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cuticom · 02-23-2007, 09:46 PM

Sigh, I'm in a spot of trouble LOL, I've been fooling around with a planted tank mainly out of curiousity over how well plants really remove nitrates etc from the water. Anyway one of my "subjects" died, I only had three fish in the tank, two dwarf gouramis and a Molly, so to continue the month long 'experiment' I needed another fish, the gourami didnt die cos of a problem with the tank, it was just kinda ill from the start.

Anyway I wasnt able to get to the fish store so I asked Mum to get me a cheapish tropical livebearer or gourami, she turned up with an inch long black moor. Our petstores have no return policies so I now have a black moor goldfish LOl. I think I'm just gonna give up on my planted tank as my Molly went on a destructive rampage this morning and took all the stems off of the foxtail, but I'll try and keep it going for a bit longer.

The temp's only set at 24 degrees celsius and from what I've read thats at the high end of the comfortable range for goldfish so hopefully the moor'll be fine, the molly and gourami ahve always been at 24 degrees temp so hopefully they'll be fine. The tanks 20g, so it "should" be big enough for a single gold fish, and I guess when it gets bigger I'll just have to move the Molly and Gourami back to one of my tropical tanks though I have doubts about the remaining gouramis health.

The reason my Mum got me a goldfish is because my Mum belongs to th old way of keeping fish and she herself has four fancy tailed goldfish and a few tropical tetras living together, I'm actually surprised those goldfish are still alive they were bought for me as adults almost 10 years ago.

So can anyone tell me a bit more about black moors?
ie what size they get to,
best food (I have tropical fish flakes, will that do? LOL, oh and of course my remaining plants),
Do they eat Java moss? What about Foxtail? As I'd like to at least save my Java Moss
Do they jump at all?
and will he be okay in the 20g?

Thanks
Emma

02-23-2007, 09:46 PM	#1
cuticom Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 16 Posts: 51	Black Moors Sigh, I'm in a spot of trouble LOL, I've been fooling around with a planted tank mainly out of curiousity over how well plants really remove nitrates etc from the water. Anyway one of my "subjects" died, I only had three fish in the tank, two dwarf gouramis and a Molly, so to continue the month long 'experiment' I needed another fish, the gourami didnt die cos of a problem with the tank, it was just kinda ill from the start. Anyway I wasnt able to get to the fish store so I asked Mum to get me a cheapish tropical livebearer or gourami, she turned up with an inch long black moor. Our petstores have no return policies so I now have a black moor goldfish LOl. I think I'm just gonna give up on my planted tank as my Molly went on a destructive rampage this morning and took all the stems off of the foxtail, but I'll try and keep it going for a bit longer. The temp's only set at 24 degrees celsius and from what I've read thats at the high end of the comfortable range for goldfish so hopefully the moor'll be fine, the molly and gourami ahve always been at 24 degrees temp so hopefully they'll be fine. The tanks 20g, so it "should" be big enough for a single gold fish, and I guess when it gets bigger I'll just have to move the Molly and Gourami back to one of my tropical tanks though I have doubts about the remaining gouramis health. The reason my Mum got me a goldfish is because my Mum belongs to th old way of keeping fish and she herself has four fancy tailed goldfish and a few tropical tetras living together, I'm actually surprised those goldfish are still alive they were bought for me as adults almost 10 years ago. So can anyone tell me a bit more about black moors? ie what size they get to, best food (I have tropical fish flakes, will that do? LOL, oh and of course my remaining plants), Do they eat Java moss? What about Foxtail? As I'd like to at least save my Java Moss Do they jump at all? and will he be okay in the 20g? Thanks Emma