Fish Lovers 2.0

[Lonin]

I went away on vacation, came back, and one of my female crown tail bettas has the worst case of ick I've ever seen! I'm surprised she's still alive! Most of the bettas I had when I wa stop her that had ick this bad were dead already! I'm treating her and am watching the whole tank like a hawk. (She is in a quarantine tank) any advice on what to treat her with. I'm using some fungus killer thing that I forget what it's called and aqaurium salt.

There's no point quarantining her if she wasn't already in that tank. Ich only spends a short amount of time living on the fish and a whole lot of time in the tank itself. You can only kill ich when it isn't on the fish so you'll need to treat both tanks anyway.
It's not a fungus so there's no point using that unless she also has a fungal infection or it's medication that also treats ich c: Try heat treating it, ich doesn't like high temperatures. Slowly raise the temperature of the tank a few degrees an hour until it reaches 86f/30c then keep it there for 14 days or at least 3 days after the last sign of it on your fish. If you do this make sure there's plenty of surface agitation since higher temperatures carry less oxygen and don't do it if you're medicating the tank as medication reduces oxygen as well. Watch the fish for signs of stress or that they're not getting enough oxygen. Do partial water changes daily or every other day with a gravel vacuum
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php
http://www.aquahobby.com/articles/e_ich2.php

[sarcasteil]

Quick question. I left my fish in a temporary container while I cleaned out the tank in the bathroom for some minutes, and my dwarf gourami somehow jumped out. I only found out after I returned to set the tank up again. It was on the floor twitching x.x I know they have labyrinths, and it was quickly put back in to the container as soon as I found out, but now it just lies in a spot unmoving. It's not dead (as of approx. 5 mins ago), but will it die? I put a lid on top of the container for now, and an air stone and all the plants in the container.

[Hime]

Yes, money! I could finally buy(well, order) my sick corries some medication. ^^

I've been thinking about setting a sick/quarantine tank to medicate the corries(who seem to be the only sick ones in the tank)... As the medication is likely to kill the good bacterias in the tank, and I'd reeeeeally not want that to happen in the main tank, since it was so hard to get in balance in the beginning. But my issue is that I don't have extra heater, and can't really afford one either. :\ I'm not 100% sure how long does the medication last, like if it's only day or so, then I think I could just use some warm tap water and some of the tank water. But if it's more than a day long treatment, then it might get little too cold for the corries(I think without heater my tank would be only around 20, max 23C).
Any ideas/tips?

[Keletheryl]

So I have a bit of a dilemma here.

I was walking back from the movies, when some guy came up to me and handed me a bag and was just like "here, have this" and then walked off, me and my friend looked in the bag and there's some fish food and three commet goldfish.

I've never owned goldfish before, not to mention I have nowhere to put them. They're sitting in a bucket in my room right now since I have nowhere else. And to make things worse, they're commets. So they're going to get huge! I can't afford a tank that big until the beginning of October.

Alright, so what I'm asking is this;
- What can I put them in temporarily until I can get a tank
- What should I know about goldfish?

They came with pellets for eating (thank god). I only know a little bit about goldfish, like sinking pellets are better for them, they don't have stomachs, and they grow massive.

[flyteck]

If you can't keep them I'd highly suggest looking for a local pond that will take them. That way they'll have all the room they need.

As for temporary arrangements.. how big are they currently?

[Keletheryl]

If you can't keep them I'd highly suggest looking for a local pond that will take them. That way they'll have all the room they need.

As for temporary arrangements.. how big are they currently?

We don't have goldfish ponds here, unless they are in somebodies backyard.
Currently they're around 4 inches

[flyteck]

You'd need something big to keep the three in at that size...
Maybe put up some adds saying you have some goldfish in need of a backyard pond home?

It's about 50 gallons per fish, and at 4 inches you're going to need most likely all of that for each already.
Just keep them in the biggest thing you can find, even if it's just a plastic storage box with a filter on it.

I have some fancies myself but I don't know everything about goldfish, so hopefully someone more experienced can give you more detailed advice.

[Keletheryl]

Alright, I don't know when but we are going to get a pond to put them in. But since I don't know when, anything I can keep them in momentarily?

And commets can stay in a pond, correct?
What would happen in the winter?

Edit; I also have a dog that loves water, how could I keep her out?

[flyteck]

As long as the pond is deep enough they'll be fine through the winter. I don't know how deep deep enough is though, so I'd look that up. To keep out the dog just cover the pond with some wood lattice or chicken wire c:

The cheapest option for a temporary home is a big storage container with a filter on it. Get the largest size you can find (look at a hardware store) and make sure you can buy a filter that will sit on the edge. You don't need it to have gravel or plants as long as it's big enough and filtered, but an air stone would be handy.

[Keletheryl]

Thank you! I'll keep everybody updated