How To Raise A Goldfish

Did you know that your goldfish can live for overshould, however have a thermometer in the tank
10 years? Under the right conditions he can liveand take the appropriate measures if the
even longer but most never make it past thetemperature gets above 72 degrees as higher
first year! If you want your goldfish to live longtemperatures can make your fish more
and healthy lives, youve got to provide thesusceptible to disease. Bear in mind that most
proper environment.other tropical fish like their water on the warm
Its a common misconception that a goldfish canside, so you will have to be careful what fish you
live in a tiny bowl. In order for him to survive forput in the tank with your goldfish.
any length of time, youll need to do frequentProvide the goldfish tank with a filtration system
water changes and cleanings of the bowl thats athat is appropriate for the size of the tank. If you
lot of work and living in a bowl isnt much fun soare keeping the fancy tailed goldfish, dont use a
its best to keep your fish in a regular tank with asystem that will provide too much current as this
proper filtration system.can make it difficult for them to swim around.
The size of your tank depends on how manyYoull also want to provide periodic water changes
goldfish you want to keep in it. A good rule ofas you should with any tank.
thumb is to allocate about 7 gallons of water perOne of the main reasons that fish become sick is
fish, so if you want 5 goldfish a 35 gallon tank isdue to poor water quality. To keep your goldfish
recommended. Its better to keep fish in a longhealthy, make sure you provide the filtration and
tank that has plenty of surface to air space aswater changes but also be careful about
goldfish like to have a lot of oxygen in theirovercrowding and overfeeding. Too many fish or
water. A tall hexagon shaped tank wont be thetoo much decaying food and waste will cause the
best tank for these fish.water in your tank to become toxic to your fish.
Goldfish like their water to be a little on the coolKeeping goldfish can be a wonderful hobby and
side between 65 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit so inwith minimal work, you can get a tank up and
most cases a heater is not necessary. Youkeep it running with healthy fish.