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Thread: keeping gold fish
Started 2 months, 3 weeks ago by Racingsnake
I had two apparently perfectly healthy goldfish for about 4 years, living in a medium sized glass aquarium in water butt water on a North facing window sill. It may be co-incidence but they both died soon after I put in some water snails to make the tank look more interesting. Now DD (just 3) is very keen to have new fish, but I have done some reading and realised I was doing ...
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sweetnitanitro replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
If finances are an issue then you might want to consider keeping tropical fish instead. Goldfish grow VERY large so need a huge tank (I'm talking 30 gallons minimum for a couple of small fancy goldfish, much bigger for common goldfish) and a massive filter. My goldfish set up was around £200 and I did it on the cheap. If you were to keep some small tropical fish then you could have a ...
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Racingsnake replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hmm. never thought about tropical fish. I always assumed that they would be prohibitively expensive and very prone to dying at the first power cut.
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crokky replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
RacingSnake - I am a first timer and got some fish for my 3yo and 1yo. I got one of those all in one packs where you get the tank, the filter, the heater, the light etc. The fish that I have are all Danios - they are very hardy and easy to keep and my kids love them. My Danios were about £1.30 each so the cost of the fish is not the issue - it's the cost of the equipment. They are nice ...
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crokky replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
oh and my danios didn't mind the 3 hour power cut we had about 3 months ago!
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sweetnitanitro replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Yeah, danios are tough and small but they are hyper so they need lots of room too! If you pick one of the smaller species then they would be perfect. Celestial pearls are easy to keep but make sure they are UK bred ones and not wild caught. Zebra and pearl danios are a bit larger and would need a slightly bigger tank. Neon tetras are small and hardy. A lot depends on your water ...
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Hmm. never thought about tropical fish. I always assumed that they would be prohibitively expensive and very prone to dying at the first power cut.
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oh and my danios didn't mind the 3 hour power cut we had about 3 months ago!
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Yeah, danios are tough and small but they are hyper so they need lots of room too! If you pick one of the smaller species then they would be perfect. Celestial pearls are easy to keep but make sure they are UK bred ones and not wild caught. Zebra and pearl danios are a bit larger and would need a slightly bigger tank. Neon tetras are small and hardy. A lot depends on your water conditions because some fish like hard water and some like soft...

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