How many goldfish can be kept in 1.5 gallons of water?

dr-solo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 194

you never clean out the tank and wash everything unless you put gravel in the bottom.
you might consider some plain pea gravel (dont get that colored stones sold in pet
stores). altho I dont normally recommend gravel, in your case with 2 fish in there
you might need some gravel.

have you found out yet about "the cycle" or cycling a tank?
Ingrid

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:30:07 -0500, Romantasy1@webtv.net (L u) wrote:

>How often should I completely clean out the tank and wash everything? I
>know not to use soap.
>
>No, I don't have a test kit.

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Tynk · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 200

On Feb 20, 7:33�am, dr-s...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> you never clean out the tank and wash everything unless you put gravel in the bottom.
> you might consider some plain pea gravel (dont get that colored stones sold in pet
> stores). �altho I dont normally recommend gravel, in your case with 2 fish in there
> you might need some gravel. �
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> have you found out yet about "the cycle" or cycling a tank? �
> Ingrid
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> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:30:07 -0500, Romanta...@webtv.net (L u) wrote:
> >How often should I completely clean out the tank and wash everything? I
> >know not to use soap.
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> >No, I don't have a test kit.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

I don't think LuAnn knows about the nitrogen cycle.
I believe what happened is that a buddy of hers told her it would be
fine to keep the goldies in a 1 1/2 g tank.
Then did it.
Now has a major situation on her hands and no knowledge of keeping a
tank.
There's no time for the Goldies she has already in this 1.5g tank. No
time to learn.
I think she needs to bring back the goldies to the store that sold
them to her for such a small tank.
Either that or she go out right now and buy 29+g (personally, for 2
full grown common goldies....I'd go nothing smaller than a 55g) set
up.
Then LuAnn needs to learn about how to properly take care of a tank,
the nitrogen cycle, and what types of set ups specific fish need.
It makes me so sad when somebody tries to get into the hobby, is given
the wrong info, fails, and then never comes back.
This happens all the time.
Sure many should have researched *before* entering the
hobby...however, many are getting bogus "information" from pet shop
employees. People they should be able to trust to give them the right
info.

L u · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 49

I read about cycling, but I'm just a novice.
The petstore manager said 2 goldfish were fine for such a small tank.
But then I bought a 5 gallon.

I have shells, gravel and river stones in there.

Tynk · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 200

On Feb 20, 11:02�pm, Romanta...@webtv.net (L u) wrote:
> I read about cycling, but I'm just a novice.
> The petstore manager said 2 goldfish were fine for such a small tank.
> But then I bought a 5 gallon.
>
> I have shells, gravel and river stones in there.

LuAnn.
I realize you're having trouble understanding this, so I'll try to be
more patient. ; )
A 5g is MUCH to small for even 1 Goldfish. They cannot stay in there.
A short time period is ok....like babies growing in another tank
before heading to the bigger tank.
The store "manager" is a moron. He either lied outright to you, or
doesn't know what he's talking about at all.
You really need to bag those Goldies up, return to the store and tell
him , or hopefully his boss, that you were told very wrong
information. Because of that, they need to exchange these Goldfish for
a fish better suited for a 5g tank.
Remind these idiots at the store that these fish can grow over a foot
long...each of them. So how on earth are they going to be "fine in a
1.5g tank?"
The person who told you this is wrong. Deadly (for the fish) wrong.
They really should find this out too, so that they don't keep doing it.

Tynk · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 200

On Feb 22, 8:09�am, dr-s...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> no filter?
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>
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A filter was mentioned in another post.
I assumed it was on the 5g.
Oh boy.

dr-solo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 194

no filter?

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:02:41 -0500, Romantasy1@webtv.net (L u) wrote:

>I read about cycling, but I'm just a novice.
>The petstore manager said 2 goldfish were fine for such a small tank.
>But then I bought a 5 gallon.
>
>I have shells, gravel and river stones in there.

L u · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 49

Yes I have a filter.

L u · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 49

I have a filter, and it IS on my 5 gallon.