In message , NZed
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First mistake...
I didnt read up on goldfish.....I simply asked the woman in the petshop. Who
obviously knows very little about goldfish and the care of them.

10 x 10 galons ....100 galons ...= 378 litres ?
Jeez thats a huge tank

it is!

are you sure thats right for each goldfish ? what about the size of
goldfish...mine are only 2 inches long x 8 and 1 inch approx for the two
blackmores.

The fancies are smaller, but are more sensitive than the ordinary ones.
You should either take some back and get a medium size tank (I've got
three gf in a 46 gallon tank (that's 4ft by 15 by 16)); keep them and
get a GIGANTIC tank; keep them and get a pond(!); keep them and get
several smaller tanks; take them all back and get different fish... They
like the company of other goldfish, so if there's any way you can get a
30 gallon tank and keep three I'd go for that.

I started like you did, (pretty recently, too) knew nothing about
keeping goldfish, believed the lady in the shop (who is actually very
nice and knowledgeable about everything except goldfish, sigh) and had
three of them, some minnows and an algae eater in a 13 gallon tank to
start with. (aka Goldfish Hell.) The bigger tank is so much better all
round; the fish like it and I love it. I felt awful when I first moved
them, they would swim 18 inches then slow down, they were so used to the
glass being there.

Your fish _will_ die if you keep them all in that little tank. you could
get away with a couple if you were absolutely scrupulous about water
changes etc, but they wouldn't be happy and it wouldn't be good for
them.


NZed

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http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...htm#essentials

10 gallons per goldfish
http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...e1.htm#cycling



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