I have 1 goldfish in 10 gallon tank with tetra whisper filter. do I need aerator (sp?) or air rocks?

Question

I want to add more goldfish to begin with and see what happends. It is all new to me.

Answer 1

The filter will provide lots of oxygen in the water for your fish as well filter the tank water. Adding more gold fish is problematic as gold fish get huge. Most people recommend about goldfish 1 per 10 gallons. If you are willing to commit to upgrading your tanks in the future you can get more now. You will need to keep no more than 1 inch in length (ignore fancy tails) per 2 gallons. Another option is to add more/better filtration. Replacing the filter with a biowheel style power filter rated for 15-20 gallons, or adding an undergravel filter in addition to your current filter can increase tank capacity by 50% or so. Lastly you could just commit to weekly changing 50% of the water in the tank.

Answer 2

Check the flow rate on the filter. You should try to have a filter that processes all of the water in your tank 10 times an hour. So a 10 gallong goldfish tank should have a filter with a flow rate of at least 100 gallons per hour.

If that's the case, you shouldn't need anymore filtration.

As to adding fish. Be advised that your goldfish need ten gallons per fish, to grow like they're supposed to. If you add more fish, you'll stunt their growth. This is because goldfish produce more waste than other types of fish.

If you plan on getting a larger tank in the future, they should be fine together in a ten gallon for the time being. :)

There are great fishkeeping books that focus specifically on goldfish. If you do a search for "gold fish book" on the net, several should pop up. You can probably get one from the local library as well. These books are far more reliable than most advice from yahoo answers.

Answer 3

Does your fish hang out at the surface a lot? Sort of sucking in the top water? If he does then you need to add an aerator.

Often the movement a filter causes at the surface will allow enough oxygen to dissolve into the water.

Your tank is maxed out. You can not add another goldfish. If you do it will die well- the first might die. Regardless one of them will die. It may take a while but it will happen. Goldies should live up to 40 years. Check out any of the goldfish forums. Kokos, the Goldfish connection. They will all tell you the same thing. A baby goldie needs at least ten gallons per fish.

Your fish is going to get really big. If you want a lot of fish then bring him back and get community tropical. That way you can have a lot of small fish rather than one big one. You have to decide one or the other- they don't mix.

Answer 4

you should get an air pump and an air stones. they dont cost much. you can also get fresh water plants too since they put oxygen into the water as well. If your tank is only 10 gallons I suggest that you only get one more goldfish other wise youll be needing to clean the tank you more than you have too (goldfish are very dirthy!). Frequent water changes arent healthy for them. Its suggested that 1 gold fish needs 4 gallons of water. I have one golfish in a 40 gallon aquarium and its 7 inches long! (they grow quickly) :-p hope this helps!

Answer 5

I wouldn't reccomend putting any more goldfish in. for every inch of goldfish you should have 2 gallons of water. Goldfish are especially messy and make alot of ammonia. right now I have one fancy gold fish in a ten gallon tank he's only about two inches now but is supposed to grow to about five inches so it'll even out. also, I have two common gold fish (feeder fish) that were supposed to be turtle food but the turtle never ate them. eventually they got to big and i had to put them in a seperate tank (both are about five inches long). temporarily I have them in a ten gallon tank and the water isn't that great looking (it's only been three days since I first put them in). feeder fish can get really big so I don't recomend adding more fish unless you plan on getting a bigger tank. I have air stones in both tanks. you should probably put a small pump in. for my single fish I just have a 5 gallon pump for the ten gallon tank and for the two feeder fish I have a ten gallon air pump.

Answer 6

It won't hurt anything, but the action of the filter should supply plenty of oxygen to the water. The rule of thumb for number of fish is1 inch per gallon. That means if you expect your fish to get 2 inches long you can put 5 fish in. For a 10 gal. I would reccomend you get smaller fish so you can put more in. This will give you more movement in your tank.

Answer 7

aerators just add more oxygen, bubble wands r better they make the tank prettier and r better 4 the tank.

rule of thumb is 1 fish per 3 gals. of water, and w/ goldfish i'd keep it @ the very most 4. they're dirtier than most of ur tropical varieties. gl

Answer 8

No, you don't need aerator. Just make sure don't overfeed the fish to maintain the ammonia level

Answer 9

yes you need aérator or some thing for make air !!

Answer 10

depends on how often u want to clean the tank....