Welcome to the forum! Btw... I hate Houston! Lol, I passed through a few months back and got terribly lost for like 3 hours and someone ran a red and hit me and left the scene. Bent my rear axle, and I still had to make it to Austin and back. I have quite a few friends there, though.
Also, I would upgrade to more than a 55 if I were you. Te general rule for fancy goldfish is 20 gallons for the first fish and 10 more for each after that, but that applies best for young fish. They will eventually outgrow those "requirements" as they can get huge. If you have common or comet goldfish, a very large tank or pond will be required. There is a great sticky on the coldwater section of the forum showing just how big fancy goldfish can get.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience here, Its not too bad once you get used to it 
I was hoping for a 55 gallon, I have one oranda and three fantails, they are fairly small at the moment. Do you have any suggestions as for what type of tank would be best for them, I have done a lot of research on them to figure out how to best take care of them, but this is the first webpage that actually gives practical advice. When I got started keeping the fish the petstore employee told me 5 gallons was good for one fish. So I assumed that 29 was good for four! Also does anyone know what brand and type of filter works well?
