Newbie Help

[beta]

just because it lived in a bowl, does not make it happy etc, im not a 19 year old single lad, im 14, i wasnt insulting you, i was trying to make the OP aware of why it is cruel to keep goldfish in bowls. there body keeps growing but their organs dont and the swimbladder becomes crushed so cannot inflate or deflate, and the fish can not retain its upright position.

dont mistake me i agree for the most part.
but in my opinion we seem to be reaching towards the ridiculas with size requirements dont u think?

 

[Truck]

its not rediculous, a fantail goldfish can reach 6 inches easily and bigger

 

[Colin_T]

Yo people, this thread is about a new tank and not about how children feel when fish die, or keeping fish on a bowl. Keep on topic or it will be closed.

 

[mic8310]

a small fish might have a right 'ol laugh in a bowl, you dont know.

have things changed so much now that everyone in order to keep fish has to have a tank that potetialy fills half their house that costs a fortune to set up, run and maintain? - my thoughts exactly.


p.s can you still get fishes from the fair? - yes

im not a 19 year old single lad, im 14, i wasnt insulting you - i know and i know

 

[manduup]

Hi
I'm after a bit of advice as this is my 1st tropical aquarium!

I brought a Fluval Roma 125L aquarium on friday, got home and set everything up. I've currently got the heater set up for 25°c (is this ok?) I've added some plants this afternoon and i'm getting a lot of air bubbles in the tank which is making the water a bit cloudy, is this normal? or do i need to adjust the waterflow from the filter to reduce the amount of bubbles?
Also how long should i wait before introducing fish? Try telling a 3 year old that he has to wait for fish!!

Not sure about the air bubbles but I just waited 2 days and added fish and have had the tank for over 5 years and everyones doing great

 

[Truck]

my tank had airbubbles 3 days after filling up

 

[Miah002]

I agree with the truck about keeping goldfish in a bowl.

They should be kept in ponds so they have lots of swimming space.