I have a small pond in the backyard that is only 12" deep. They come into the house for the winter, and I keep them in first a 20, now a 30gal aquarium. I've kept as many as 39 in the 30gal, 29 in the 20gal. I've lost a few, like 3 or 4 to jumping out of the uncovered, and likely too full aquarium, and probably 1 per year of unknown causes. Just went belly up.

Goldfish are hardy. I only feed them once a week or so. They will grow to fill whatever size container they are in. Mine don't grow a lot in the winter, but do put on some size in the pond. They will take temps from near freezing to 90f.

I use a Whisper filter unit on the back of the tank. Now using a double filter which is a model 3 or 300 or something like that. It runs almost all the time the fish are inside, and keeps things fairly clean for goldfish.

I'm no expert, but do remember reading that having gravel and filters is important in maintaining the bacteria that break down the poop and amonia they generate. I change a few gallons at a time when the plants need watering. I replace it with the water I caught when the shower was warming up and let it come to room temp. Every few weeks I need to take a green scotch pad over the glass to clean up the algae growing on the tank and filter.

The biggest shock they get is the transfer from pond to aquarium and back. Still, I try to let the water come to the same temp and generally avoid shocks to the system of the fish.

You should be able to handle 5 small to med goldfish in a 10gal tank with or without a filter/areator. Throw them some food a couple of times a week, and they'll be happy.

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• Dead Goldfish, Barry, Tue, 23 May 2006 19:44:21
  • Use a plastic bag..., Dale, Thu, 25 May 2006 11:06:12
  • Thanks guys, lots of expert advice!, Barry, Wed, 24 May 2006 21:03:43
    • Re: Thanks guys, lots of expert advice!, the fishman :), Thu, 25 May 2006 09:42:16
      • Thanks for the good info!, Barry, Thu, 25 May 2006 19:05:26
  • Relax, hard to kill goldfish, EricG, Wed, 24 May 2006 18:51:18 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Dead Goldfish, the fishman, Wed, 24 May 2006 06:45:53
    • Re: Dead Goldfish, Rick D, Wed, 24 May 2006 09:08:09
      • exellent points!!, the fishman, Wed, 24 May 2006 10:05:42
  • Happy fish!, SilverAeroGuy, Wed, 24 May 2006 05:18:15
  • Re: Dead Goldfish, sab, Tue, 23 May 2006 20:13:34
    • Remeber fishs are cold blood..., Chan, Wed, 24 May 2006 10:14:28
    • Best thing is to get water from the petstore tanks..., Chaz, Tue, 23 May 2006 23:22:17
      • huh?, Aero'ed, Thu, 25 May 2006 17:09:02
      • heres a shot of one of my cichlids>, sab, Wed, 24 May 2006 03:19:57
        • and here he is fighting another male Cobalt (pic)>, sab, Wed, 24 May 2006 03:21:51
          • Very nice fish. n/m, Chaz, Wed, 24 May 2006 03:55:58
  • Most likely fish died from the chlorine in the water..., REM in Seattle , Tue, 23 May 2006 20:09:22

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