New caretaker.

Hi,
I recently bought 3 goldfish for my daughter. I did some research but
screwed up a bit. According to this calculation
http://www.petlibrary.com/goldfish/examples.htm I have 77 square
inches which means I should be able to support 2 fish with loads to
spare but 3 is pushing it.

What other ways can I help oxygenate the water? Use a bubble blowing
filter?

Also what other kinds of fish can live with goldfish? For example can
guppies? Can axilotls? Thanks in advance.

yeah, an air pump with a couple air diffusers is highly recommended to increase
aeration for goldies. mostly tho, the requirement is 10 gallons per goldfish with a
20 gallon minimum. Ingrid
http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...htm#essentials

(Solomani) wrote:

Hi,
I recently bought 3 goldfish for my daughter. I did some research but
screwed up a bit. According to this calculation
http://www.petlibrary.com/goldfish/examples.htm I have 77 square
inches which means I should be able to support 2 fish with loads to
spare but 3 is pushing it.

What other ways can I help oxygenate the water? Use a bubble blowing
filter?

Also what other kinds of fish can live with goldfish? For example can
guppies? Can axilotls? Thanks in advance.



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wrote in message ...
yeah, an air pump with a couple air diffusers is highly recommended to increase
aeration for goldies. mostly tho, the requirement is 10 gallons per goldfish with a
20 gallon minimum. Ingrid
http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...htm#essentials


Thanks for the info. So we are looking at 30 litres per Goldfish as a
rule of thumb with a minimum of 60 litres (sorry Im a metric person
. Ill get the aeraters ASAP.

Seperate question is there a good website to order items from?
Prefereably one in Australia or Japan or that ships to these
locations. Thanks.

10 gallons per goldfish with a 20 gallon minimum.

So unless my math is off thats 30 litres per GF. Thats a lot of water.

The Link the Ingrid supplied showed 2 GF in a 20 gallon tank.

That's a 12" x 18" x 24" tank or equivalent.

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"Solomani" wrote in message
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10 gallons per goldfish with a 20 gallon minimum.

So unless my math is off thats 30 litres per GF. Thats a lot of water.

actually, 38 liters. 76 liter minimum. it is a stability issue. with 20 g/76l\ L
the temp wont usually swing so fast.
GF start out small, but they grow fast and for most GF 10 gallons per is enough. for
large round fancy GF, 10 gallons wont be enough. GF are really very dirty and
because the idea is to keep the nitrates at or below 20 ppm smaller tanks mean
changing water more than once a week. INgrid

(Solomani) wrote:

10 gallons per goldfish with a 20 gallon minimum.

So unless my math is off thats 30 litres per GF. Thats a lot of water.



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List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.