One large medium goldfish, a baby goldfish, and a nother that i don't know what type. The bowl is about a foot long, maybe bigger. How much food? any plants or small "caves" to hide in? howbout filters?
2006-10-18 12:52:22 · 7 answers · asked by CL S 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
well it sounds like you have a 10 gallon (use a empty 1 gal. milk jug to fill the tank to get an idea how many gallons it is) so you know how much you have .... fish need at least 1 gallon per 1 inch of fish ex: one goldfish that will grow 6+ inches needs 6+ gallons...goldfish get5,8,10+ inches or so...if you have too many fish in the tank it will slowly kill them...you will get ammonia spikes ect.and if add/change water you need to add dechlorinater or let it set out 24 hrs or so... or it will quickly kill the fish.... to help establish and maintain the water use cyle a liquid you add that contains the benifical bacteria .... get a good filter and one that is over rated for the amount you have ex: if it is a 10 gal. get a 20-30 gal. filter(and change the media monthly) ...i also recomend quick dip water tests to check the water every so often...and change1/4 % of the water weekly ...goldfish are more dirty than most....good luck i hope i helped... find a goldfish blend and only feed how much the eat in 2-3 mins. over feeding them will cause ammonia build up and that slowwly kills the fish...deco. add some to hide but still leave room to swim and roam.. i would get a larger tank the bigger the easier to care for and the healtier the fish...also when you first set up a tank you will have a period where the water gets cloudy and the ammonia is high and fish often die...it is known as new tank syndrome...it is best to allow the tank to establish before getting the fish
2006-10-18 13:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Bekah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, Goldfish need 10 gallons all to themselves. If you have 2 you need a 20 gallon tank or larger. The little one you have is MUCH to small. It has something to do with oxygen exchange in the gills, an air stone and a filter won't help.
Second, Goldfish are cold water fish. They need temperatures between 50 and 60 degrees. All other fish need warmer water. Between 75-80 degrees. Keeping them together will make one of them sick. You need to find out what the other fish is, or take it back to the store.
Feed them so that they eat all of it in 10 seconds. If it takes them longer than that, feed less.
There is no room for plants and caves in the tank you have now, but anything at the pet store is fine to put in there.
You should have done research before you got the pet.
Look here
www.kokosgoldfish.com
It's a good site, lots of good information
2006-10-18 20:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would keep them in nothing less then a 10 gallon aquarium and actually would recommend something larger for the goldfish can get to be about a foot when full grown. Also this will make Maintenance easier. Feed what they will eat in about a min or 2 is good 2x a day. I would feed a spurulina pellet or flake. You can add plants and caves what ever you want to dress up the tank. As far as filters i would recommend either aqua clear or penguin filter... depending on how many gallons tank is depending on the size of the filter. With any other questions feel free to email me at djnelson@aquarealmaquarium.com
2006-10-18 19:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by DJ n 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Next time try finding all this stuff out before you buy the animal.
Goldfish need 10 gallons each minimum, I highly doubt that bowl is big enough and without a bigger tank you will probably kill them. They are very messy fish and need a filter and lots of water changes especially when the set up is new since it hasn't cycled and the ammonia will kill the fish. Check out this site, you can find out all the things you need to know about taking care of goldfish, http://kokosgoldfish.com/
2006-10-18 19:58:59 · answer #4 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
for food just feed them a little at a time until they seem to lose interest. fake plants are good. real plants give oxygen but its bad for the fish when they die. you should definitely have gravel and aquarium decorations for the fish to hide in that makes them less stressful when they think there may be danger. filters are always a good thing. you should also buy a gravel cleaner to clean off the algae which isnt good.
2006-10-18 20:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you just feed them maybe two pinches of food and you really don't need that. My parents bought $300.00 worth of stuff for the fish and they ended up dying. And we did everything it said when the people at the pet shop tried to question us. The people were trying to think why did they die.
2006-10-18 19:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by Shy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put them in water.
2006-10-18 19:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋