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touie · Regulars Joined: 12 Jul 2004

I woke up this morning to find 3 small goldfish swimming in my turtle tank!!! Shocked

They must have been on some of the water hyacynth I put in last week!

I'm not sure what to do with them!! My son wants to put them in a little goldfish bowl, but I know my parents tried that once and they died!!! I also thought about sectioning a bit of the turtles tank off for them. Luckily there are quite a few plants in the tank at the moment so that they can hide!!!Not sure what would be the best thing to do? Confused

EDIT: I've put them in a little 3 or 4G at the moment but know they can't stay there for long!! at what stage should I move them to a bigger tank, I don't want them getting stunted!?

f_i_s_h_ · New Members Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: UK

If they're only little, you can get away with a 20g for now. But if they're common goldfish, you're probably going to need a 100 gallon tank, eventually.

touie · Regulars Joined: 12 Jul 2004

they're tiny! I thought I'd keep them till they get a bit bigger and then put them in my parents pond, they're comets!! They're only about 1cm at the moment!! will they be OK in the 3G for a while? Confused

f_i_s_h_ · New Members Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: UK

Maybe for now.

But they'll need a 10g soon- goldfish pollute the water much more than other fish.

A pond's the best idea- but if you did decide to keep them in a tank, you'd need about 150 gallons. (comets).

touie · Regulars Joined: 12 Jul 2004

No I'm going to put them in my parents pond, but if I put them in now, they'll prob get eaten so was going to wait till they're a bit bigger! Only problem is I think that I'll have to keep them in a tank till late Spring as it will be too cold outside, is this right?

TJ · Regulars Joined: 26 Sep 2005

yah, spring is good. Calm down with all the ! Smile

Stuart · Regulars Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Location: West Mids, UK

Exciting stuff. Laughing

If you are going to keep them in a relatively small tank then you will need to do very regular and ofetn water changes. Goldfish really do crap out more waste than almost any other fishes.
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touie · Regulars Joined: 12 Jul 2004

Thanks!

I'll try and calm down with the !!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing

Oscer · Exemplars Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Location: South Africa

Water changes is going to be a must, at least 30% weekly, and I'd still get a bigger tank, even thou they are only staying till spring. Smile

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