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Posted by Papa Red on February 14, 2008, 7:02 am
Please log in for more thread options I have a friend whose friend has told her that she can safely keep two
goldfish in 1.5 gallons of water,...And I say that with goldfish, that
that is an unhealthy practice. What say you folks? ~Papa Red.
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Posted by expat on February 14, 2008, 9:02 am
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On Feb 14, 6:02=A0am, Papa...@webtv.net (Papa Red) wrote:
> I have a friend whose friend has told her that she can safely keep two
> goldfish in 1.5 gallons of water,...And I say that with goldfish, that
> that is an unhealthy practice. =A0What say you folks? ~Papa Red.
In all practicality, yes its not right to keep even one in that small
of a container. HOwever yes one can keep one, two three or more in
that sized container and do it without any problems in so much as
health goes..........it just depends on how much messing around a
person wants to do all for the sake of getting a proper sized tank to
house the goldies in. I had a friends father who kept 4 feeders (1"
long or so) in a typical 1 or 1.5 gal goldfish bowl. Those same fish
(1 died) stayed inthat bowl and they grew to a good 3" or more in
length. He changed water pretty well every day..............used a
simple air stone and pump,.nothing else.....just three nice sized
goldies in that small tank.were they healthy.they sure did appear to
be, was it a lot of work, yep, were those fish happy......probably
not...but he was sucessfull at keeping three nice goldies in a small
container for a long time. I will say this fella was a paraplegic, so
he was in the house all day and night, and nothing better to do than
fish bowl water changes....and that perhaps is why they survived as
good as they did.thrive, well probably, but I know they could have
been better housed....
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Posted by on February 14, 2008, 3:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options beta yes, goldfish no
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Posted by Tynk on February 17, 2008, 8:04 am
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On Feb 14, 2:24=EF=BF=BDpm, dr-s...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> beta yes, goldfish no
A friendly FYI.........
There's actually not a fish called a "beta".
These poor fish have had their common name mispronounced for so long,
that people are changing the spelling (Betta) to go along with the
mispronunciation as "bait-uh".
I've seen this in printed form (books, inserts, advertising, etc.) as
well.
Here's a link so you know I'm not pulling your fins.
Betta has been mispronounced incorrectly for over 13 yrs now.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/betta
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Posted by Tynk on February 17, 2008, 8:19 am
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I had a friends father who kept 4 feeders (1"
> long or so) in a typical 1 or 1.5 gal goldfish bowl. =EF=BF=BDThose same f=
ish
> (1 died) stayed inthat bowl and they grew to a good 3" or more in
> length. He changed water pretty well every day..............used a
> simple air stone and pump,.nothing else.....just three nice sized
> goldies in that small tank.were they healthy.they sure did appear to
> be, =EF=BF=BDwas it a lot of work, yep, were those fish happy......probabl=
y
> not...but he was sucessfull at keeping three nice goldies in a small
> container for a long time.
What happens is that they may look smaller, and "healthy" for a few
years even.
However, the damage is happening on the inside where you can't see.
Goldies, as well as other fish, that are kept in cramped quarters
(like goldies in a gallon bowl or a common Pleco in a 5g tank), their
internal organs are being stunted as well as their growth.
This in turn does result in their deaths.....very early deaths.
Common feeders can live 20+ years.
I had a friend who kept 2 goldies in a 2g hex.
They survived for a little over 2 years this way.
She was so proud that they lived "for so long" this time. After
explaining to her what she had done to them, as well as the others
before them, she ran out that week and bought a 29g full set up.
I was truly shocked. I was thinking a 20g with an air stone would be
hoping for too much, but she went out and did right by the fish.
Once a fish is stunted into it's adulthood, it's not going to then
grow full size once put into the proper situation.
Stunting is where the myth "Fish only grow to the size of their tank",
came from.
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> goldfish in 1.5 gallons of water,...And I say that with goldfish, that
> that is an unhealthy practice. =A0What say you folks? ~Papa Red.