On Feb 14, 6:02*am, (Papa Red) wrote:
I have a friend whose friend has told her that she can safely keep two
goldfish in 1.5 gallons of water,...And I say that with goldfish, that
that is an unhealthy practice. *What say you folks? ~Papa Red.

In all practicality, yes its not right to keep even one in that small
of a container. HOwever yes one can keep one, two three or more in
that sized container and do it without any problems in so much as
health goes..........it just depends on how much messing around a
person wants to do all for the sake of getting a proper sized tank to
house the goldies in. I had a friends father who kept 4 feeders (1"
long or so) in a typical 1 or 1.5 gal goldfish bowl. Those same fish
(1 died) stayed inthat bowl and they grew to a good 3" or more in
length. He changed water pretty well every day..............used a
simple air stone and pump,.nothing else.....just three nice sized
goldies in that small tank.were they healthy.they sure did appear to
be, was it a lot of work, yep, were those fish happy......probably
not...but he was sucessfull at keeping three nice goldies in a small
container for a long time. I will say this fella was a paraplegic, so
he was in the house all day and night, and nothing better to do than
fish bowl water changes....and that perhaps is why they survived as
good as they did.thrive, well probably, but I know they could have
been better housed....