Hello,
I’m in a pickle and need help ASAP. My parents brought my son to our local fair yesterday and he brought home a goldfish he won playing one of the games. I was fuming, as we live in a tiny town that doesn’t have a pet store or Walmart and thus there are no tanks or food for sale in town, either. And of course the fair people don’t sell these things or think about what happens to these fish after the kids bring them home. ��
Long story short, I feel terrible for this goldfish and want it to not suffer. My son seems very excited about it so I’m willing to give it a shot. I drove 2 hours round trip today to purchase a small tank with filter, water conditioner, substrate, plants, food and thermometer. What I didn’t realize I needed was either 2 weeks to 2 months to cycle this tank and establish bacteria, OR a bacterial additive.
Frankly I can’t justify dragging my child another 2 hours round trip tomorrow to get a bottle of bacterial additive, and I don’t know if this poor goldfish will survive 2 weeks or more in a glass bowl with nothing but water in it until I can cycle a new tank that long.
What is your best advice? How can I give the fish the best chance at a healthy start in our home without putting myself through another road trip? I hope I don’t come across as unkind but we have family in town starting tomorrow afternoon so a road trip before they get here tomorrow just isn’t feasible for me and my son...
Or if I did make the trip and get the bacterial additive, how soon after could we put the fish in the new tank?
I’m in a pickle and need help ASAP. My parents brought my son to our local fair yesterday and he brought home a goldfish he won playing one of the games. I was fuming, as we live in a tiny town that doesn’t have a pet store or Walmart and thus there are no tanks or food for sale in town, either. And of course the fair people don’t sell these things or think about what happens to these fish after the kids bring them home. ��
Long story short, I feel terrible for this goldfish and want it to not suffer. My son seems very excited about it so I’m willing to give it a shot. I drove 2 hours round trip today to purchase a small tank with filter, water conditioner, substrate, plants, food and thermometer. What I didn’t realize I needed was either 2 weeks to 2 months to cycle this tank and establish bacteria, OR a bacterial additive.
Frankly I can’t justify dragging my child another 2 hours round trip tomorrow to get a bottle of bacterial additive, and I don’t know if this poor goldfish will survive 2 weeks or more in a glass bowl with nothing but water in it until I can cycle a new tank that long.
What is your best advice? How can I give the fish the best chance at a healthy start in our home without putting myself through another road trip? I hope I don’t come across as unkind but we have family in town starting tomorrow afternoon so a road trip before they get here tomorrow just isn’t feasible for me and my son...
Or if I did make the trip and get the bacterial additive, how soon after could we put the fish in the new tank?
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