How often do you clean your goldfish bowl?

Question

I dun need people to be mean about this and I dun need info about changing to a 10 gallon per goldfish (we all have the right to believe in different things and have different opinions)...If you have a goldfish in a bowl, how often do you give water changes? Mine is 2 gallon

Thank you~~!! ^.^

Answer 1

i work in a pet store with lots of fish and this is mine advice on cleaning:
if its unfiltered always clean once a week to introduce more oxygen into the water and remove harmful chemicals which build up naturally, do this even if it looks clean. by clean i mean a 30% water change is optimal 50% (never more then this because when u remove water you remove the natural bacteria that breaks down waste) if its really dirty.
if its filtered maybe every 2 to 3 weeks depending on how many fish you have and how dirty the water is looking.
when changing water remember to condition the new water and add some bacteria to replace the bacteria you will have removed with the water.
if you find the water getting really dirty or cloud in less then a week over feeding is the most common cause, fish should be fed once a day 2 or 3 flakes per fish. yes goldfish will eat more, but they will just throw it up later anyway and remember if given a chance they will also eat themselves to death.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The correct way to know when you need to clean the bowl is to test the water for certain chemicals (ammonia, nitrite, and ammonia) and do a change whenever any these gets too high (not all the things that affect fish can be seen). You can get test strips at your local pet/fish store that will test your water for all of these (pH and alkalinity, too) at one time - see this link for an example: http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/11376/product.web and some stores will test your water if you bring in a sample in a clean container. If you test yourself, you'll want to do a water change whenever the ammonia or nitrite levels are detectable, and when nitrates are above 40ppm. Ammonia and nitrite are both toxic to your fish and nitrate levels above 40-50 are toxic to some, depending on the species. See the information on water testing and acceptable levels in this link: http://www.aquarium-supply.biz/ordering/ov_test_kits.html

I would try testing every few days till you get an idea how often you'll need to change the water. Remember, though, that as your fish grow, the water will get dirty faster because they will eat (and poo) more, and there will be more fish and less water if they are kept in the same size of container. Larger containers spread the compounds you're testing for out more.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

We did ours fortnightly (50% change) - the fish died. We did ours weekly - the fish died. We did them monthly, the fish lasted longer, then died. Goldfish get easily stressed. Maybe change more frequently but less water than 50 %. We used all the neutralising chemicals, and aged the water for a month, so I figure it must be stress. Our friends have a tiny fishbowl with algae all over, their fish is alive.

Answer 6

You're right, everyone has the right to believe what they wish and keep the fish irrepsonsibly. I wouldn't go more then a week without cleaning the bowl if someone forced me to keep it in one.

Answer 7

well, if you like your current bowl, I would clean at least once a week. I know you don't want to hear this, but something bigger with a filtration system is better.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

goldfish need a bigger tank.Clean the bowl when it becomes dirty, bout 5 days......

Answer 10

Junipero never clean goldfish bowl . . . Junipero no have goldfish, why clean bowl?