The Black Moor Goldfish is basically a black version of the Telescope Goldfish, though the eyes usually don't protrude as far as they do on the Telescope!
Tara Huitson - 2012-02-11 I recently purchased a black moor and for some reason it keeps chasing my two other shubukin? On some occasions it's swam in front of them and tried to block them passing.
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Clarice Brough - 2012-02-16 Most likely your tank is too small and/or you're not feeding enough. Fish can get territorial if they feel like their space is being moved in on and there's competition for their food. For for these three types of goldfish, a 60 gallon aquarium would be ideal.
sandra allan - 2012-03-12 Hi my name is Sandra and I have two black moors. I thnk i am getting a fungal infection in tank, keep you posted,too much sunlight might be...love them to bits .
Jeremy Roche - 2012-03-12 Is the Black Moor much bigger? What size tank are they being housed in?
georgia - 2012-03-04 please help my blackmores eye has fallen out and it's starting to happen to the other eye. I dont know what to do.
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-03-05 What does it look like? Have you tested water conditions? Water conditions can cause pop eye. Sometimes if it is that fixing the conditions and epsom salt can help.
TAMMY - 2010-10-26 Do the black moor eat goldfish or nibble on them? I have 1 moor and some goldfish 2 are missing and ones tail is nibbled on....I seen the moor trying to nibble was just wondering is the moor eating the goldfish...contact me at phattkatt37@yahoo.com....CAN SOMEONE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING PLZ!
Amit - 2011-11-22 Hi, I have a black moor and have recently noticed that its water gets cloudy with 2 days of change. Can someone please explain why...
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Charlie Roche - 2011-11-23 Cloudy water can be the result of several things. The first (and most usual) is not cleaning the gravel throughly when a water change is done. Stuff just gets embedded in the gravel and it has to be rinsed throughly. Check the PH and if it is too high, you will have to treat the water. Black Moors have a lot of fecal material and will eat anything and everything you feed them. Feed him just what he can eat in 5 minutes - twice a day. Let us know.
Anonymous - 2011-12-05 I bought my black moor last week and the very next day his water was all murky. i had the same concern.
Hayley - 2012-01-02 The water goes cloudy due to bacterial blooms from a tank that's not been cyclyed properly. Most recomend a fishles cycle for at least a week, longer if you can wait. When you finaly get a fish in their the waste created will start the cycle properly. During the first couple of weeks you need to do regular 10% water changes, every couple of days until the tank is cycled. Do you have a filter in the tank? It cant cycle properly if theres no filter, and never wash the medium in tap water, always use old tank water. Also, don't put to many fish in at once, you have to let the bacteria build up gradualy.
katkay - 2012-01-07 DO NOT PUT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT OR NEAR AIR CONDITIONER!!!!!
Allison - 2012-02-04 I just got a black moor goldfish, its belly is BIG and it sinks to the bottom as if it can't hold itself up... does anybody know whats wrong if its prego or what? its an unknown gender.. someone please help?!?!?!?
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Anonymous - 2012-02-04 Hi Alison, your fish may have something called swim bladder illness. This is caused by a blockage (maybe due to over eating) which inturn places pressure on the fishes swim bladder, which is responsible for providing floatational balance. I tried all sorts of things to help our fish but just when I thought nothing would work, a friend suggested a homeopathic remedy. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the remedy but an animal homeopath should be able to help. All the best...and don't give up.
Charlie Roche - 2012-02-05 Scroll in article in Animal World to Swim Bladder Disease Fish Disease and I have also been told to take the fish off its regular diet for 1 - 2 days and feed him peas.
Jeremy Roche - 2012-02-17 The first thing I would check is your water Quality for your Nitrate levels. If you do not have a water testing kit I would advice getting one, in the meantime take a water sample to your local pet shop to test. Sometimes over feeding can creat this issue as well throwing the little guys buoyancy off. Anothor issue with some fancy goldfish is the they are breed to be short and round which some times deforms their swim bladder making it difficult to exchange gases to stay afloat properly. So I would start with water test, if that is normal maybe put the little guy on a diet.:)
Anonymous - 2012-02-17 I'm finding out that they get constipated real bad. I had the same problem before. Stop feeding flakes and I put zucchini and brocolli and romaine lettuce and peas in a blender or chop up real small and feed to them. Frozen bloodworms are good too. They eat green plants in the wild and my fish love this stuff and start pooping soon. I hope this helps you. They get swim bladder problems alot
Brittany - 2012-02-29 I have a male black moor and a female black moor. The female is swimming all over the place but the male will casually swim and spends most of his time at the surface...does that mean he's sick or suffocating because he's not moving like his female counterpart?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-02-29 If that is the only thing you are seeing; I would say it is normal. Because of the body shapes of the moors they do not all have the same mobilty. Some may tip over if they try to accelerate to fast. Is he a bit more round? Or, he may just enjoy watching his lady frantically working around the tank as he putts around..
Kaya Penelope - 2012-02-09 I previously posted here regarding my Black Moor (a year ago) and at that time knew NOTHING about these awesome fish! I started with a 20 gallon tank and feeding koi pellets. Now Marvin is in a 44 gallon tank and is fed a mix of nori, blood worms, peas, and fish veggie flakes. I make little ice cubes with the above ingredients mixed together and defrost one at a time. Marvin is about 8 inches long with fin and without, about 5 inches. She does have discoloration on her 'butt', not sure what else to call that portion of her body? Unfortunately every time I tried to introduce a new fish, it just didn't work out. One died of fin rot and the other died of anchor worm and infected Marvin as well. At one point she had approximately 35 of those suckers!! Thank goodness she is a larger fish so my husband and I were able to tweeze them off and medicate her after the fact (melafix/salt baths). We change 25% of her water weekly and 75% about every month or so. Here is my new worry, being a fish hypochondriac, today I noticed her floating, like she is nodding off and then 'comes to' and swims or shimmies a bit and then starts to sink a little. I am sure water is good, no diet change and I cannot see any other issue but the discoloration? It is light gold, about the size of a quarter. She is a fat fish, definitely doesn't starve. Help? I wish I could put a picture up here.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-02-09 WOW definitely sounds like you know what you are doing. I don't know from description what it could be. Try looking at symptoms in Fish Disease
Kaya Penelope - 2012-02-09 Thank you Charlie! I read something in my google searches about 'de-skinning' the peas? I did so, as I thought she may be constipated, and she went after them quickly and ate many! I will do this for the next 2 days and see what happens. I love this fish tons. She has a great personality and I toy with the idea of her very own facebook page.
Anonymous - 2012-02-06 I have a black moor goldfish and it is turning white one of its eye is white all over what is wrong with it.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-02-07 Scroll up to symptoms in this article Fish Disease and look at cloudy eye cuz that sounds like what you have going on. Recommended treatment is listed.
meee - 2012-01-31 Hello I need help my one year old black Moore has gone bright orange and sinks, she can't swim. Whats wrong with her? Her tank mate is fine
Trystal M Blackburn - 2012-01-12 I need help please. I have an old second nature whisper filter and its making bubbles which never did it before, even though its making bubbles is it doing its job?
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Trystal M Blackburn - 2012-01-17 Well I have to put the air hose under the plate where it holds everything and the tank is getting more cloudy in a few days without a filter . . what to do I looked before I posted some help and there is no damage to the filter
The Black Moor Goldfish is basically a black version of the Telescope Goldfish, though the eyes usually don't protrude as far as they do on the Telescope!
I recently purchased a black moor and for some reason it keeps chasing my two other shubukin? On some occasions it's swam in front of them and tried to block them passing.
Most likely your tank is too small and/or you're not feeding enough. Fish can get territorial if they feel like their space is being moved in on and there's competition for their food. For for these three types of goldfish, a 60 gallon aquarium would be ideal.
Hi my name is Sandra and I have two black moors. I thnk i am getting a fungal infection in tank, keep you posted,too much sunlight might be...love them to bits .
Is the Black Moor much bigger? What size tank are they being housed in?
please help my blackmores eye has fallen out and it's starting to happen to the other eye. I dont know what to do.
What does it look like? Have you tested water conditions? Water conditions can cause pop eye. Sometimes if it is that fixing the conditions and epsom salt can help.
Do the black moor eat goldfish or nibble on them? I have 1 moor and some goldfish 2 are missing and ones tail is nibbled on....I seen the moor trying to nibble was just wondering is the moor eating the goldfish...contact me at phattkatt37@yahoo.com....CAN SOMEONE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING PLZ!
Hi, I have a black moor and have recently noticed that its water gets cloudy with 2 days of change. Can someone please explain why...
Cloudy water can be the result of several things. The first (and most usual) is not cleaning the gravel throughly when a water change is done. Stuff just gets embedded in the gravel and it has to be rinsed throughly. Check the PH and if it is too high, you will have to treat the water. Black Moors have a lot of fecal material and will eat anything and everything you feed them. Feed him just what he can eat in 5 minutes - twice a day. Let us know.
I bought my black moor last week and the very next day his water was all murky. i had the same concern.
The water goes cloudy due to bacterial blooms from a tank that's not been cyclyed properly. Most recomend a fishles cycle for at least a week, longer if you can wait. When you finaly get a fish in their the waste created will start the cycle properly. During the first couple of weeks you need to do regular 10% water changes, every couple of days until the tank is cycled. Do you have a filter in the tank? It cant cycle properly if theres no filter, and never wash the medium in tap water, always use old tank water. Also, don't put to many fish in at once, you have to let the bacteria build up gradualy.
DO NOT PUT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT OR NEAR AIR CONDITIONER!!!!!
I just got a black moor goldfish, its belly is BIG and it sinks to the bottom as if it can't hold itself up... does anybody know whats wrong if its prego or what? its an unknown gender.. someone please help?!?!?!?
Hi Alison, your fish may have something called swim bladder illness. This is caused by a blockage (maybe due to over eating) which inturn places pressure on the fishes swim bladder, which is responsible for providing floatational balance. I tried all sorts of things to help our fish but just when I thought nothing would work, a friend suggested a homeopathic remedy. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the remedy but an animal homeopath should be able to help. All the best...and don't give up.
Scroll in article in Animal World to Swim Bladder Disease Fish Disease and I have also been told to take the fish off its regular diet for 1 - 2 days and feed him peas.
The first thing I would check is your water Quality for your Nitrate levels. If you do not have a water testing kit I would advice getting one, in the meantime take a water sample to your local pet shop to test. Sometimes over feeding can creat this issue as well throwing the little guys buoyancy off. Anothor issue with some fancy goldfish is the they are breed to be short and round which some times deforms their swim bladder making it difficult to exchange gases to stay afloat properly.
So I would start with water test, if that is normal maybe put the little guy on a diet.:)
I'm finding out that they get constipated real bad. I had the same problem before. Stop feeding flakes and I put zucchini and brocolli and romaine lettuce and peas in a blender or chop up real small and feed to them. Frozen bloodworms are good too. They eat green plants in the wild and my fish love this stuff and start pooping soon. I hope this helps you. They get swim bladder problems alot
I have a male black moor and a female black moor. The female is swimming all over the place but the male will casually swim and spends most of his time at the surface...does that mean he's sick or suffocating because he's not moving like his female counterpart?
If that is the only thing you are seeing; I would say it is normal. Because of the body shapes of the moors they do not all have the same mobilty. Some may tip over if they try to accelerate to fast. Is he a bit more round? Or, he may just enjoy watching his lady frantically working around the tank as he putts around..
I previously posted here regarding my Black Moor (a year ago) and at that time knew NOTHING about these awesome fish! I started with a 20 gallon tank and feeding koi pellets. Now Marvin is in a 44 gallon tank and is fed a mix of nori, blood worms, peas, and fish veggie flakes. I make little ice cubes with the above ingredients mixed together and defrost one at a time. Marvin is about 8 inches long with fin and without, about 5 inches. She does have discoloration on her 'butt', not sure what else to call that portion of her body? Unfortunately every time I tried to introduce a new fish, it just didn't work out. One died of fin rot and the other died of anchor worm and infected Marvin as well. At one point she had approximately 35 of those suckers!! Thank goodness she is a larger fish so my husband and I were able to tweeze them off and medicate her after the fact (melafix/salt baths). We change 25% of her water weekly and 75% about every month or so. Here is my new worry, being a fish hypochondriac, today I noticed her floating, like she is nodding off and then 'comes to' and swims or shimmies a bit and then starts to sink a little. I am sure water is good, no diet change and I cannot see any other issue but the discoloration? It is light gold, about the size of a quarter. She is a fat fish, definitely doesn't starve. Help? I wish I could put a picture up here.
WOW definitely sounds like you know what you are doing. I don't know from description what it could be. Try looking at symptoms in Fish Disease
Thank you Charlie! I read something in my google searches about 'de-skinning' the peas? I did so, as I thought she may be constipated, and she went after them quickly and ate many! I will do this for the next 2 days and see what happens. I love this fish tons. She has a great personality and I toy with the idea of her very own facebook page.
I have a black moor goldfish and it is turning white one of its eye is white all over what is wrong with it.
Scroll up to symptoms in this article Fish Disease and look at cloudy eye cuz that sounds like what you have going on. Recommended treatment is listed.
Hello I need help my one year old black Moore has gone bright orange and sinks, she can't swim. Whats wrong with her?
Her tank mate is fine
I need help please. I have an old second nature whisper filter and its making bubbles which never did it before, even though its making bubbles is it doing its job?
Well I have to put the air hose under the plate where it holds everything and the tank is getting more cloudy in a few days without a filter . . what to do I looked before I posted some help and there is no damage to the filter