"Ben Rum" wrote in message
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I've recently purchansed a tinly little 11 litre (about 2.5 Gallon I
think) tank for 2 goldfish. It came with a little filter which obviously
isn't doing a great job as the water gets cloudy after about 3 days, after
a week it's quite murky - still see through, but not pleasant to look at!

Goldfish, when healthy and well care for can grow to 12" or more in size.
Your tank is too small for even one GF. Perhaps you can either buy them a
20Long tank for return them for a betta.

I understand that 2 fish may be too much for 11 litres, so is there
anything I can do to keep their environment a bit cleaner?

Constant partial water changes. But 2 GF in such a tiny tank isn't going to
work.

I feed them 3 times a day, and generally not more than they would eat over
a 3 min period (as per several web searches have suggested)
I also refresh about 10-20 percent of the water in a week, however this
doesn't help enough.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I want to keep the two fellas
happy!

PLEASE go purchase them a 20Long tank and get a filter adequate for GF.
Use the tiny tank you have now for a hospital or quarantine tank - or use it
to house a betta.
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