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Hello, I'm Guido

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  1. Guidoman888

    Guidoman888 Thread Starter New Member

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    Hello

    I'm guido,, when i was little i had 3 goldfish,, at my first time cleaning alone i used to much sope and all 3 died :( the're names were ,Georgia Speedy and Skipper..

    Now that I'm older and can properly take care of them myself I want to buy some new goldfish since i love those little fellows :D

    If you have any hints or know things that goldfish really love
    The're welcome :)
     
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    Anthony Active Member

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    Welcome Guidoman888. I'm sure you'll have better luck with fish now, especially with everyone here able to help with anything you may need.
     
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    Welcome to the forum. A couple little hints for ya to begin with (though I'm sure you already know these hints...) 1. Most goldfish get quite big. You should either keep them in a very large cold water tank, or even better, a pond. 2. Never clean a tank with soap. You should only clean it when you first get it, and only with hot water. After that it's a matter of doing water changes / gravel cleaning, using some form of algae killer, or better yet, get some snails (yes, I am pro snail lol).
     
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    Welcome and soap is a no no when cleaning a tank! ;)
     
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    Guidoman888 Thread Starter New Member

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    Hehe,, yes I was little and since the moment I cleaned the aquarium i found out soap is a very bad id,, i felt so sorry and didnt want fish for a loong time,,

    About the snails,, I dont know much about that I'll ask my dad since he used to have lots of fish on his store

    And a last thing,, I'm looking for a pretty big tank since i know goldfish get really big (my aunt has one of about 30 centimeters wich is one feet i believe) what is the best size to store about 2 goldfish?
     
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    Goldfish are funny. Really, it depends on the type of goldfish, some could use several hundred gallon tanks.

    Realistically due to the slow growth a 30 gallon or larger would be fine.
     
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    Guidoman888 Thread Starter New Member

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    Hmm,, ok :) And another question, is there any good recomandation of fish that are not to hard to maintain but still look pretty colourfull and pretty.

    Since I'm do not really know alot and my dad is gone 90% of the time at this moment.

    I'm going to buy a 26 cm high / 23 cm deep and 35 cm long aquarium for now and my dad might bring a 50x50x50 I intend to use the first for now
     
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    Welcome:)
     
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  9. NoctuVide

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    would that be around a 6 gallon or so? (I'm horrible with conversions and figuring out tank capacity lol)
     
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    Yeah i'm even worse but i think the smallest stores about 35 liters
     
    Guidoman888, Jan 7, 2009
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