Hi *Bruce* , Glad to hear from you. just pinned 📌 your comment. You always share deep thoughts here on my channel. Appreciated! You actually brought a really good point about the buoyancy issue. I should have talked more about it. When I saw the two telescopes get some issues with swimming bladder, my first thought is to figure out what stage of the swimming bladers. Look like in the early phase (probably due to transportation) and should be curable. It is a good topic to discuss the cause and stages of buoyancy/swimming bladder issues. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@beccasimmons4073]

How exciting! They are beautiful! It is so interesting to watch as some people may vary slightly in how they quarantine new fish. I also love having quarantine tank below main tank. Best wishes to your family and all new goldfish. Salt has done me wonders in fishkeeping. I love that your transparent and showed the entire process so people can see how important quarantine is.

[@GoldfishCorner]

Hi *Becca* , pinned your comment 📌 since you read my mind. It took me almost a month to make the video. Really wanna show the whole process. Like you said, *quarantine is an important step* and likely ignored by beginners (happened to me once and I lost 4 fancies). The key of quarantine is to separate your new fish with others for a few days. Yes, there some variations in medication or treatments.

[@thrice42]

When I got my goldfish from Zhao's Fancies (he has amazing fish!) I floated the bags to get them used to the temperature, but once the bag was opened the fish got put right into the tank because the ammonia would start turning toxic when the bag is opened and new oxygen comes in (if I remember right). I haven't looked at Goldfish Kingdom before, they have some lovely fish! Great shaped ranchu!

[@GoldfishCorner]

Hi Juliet, Thank you for sharing your experience. I had good experience with Zhao’s goldfish. His fish is health and vibrant. When I bought BEP from him in 2017, I don’t quarantine the fish. Everything was fine.

[@MarcoIsidori]

Hello Lei, beautiful your new fish! I like the Ranchu, Farfalla and Panda. He made a very useful video that is suitable for all hobbyists in reality. Quarantine is fundamental and essential for all fish, especially if they are purchased from breeders and companies. Your system is professional and excellent. The use of the salt of the and of the aquafuran antibiotic. I know this system, I would just like to say that the salt would be good to dose it slowly as you did and better still dilute it with a lot of water to avoid osmotic shocks to the fish. Being dusty, the antibiotic Aquafuran should be used with the precautions of gloves and mask if possible, although a dilution in water before putting it in the tank would be useful. As you said it is photosensitive to light and it is good to leave the aquarium and the dark environment. I am happy to see your fish after weeks of acclimatization to good health. What kind of food do you use for them? I saw a green thing you administered. Happy Sunday and thank you for this video.

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you Marco. You made a great point about safety. I should have used gloves and a mask to handle the yellow powders.

[@dominikbaldassari2708]

Nice!! Glad you’re back and glad you buy from Kevin!

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you, *Dominik*. Very happy with this batch of goldfish

[@bipolaraquatics]

Congrats on new 🐟 solid info on proper aclimation

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you my friend!

[@JosephsTropicalTanks]

Wow I’m happy you got some tanks tank is looking job

[@MarcoIsidori]

Hey Joseph!

[@CaptainChocolateCake]

Thanks for sharing :) Especially salt and yellow powder was interesting. I am usually doing salt and heat first, but may try this way next time :)

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you for sharing your tip, *Joanna* . How long do you keep the heat on? And why heater?

[@CaptainChocolateCake]

@@GoldfishCorner most of my fish arrive with multiple parasites, so in order to get rid of most of single cell ones I treat them with heat (31C) and salt. Salt first day 0.3%, after 48 h I increase to 0.6% and keep it this way for 10 days, maybe 2 weeks, depending on microscope scrapes. When single cells are cured, then I start lowering the temperature by 2C per week and implement fluke treatment if there is high manifestation of skin flukes or if I see gill flukes. The whole QT takes about a month, sometimes longer. When I was using harsh medication for single cell parasites, I was losing too many fish as they were already weakened by the shipping (I need to import fish from abroad). This way I almost have no loses in the first month (ordering around 15 fish each time). My experience is just based on the types of parasites I usually see, and almost always I deal with white spots, costia and flukes. Possibly my approach would me milder if I had fish from another source and not weak after long shipment. Thanks.

[@goldfishforyou.]

I like that black and white fantail that looks so cool.

[@GoldfishCorner]

🐼

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

Excellent video Sir. 👏👏👏👏 Could you do a video on the Chinese method of grooming goldfish for competition? What age do you select fishes & food fed water changes regimens etc. How long do the grooming process last?

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you for the suggestion. I am working on it now. Several friends here requested that topic. I want to make a good video not just listing things that you all already know

[@GenRN]

I enjoyed seeing your process. Do you ever do a potassium permanganate dip? Congratulations on your beautiful new fish! Stunning!

[@GoldfishCorner]

Good point! That should work fine. I normally do potassium permanganate every other month as preventative treatments

[@GenRN]

@@GoldfishCorner I’d love to hear your rationale for doing that to see if it is something I should consider doing, too.

[@SlipperyManBean]

Thanks!

[@GoldfishCorner]

You are welcome

[@cynthiadameron1399]

Beautiful

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you, *Cynthia*

[@limelightaquatics]

Those are some good looking fish!

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thank you, *Mellisa*

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Super

[@GoldfishCorner]

Thanks

[@mark8744]

Should your aquarium lights not be off when accllimatizing, first 24 hours.

[@GoldfishCorner]

I would not do that. Keep the day-night cycles

[@claireajideh7336]

Loved this video! What is your protocol if you are buying fish from a local store or a source where they probably have parasites?

[@GoldfishCorner]

*Claire* , good question. I did have the experience early on buying goldfish from local store, and then they got lice and anchor worm issue. If you expect parasites, please quarantine them longer for two weeks. It takes about 21 days for lice to grow from eggs. Instead of using yellow powder and salt, you need to treat your fish with Hikari ParziPro, or API general care medication to remove parasites. And treat again after 2 weeks. Then the fish should be ready to add to your home tank

[@andrisani6658]

How you do with the cycle in the quarantine tank with no filter? It is not dangerous? How often do you change the water in the quarantine tank? Thanks😊

[@GoldfishCorner]

Aha, we got some experts here! Good point. I only put an airstone but no filter in the tank. The way I mitigate my risk is below: (1) put 50% aquarium water and 50% fresh water into quarantine tank and kept my aeration on over 1 week before adding new fish; (2) no or less feeding during quarantine; (3) water change twice a day to vacuum fish waste and add 0.5% salt water as refill. The ideal case is to put filtration in your quarantine tank if possible but not required if you don’t feed them

[@wb6945]

@@GoldfishCorner what percentage of a water change? 25 %?

[@GoldfishCorner]

@@wb6945 as long as you can vacuum the fish waste off the bottom. Max at 20%

[@vyshnavijayakumar5944]

hello, i want to know how much water need chg weekly for goldfish tank. If i perform 75% water chg weekly, ok ?

[@johnr-w4444]

If you're tank is adequately set up for the number and size of fish. 25% weekly should be enough. If you're having to do 75% weekly, you maybe over stocked.

[@GoldfishCorner]

Hi *Vyshnavi* , agreed with *John* ‘s comment. The frequency and percentage of water change depends on your tank size, filtration power, and the amount of fish. For my 40 gal tank with 4 fancy goldfish, I do 10% WC twice a day during weekdays basically vacuuming the waste and 50% during weekends. Please make sure use *Aged water* for refill no fresh tap water

[@vyshnavijayakumar5944]

@@GoldfishCorner & John, thank you very much for the reply and sharing info. My fish tank size is 50 gallon with 11 goldfish + 1 Ab. pelco. Yes. im using "Aged Water" for refill and water chg, no fresh tap water. The 'aged water' is being add API Salt and anti chlorine. Pls advise the freq and percentage of water change ? tq sir

[@kingston5885]

@@vyshnavijayakumar5944 how are your fish ? I would do at least 50% twice a day . Test your water to confirm .

[@michaelbaluran6563]

what is the best temperature of goldfish from china?

[@GoldfishCorner]

Goldfish is cold blood. So it can grow in a wide temperature range as long as not sudden changes. Seasonal temperature is the best. If you only keep it in AC room at a constant temp, you may get issue of no spawning

[@dog181]

Can you do a video about potassium permanganate dip as preventive treatment? Or can you explain me here what you do i am so interested

[@GoldfishCorner]

I’m thinking about doing a Shorts video to talk about that topic. As you may know the challenge of using PP for preventive treatment is to control the PP amount or percentage. I have a trick to do that. Stay tuned, my friend!

[@Bohmati]

How many ft the main tank ser

[@GoldfishCorner]

40 US gallon

[@johnr-w4444]

Hello, I don't usually use salt in my goldfish tanks as some are planted. What is the advantages to adding a little salt? Or is it only in the quarantine tank?

[@GoldfishCorner]

I only use salt for quarantine tanks or other medication treatment. No salt in the regular tanks or home thanks. For medical or quarantine purpose, salt water has to be 0.3-0.5%. Just adding a little salt (

[@mastaj1742]

Ranchu😍

[@GoldfishCorner]

👍

[@jamestruong1706]

Hi so for quaratine tank we dont use filter?? Just air stone?

[@GoldfishCorner]

Adding a Filter should be even better.

[@megaclarissa7]

I haven't quarantined my fish it's been 3 weeks since I got them along with the moulded tank. I would like to send you a video of my aquarium. I have 5 gold fish and 4 zebra fish and one sucker fish. One golf fish died in two days dont know why. It was upside down. Can i still quarantine my fish.

[@GoldfishCorner]

If you plan to mix new fish and old fish, yes you need to quarantine the new fish first. If you already mixed them and your fish start to die, you need to treat the whole tank. Many reasons for new goldfish to die… Disease, filtration, etc. some tips for new fish, no need to feed your new fish for a week, make sure you have sufficient tank space.

[@lpskitfit]

If I already have a goldfish in the tank I'm going to add new goldfish to, should I quarantine for a few more weeks?

[@GoldfishCorner]

Congrats! Yes any new fish for at least 2 weeks quarantine.

[@lpskitfit]

@@GoldfishCorner awesome, thank you!

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

Sir i need some advice on your quarantine method. How much water do you remove daily since there's no filtration? How many days did you medicate with yellow powder? Is it only once on the 3rd day you started to feed? Since salt doesn't evaporate how do you maintain the 0.5 % salt? Thank you in advance.

[@GoldfishCorner]

Good questions! I did water change twice a day, 15-20% each time. Make sure you add 0.5% salt water as refills. The trick I did is to measure the weight of you removed water. Then used the weight to calculate how much salt you need to make 0.5% for the same amount of fresh water. How many days of quarantine depends on your fish status. If the fish actively seek food and not disease symptoms (rot fin, swimming bladder issue, extra slim, etc), you may end it at day 3 like what I did. I kept 0.5% salt water consistently over the whole quarantine time and added yellow powder twice: 1 teaspoon/ 20gal and then on day 2 added 0.5 teaspoon yellow powder/20gal. During the quarantine time, no feed for first two days since I don’t have filtration. If your goldfish looks fine on day 3, you may start to feed once a day but not over feed them. If they looks fine, then move them to the home tank. If they still have issues, then keep quarantine for another 3 days, you may feed them once a day but do 30% water change twice a day

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

@@GoldfishCorner Thank you Sir for explaining method.. Could you share method on how to groom goldfish for competition?

[@GoldfishCorner]

I’m collecting info for that topic. It has been requested hundreds time from my friends here. I feel that I need to make a super good one, not just a so-so one just listing the things your already know. Thank you for the reminder

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

@@GoldfishCorner Yes that's would be your most watched video ever...lol.. can't wait to see it.... positive it's going to be extremely informative & top class...

[@GoldfishCorner]

@@CrowntailHalfmoon I believe so. That is why I need to make a good one. Expectation is building up

[@Ramraj07Manutd]

Quarantine period of only 3 days is sufficient ?

[@GoldfishCorner]

For my case, yes since I keep these new fish together in a new home tank permanently (so not mix with any existing fish)

[@merinowa]

When you release the fish , you pass them Directly to the upper tank ???? , But the salt concentration etc must be different between the 2 tanks. This will shock the fish !!! Don't you need to make the fish get used to the water condition of the new tank before releasing the fish ??

[@GoldfishCorner]

Depending on the salinity. For under 0.7% salt water, direct drop should be fine

[@kingston5885]

How big is your QT tank ?

[@GoldfishCorner]

20G with aeration

[@theoperazone3862]

You never indicated how much yellow powder to use!

[@GoldfishCorner]

Check the direction in the bottle. Different brands may have different concentration

[@theoperazone3862]

@@GoldfishCorner Thanks!

[@GoldfishCorner]

No problem. Appreciate you taking time to leave the comments