"George Thompson" wrote in message
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Year 1 Month 3.5

Fish dies :- ( I recycle tank and make room for my corydoras to have
their own 6g tank.

Total cost (roughly) £355 ($635?)

Yes, £355. How much was the initial fish? 49p

Same kind of experience here as well. Years ago I had pet fish when I was
young, I never done the cleaning or nothing, just feed them, but they went
into our pond outside (carp fish) and are still going today must be at least
7 years ago. Never thought of having pet fish again, had another pets in
the mean time. Until one day last August my parents brought home a comet
goldfish. Not quite sure why, but there you go :-)

For the first few days it lived in a jar (no tank) Monday morning, shops
opened, and off I went to purchase a tank, about 1.5gal maybe. No filter.
Fish went in, looked happy, but I thought it may want some fish friends -
next day down the pet shop and brought 1 shubunkin and a small goldfish
fantail.

The information with the tank said up to 4 fish are ok. All got alone well.
Water problems time(ammonia was around 3.5), so purchase a filter.

Still never got any good results, but fish were ok. I when really started
enjoying myself, so another weekend off I go again and purchase a Fluval
brand tank kit, biggest tank I could fit at home, it is about 17gal.

After a week or so, they were all living in the tank. One more newbie
error, yes I purchased 2 more fish, using the inch per gal rule thinking I
had room. Leant so much online, this newsgroup has helped the most
(thank-you). Just last week I purchased a external filter for the tank as I
wasn't happy with the internal. I wish I could find more room for a larger
tank, but they are looking good and very healthy so far.

And yes, the comet goldfish is still going strong :-) Just need to find
more room now...

Graeme