Temperatures-never exceeding about 74 or 75, at most and even having the Having a wide temperature range the last month or so-but overall, it hasīeen somewhat cool-So my fish tanks have stayed at “happy” I live in Wisconsin (Mid-west USA, near the great lakes) and we’ve been I rinse the filter media each water change in Now and then when I get really busy, it willīe every other week. I try to clean the tank (roughly a minimum of 20%, never more than aboutĤ0 or 45%) once a week. Reference to this online as being good for the fish, I stopped doing it (I used to put in orange slicesīecause they do this at my pet store, but when I couldn’t find any Prime.)-Oh-I’ve also put in peeled grapes and softened (slightly cooked)

Them if they don’t get eaten before they start looking past their Twice a day most days (now and then only once), what they can eat in aįew minutes (except for the lettuces, which I allow to float, removing Of course I don’t feed them ALL these foods every day!-But I do feed them Them to eat, as well as feed them several different brands of pelleted,įlake, and frozen (Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and blood worms) foods,Īs well as dry Nori seaweed. Plastic ones (It’s hard for me to find good plants-That is-ones that areĪctually aquatic plants- at the pet stores in my area) When theįish don’t have access to live plants (which they devour), I usuallyĮither grow leaf lettuces (summer time) or buy “spring mix” lettuce for Water tends to be slightly hard, but I don’t mess with it since it’s notĪt this time, I don’t have live plants in the tank, so I have some (for a couple days ago) were Ammonia 0 ppm and Nitrates 10ppm. I check Ammonia and Nitrate about every month or two-latest readings (I also keep tropical fish in 2 other separate tanks, but haven’t hadĪny issues with either of those tanks for several years, knock on wood.) I’ve had theĢ largest ones maybe 2 or 3 years, and the smaller ones a year or two. Tails, they range from about 2-1/2 to 4 inches long. Registering 61.5 F and I want to know if I should get a heater. Periods of times (days, weeks w/ aeration) up into the high 80's F.īut could find any statements about ideal temperatures for goldfish. Yes they can live at near freezing and for This being stated, it'sīetter that temperature not fluctuate too much/too fast, rather Regimes, being in hot water lowers their resistance to disease and Nitrate, Nitrogen Cycling), Maintenance, Trouble/Fixing, & Goldfish 1, Goldfish Behavior, Goldfish Compatibility, Goldfish Feeding, Goldfish Disease, GoldfishĪnimals. Lighting/Tops, Decor, Gravel, Plantings, Aeration/Circulation, Filtration, Water Related FAQs: Goldfish Systems 1, Goldfish Systems 2, Goldfish Systems 3, Goldfish Systems 4, Goldfish Systems 5, Goldfish Systems 6, Goldfish Systems 7, Goldfish Systems 8, Goldfish Systems 9, & FAQs on Goldfish

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