Goldfish

[FBTgirl]

spunky and spotty died 2 of my goldfish who I only had for a day but still it made me sad..

Spunky and Spotty

 

[paul_219]

What dou have in tank? What size of tank are they? i have 2 in a 29 gal tank and they are healthy and happy.

 

[bubblesburst80]

sorry for your loss

xXx

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

You only had them for day and they died? Sounds odd, you should try and find the cause of their deaths, primarily to help prevent such a thing happening again.

 

[FBTgirl]

I think it was from the pet store because I saw a lot of died feeders in there tank.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I think it was from the pet store because I saw a lot of died feeders in there tank.

So you bought the goldfish knowing they were probably already sick then? Do you know what the feeders in the lfs tanks were dying of? Don't you mean "dead" not "died" feeders, as "died" could indicate that you meant that they had been literally dyed, which is a very different matter.

 

[FBTgirl]

I saw it after we bought them! None of the fish we where going to feed them to ate it though because the fish got stuck in the filter of my friends tank

 

[jayjay]

What were you trying to feed them to and why were you using goldfish? nmonks wrote a great topic, pinned in the oddball section on using feeder fish if you haven't already seen it. Link to it.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I saw it after we bought them! None of the fish we where going to feed them to ate it though because the fish got stuck in the filter of my friends tank

So you went back to the store after you had bought the goldfish to find their goldfish were dropping dead?

I'm just trying to get a clearer picture on whats going on here thats all.

What were you trying to feed them to and why were you using goldfish? nmonks wrote a great topic, pinned in the oddball section on using feeder fish if you haven't already seen it. Link to it.

Well i just noticed there's another thread by FBTgirl in the Emergency section where FTBgirl has 20 goldfish dying on her, apparently she bought the goldfish so she could feed them to a friends Oscar;

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=207641


But if these goldfish in this thread are a completely separate thing, then perhaps FTBgirl also has her own oscar too...I'm curious though, FTBgirl why would you spend money on buying food/feeder fish for someone elses fish??? The fact that you say the goldfish are yours indicates that it was your money, not your friends, that payed for them.

Edit: Another thing which bugs me, why on earth would you give feeder fish names if you were going to use them as feeder fish ? ... ... ...

edit: sp

 

[FBTgirl]

I just looked at the goldfish. They are all dead

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I just looked at the goldfish. They are all dead

Sorry to hear that. You could still answer my questions though?

 

[FBTgirl]

No it is the same case. I bought them for her fish as a gift since they dont get feeder fish much and the fish love them. So I thought it would be nice to do for my friend. I was planning on keeping four and thats where the names came from. but the 4 died and the other true feeders died as well. So now a mod can close this topic or something.
I was never lucky with goldfish anyway.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

No it is the same case. I bought them for her fish as a gift since they dont get feeder fish much and the fish love them. So I thought it would be nice to do for my friend. I was planning on keeping four and thats where the names came from. but the 4 died and the other true feeders died as well. So now a mod can close this topic or something.
I was never lucky with goldfish anyway.

Hmm...Well next time, if you avoid putting the goldfish in small un-cycled tanks, they will probably live a lot longer. We all make mistakes, its how we learn from them that counts . Perhaps you can tell your friend more too on giving oscars a good diet as well after you have read the oscar profile i gave to you in the link in the other thread too .
If you are not that familiar with the cycling process or how water quality in tanks work, this article in the link below is a good place to start;

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=10099


Goldfish are long term commitment fish, most will easily live to at least 20-30 years old, with the oldest goldfish recorded living to 47 years old. They grow large, with varieties of goldfish like common and comet goldfish easily growing to 12-15inches or more given enough space and a good diet. Most fancy varieties of goldfish need at least a 20gallon long tank, while most non-fancy varieties need at least a 75gallon long tank. All goldfish tanks need good/strong filtration.

Even though goldfish are one of the most commonly sold types of "feeder fish", this is not because they are healthy for most predatory fish to eat, but simply because goldfish are bred in their millions across the world very cheeply, and it is this cheepness/affordability is what attracts a lot of predatory fish keepers to buy them to feed to their fish. In reality, any type of fish can be a feeder fish. Other common types of feeder fish are livebearers like guppys and cichlids like Convict cichlids etc, because they are easy and cheap to breed and breed on a large scale and regular basis etc.

Goldfish should still none the less be treated with the good respect and same amount of good care as you would treat any other fish in the hobby. They are probably one of the most commonly abused and misunderstood fish in the entire hobby, which is a shame, because they make great pets/fish to keep.

edit: sp

 

[afishdude]

We all mistakes,

quote from post 13.

we all mistakes???

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

We all mistakes,

quote from post 13.

we all mistakes???

Sorry it was supposed to be "we all make mistakes".
FTBgirl put her goldfish in small un-cycled tanks which is most likely why they died (you need to read her other thread)- putting the goldfish in such conditions was the mistake that she made, hence we all make mistakes (who hasn't?). Sorry about the typo error.