Author: GoldfishCare

Goldfish care needs to be done everyday to ensure goldfish stay healthy. Doing small things everyday will make a big difference in keeping your goldfish disease free and no illness.

Here are some things people should do everyday to make sure everything is safe for your goldfish.

1. Turn on the aquarium light. Goldfish need light everyday.

2. After you have turned on the light make sure there are no dead fish in your aquarium. Make sure you look closely, sometimes goldfish may be dead in your aquarium as sometimes they can be behind decorations in your aquarium. Look closely cause what can cause problems with goldfish is dead fish that are left in an aquarium not noticed. When these dead fish are left in your aquarium it can cause a whole bunch of problems. It first of all pollutes the water changing the PH levels, Ammonia levels, Nitrite and Nitrate, It also cause goldfish diseases to spread to other goldfish all because of these dead fish. Just take care of and remove any dead goldfish that you see.

3. If you don’t have that many goldfish to care for you should be able to quickly count them as well. Sometimes fish can jump out of an aquarium. I’ve had this happen several times before. No matter how much you care for your goldfish sometimes things happen. I had an aquarium full of koi, one was about 10″ long and it had jumped out onto the floor. It was there for probably about 2-3 hours we believe. It’s body was pretty dry but as soon as my mother put it back in the tank it was fine. Koi are a pretty strong hardy fish and pretty easy to take care of. Just make sure you count them to make sure none of yours may have jumped out of your aquarium.

4. Take a quick look and see if all your goldfish are behaving normal. Check to see if there scratching themselves, fins fluttering, or gasping and look for any signs of diseases, illness or injuries. If any of the above take care of your goldfish right away.

5. Make sure all your equipment is running properly. Make sure your filter is running as at times the filter can lose its prime if their is a power outage. Make sure your air pump is working properly as well to ensure your goldfish have plenty of oxygen. Also check to see if your heater is working. Goldfish don’t need a heater but you definitely need one if you have tropical fish as a small fluctuation in temperature in tropical fish can lead to sickness, disease or death.

6.Last thing to do is feed your goldfish, care for them, relax and enjoy.

By just taking less then 5 minutes a day to check the following things and feed your fish at the same time can literally save the life of your goldfish by just giving them a little bit of care. If you notice something out of whack you will be able to fix it and take care of your goldfish properly. Small things can make a big difference by saving your money and giving you more time in enjoying your goldfish aquarium hobby.

There are a few things people should do for proper care of goldfish when adding them to your aquarium.

1. The first thing you do when you get home from buying your goldfish from pet stores is to place the fish bag in the water.

2. Make sure you shut the aquarium light off to make sure you don’t stress the goldfish out.

3. Let the bag sit in the water for about 15-20 minutes so that the water temperature will become the same temperature in the bag as the same as the aquarium.

4. Feed your goldfish in your aquarium so that when later when you release the fish in the water they will be full and will be less likely to be aggressive towards your new arrivals. Sometimes fish will nip at your new comets that you’ve added to your aquarium as they are sometimes territorial.

5. After about 15 to 20 minutes then take a small cup or container and take some of the water from your aquarium and pour it into the bag. This will slowly adjust the water chemistry in the bag as the same as the water chemistry in your aquarium. By doing this it will eliminate or reduce the chance of any shock as the PH levels, water hardness or softness will be gradually introduced to your new goldfish.

6. After doing this then grab an aquarium fish net and take the goldfish out of the bag and place them in your aquarium.

7. Never pour the water in the bag into your aquarium just in case there might be any goldfish diseases in the water. By doing this it will reduce your chance of infecting other fish and therefore saving you money on buying medicine if the water was carrying any parasites.

By doing these simple things when introducing new goldfish to your aquarium will ensure your existing goldfish and new goldfish stay healthy as proper goldfish care has been done. Simple steps can prevent sickness and illness in goldfish.

How many goldfish you can put in your aquarium is a question that most aquarium hobbyist have when setting up their goldfish tank. The first thing you want to do is make sure you never overcrowd your aquarium. The thing that most people tend to do is place to may goldfish in their aquarium. By overcrowding your goldfish tank can lead to tons of problems. Overcrowding your aquarium can kill your goldfish. The more goldfish in your tank causes more fish waste that your filter may not be able to handle. Sure some people can add extra filtration to accommodate the amount of fish in the tank but you really shouldn’t add to many fish. When adding too many fish it also leads to problems with goldfish health, goldfish diseases and sickness. When the tank is overcrowded goldfish diseases do occur and they spread very quickly due to the amount of fish there are. Therefore the reproduction rate of parasites drastically increase as there are more parasites breeding and infecting other goldfish. Also overcrowding stunts the growth of goldfish decreasing how big goldfish grow and how long do goldfish live.

The answer to this very common question is that you should only put one inch of fish per one gallon of water. Now this is a general measurement that people should aim for but this does not always apply to fish. When you have larger fish in your aquarium they are gonna need more water. A good example is say you have a 10 inch goldfish and you place it in a 10 gallon aquarium. It’s common sense really when it comes to larger fish. That 10 inch goldfish is not the same size as ten one inch goldfish. Bigger fish need more water to live in, do to their bigger bodies and bigger waste loads. I would suggest for goldfish of bigger size, maybe one inch for say every two or even three gallons of water would be good. Remember the more water your goldfish have to live in the better they’ll be. The water chemistry will be good and the filtration will help ensure your goldfish stay healthy and live long healthy lives. So how many goldfish to put in your tank really all depends on you and how big your aquarium is able to hold using this simple rule.