i do 50% water changes 2 times a week and keep it verry clean. also is there any thing i can do to make it more confortable for them such as a bubble rock.they are all small and young right now and i plan to move them to a pond in a few years......i am a begginer and have had them for about 4 months and never lost a fish.
thanks
2007-03-06 01:58:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
i also have a good sized scull that they can hide in to get away frome one another
2007-03-06 02:15:15 · update #1
That is a little too many for such a small home. But your tank maintenence is excellent. I would get an airstone. It helps get out carbon dioxide and adds more surface area for breathing. Keep up your rigorus tank maintenence until you can afford them a larger home. A standard 55 gallon is a good choice. The fantails and comets would do fine in a pond but the moores need to be kept inside. They are a little more delicate and do not make good pond fish.
2007-03-06 02:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too small of a tank. All of those fish will be 5" plus! I've had fish for about 17years and I've lost about 25fish, most of which were angel fish. I have very bad luck with angels...
They will grow fast, so a couple of years will be too long to wait. For now, the tank being clean is an issue, but you should get a larger fish tank or a horse trough to put them in. You can keep the trough in the house and fill it with water, put a filter in and everything. It is a cheap way to raise Koi thru the winter, and also a good home for smaller goldfish.
2007-03-06 02:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 09:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly it is a good thing you realize your fish are going to grow. There is NO problem with keeping the little ones in a 10 gallon tank since right now their requirements are not as if they were an adult.
Sounds like you are doing a good job as far as cleaning and keeping them healthy.
You may find you will be moving your fish to a pond more quickly than a few years since gold fish grow quickly.
Adding a bubble stone of any kind will not add much needed dissolved oxygen (the air fish breath) to the tank and is for decoration only (as Zoe stated). Dissolved oxygen only enters the tank with water movement. ie. powerheads, fountains waterfalls filters (wind waves etc)
Doesn't seem like this is a problem so far with your fish. If you find as they grow they are becoming lethargic, just drop the water level in your tank about 1/2-1" to allow the filter to DUMP water into the tank creating the dissolved oxygen needed.
Great job.
2007-03-06 02:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please consider returning these fish and getting some different ones. I'm sure that no one at the petstore told you, but NONE of these fish are suitable to a 10 gallon tank, let alone six of them.
Your comets, for example, will get longer than the tank is! They need to live in ponds.
Your fantails and black moores will get a little smaller, around 8 inches, but because they produce so much waste they need a minimum of 20 gallons of water each.
You sound like you're doing a great job at taking care of your tank, but "a few years" from now, your fish will sadly have died. They simply cannot live long in a tank that small.
If the biggest tank you can have in a 10 gallon tank, consider getting some smaller fish like platies, tetras, rasboras. They will be much happier in your tank.
As for the bubble rock, those are not necessary. They don't really do very much, and your filter itself should provide adequate filtration. However, bubble rocks won't HURT your tank, so if you like how it looks, then go for it.
You can add a little bit of aquarium salt (1 rounded tablespoon in your tank, disolved first in a cup of tank water) to help boost your fishes' immune systems
If they don't have any already, I'm sure your fish would appreciate some silk plants to hide in.
2007-03-06 02:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by Zoe 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
That's way too many goldfish in a ten gallon. If they survive, then good for you. But you should really do research and ask questions before you just go out and set up a tank
2007-03-06 02:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by gizmo 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Six fish in a ten gallon fish tank ain't bad, but they won't grow mush do to space until you move them. A bubbler is good, and helps stir up the trash off the bottom, so the filter can grab it
2007-03-06 02:06:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
The types seem fine however remember the general rule of thumb that goes with all fish. One and a half inches of fish per gallon. We raise fancy guppies, shrimp and a couple crabs and they seem to do fine with just eachother a air filter and good food.
2007-03-06 02:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by Blanca Long 1 · 0⤊ 7⤋