Keeping Goldfish - Need Advice

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malhotraraul said:
i had few gold fish but life span is not much, cleaning the water is also pain as i have a very huge 4' tank so cannot change the water instantly from tap a the water contains chlorine which kills the fish, so have to keep the water for 2 - 3 days before changing it, so gave up the idea for gold fish, the dead ones were food for my sucker fish's, thay had a good feast, so i only have fresh water sharks & sucker fish & now i can change the water without keeping it, guess they have adapted themselves to chlorinated water.
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Chlorine Remover lotion is available from shops. Please use it, please...
 
Spacescreamer said:
^^ You do agree that the fishes do have a life too and are not for ornamental interests only ??
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Well, even wild bettas survive and seem to prefer the stalest and most stagnant part of a drain, hiding in the cevices or under a rock; not the most active of fish and definitely used to cramped spaces.
 
Simple rule!
Bigger the tank the least maintenance you have to do.
I got a 4' Tank I clean it onces in 5-6 months...
Have installed one of the best filters in the market "Ehiem" 2217
I got 6 Parrot fish 2 Oscars in them... Have the Parrots since 15 months and Oscars 8 months.
No hassel at all....

As for cleaning I have used Pneumatic Polyurathane Tubes to fill the water direct from Aqua Guard
Its recommended that you do a 50% Water change every 45-60 Days.

More info check out IAH like hellfire suggested
 
chiron said:
Well, even wild bettas survive and seem to prefer the stalest and most stagnant part of a drain, hiding in the cevices or under a rock; not the most active of fish and definitely used to cramped spaces.
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Man cut that out will ya..?

To suggest getting a smaller container for them was plain ridiculous in the first place. Your only premise was that they ll look better in those small bowls as if they are decorative pieces.

You seem to speak as if you have had interviewed them about the drain and stuff.. You must have asked if they had a choice ?

I am surprised you didnt sent any suggestion based on stopping treatment of water and calculations on how to save some dough if one skips cleaning the bowl/tank on alternate basis.
 
chiron said:
Well, even wild bettas survive and seem to prefer the stalest and most stagnant part of a drain, hiding in the cevices or under a rock; not the most active of fish and definitely used to cramped spaces.
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Stale stagnant drain ... are you kidding? As for hiding, they are actually smart fishes that hide as a part of territorial behavior ... No offense but do you have any idea about fishes?
 
I've raised a few betta fry to adulthood when I was in school (though after a lot of failed attempts) and I've kept them in an outdoor concrete tank, in a big aquarium with other fish, in a small aquarium with partitions for male bettas and in a fishbowl. Of those the outdoor concrete tank obviously was best not only for the bettas but all the other fish; probably because of more natural nutrients in the water, natural lighting etc. In case of the partitioned aquarium the sight of seeing them go at it through the glass looks cool but really unhealthy for the loser. But there seemed to be no difference in keeping them in a big aquarium or a bowl.

I used to put pairs in a smaller concrete tank with about 10cms or less depth of water and some floating plants for spawning but I used to think that disturbing the water would hurt the fry (and unfortunately there was no internet to tell me otherwise at that time) which led to only a couple of fry growing big while the others died out. But that fairly confined tank seemed to be the best in terms of the betta health as compared to even the big tank.

Bettas are fairly temperamental compared to most aquarium fish of their size and loose all their color when they are scared; so if its lively and looks healthy then I assume it is in fact happy.... or at least I'm happy with that.
 
avoid bowl, my goldfish often leaped out of it, had to keep it lidded. i had a 5 lt glass bowl, shifted the fish to proper tank after 3 weeks.
 
I went and got me a maroon Betta. Went I went to the local fish and aquarium shop I disliked the bowls on sight. This was mainly due their small size and there was no way I would cramp up the Betta in them. I ended up buying a medium sized tank for it and now she swims in it much happily ... beautiful. :)
 
^^ if its a betta with wide fins and all, its a 'He' not 'She'. 'She' bettas are normally low profile :)

Show a mirror against him and you will see his true colours. Don't do it frequently for fun , fish gets agitated.
 
Prole73 said:
^^ if its a betta with wide fins and all, its a 'He' not 'She'. 'She' bettas are normally low profile :)

Show a mirror against him and you will see his true colours. Don't do it frequently for fun , fish gets agitated.
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Hey yeah... it's a HE, mixed the genders there! :P

The mirror trick sounds fund to do... will try it out when I get back home from work. I actually spent quite some time just staring at the Betta glide in water. Relaxes your mind really. Beautiful.
 
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