I need more goldfish help!!! help now!

Question

i have two common goldfish in a 5 gallon hexagon fish tank it has a filter, and a light the water is kinda fresh and my goldfish swim fast in there does it mean it hot and they don't like it? do they like it fresh or want the water cold?

Answer 1

an active fish is a healthy fish

the tank should be room temp, there is really no need for a heater

the only thing about goldfish is that they are insanely dirty, so you may need to change out the watter fairly often

Answer 2

get rid of them. give them to someone with a pond, and no less. not only are these fish active swimmers, they will reach up to and over a foot long. they are also very dirty. they are pond fish, keeping them in a tank is like keeping an outside dog indoors. there's not enough room and it will make a mess. ithe fish will not live very long in a 5 gallon. they don't need heaters and like water temperatures of about 16-18 degrees, 20 tops. there is also not enough oxygen for them in warm water.

i hope you listen to my advice. good luck :)

Answer 3

Keep it cool. Like...room temp. If it is cold, they would most likely freeze, but if it is too hot...well...you might have fish sticks for supper.

Answer 4

i have two common goldfish in a big bowl with no filters and they swim around fast because they always so active and hungry but no matter how much food u give them they won't stop eating because goldfish are known to not know when to quit. but i have a cousin who had one goldfish and it always swam slow, eventually it died so you should be happy that they are active my fish have lived for about 5 months since i bought them.

Answer 5

Generally, water out of the tap is much colder than room temperature. For goldfish, the water should be no less than 70 degrees F and no more than 78. You might be able to measure it accurately with a people thermometer (gross!!!), but I would suggest getting a tank thermometer sticker...they run about $1.99 in pet stores.

As far as fresh water goes, in these first weeks, only change about 1/2 a gallon of water every two or three days by siphoning it off the bottom with a gravel cleaner. Any fresh water you put in should be prepared first by adding dechlorinater. The fish need bacteria in the water to break down their wastes and reduce the toxicity of the ammonia it creates. It takes up to six weeks for the bacteria to multiply enough to handle the load. Until this bacteria gets going, your water will be cloudy and your fish could die from the toxicity of the water. There's really nothing you can do about this besides continuing the gravel cleaning/water changes which will also help reduce the toxicity and save your fish. Don't try to fight it by adding a lot of chemicals. It has to happen in order to set up the right environment in the tank.

Also, test your nitrates/nitrites, ph, ammonia, and oxygen content often. You do have test kits for all of those, right? :o)

Keeping fish, or, more importantly, keeping fish ALIVE, is actually much more difficult and complicated than caring for a dog or cat. The first days and weeks within setting up a new tank are the worst, and your fish might not survive it. Read up on anything you can find online about caring for goldfish and setting up a new aquarium. It takes a lot more thank you think and it's going to get ugly...best be prepared.