How is this possible?

[fishywishywowoo]

So? I'm really careful with my pwc making sure to dechlorinate, match temp, rinse filter in old tank water. My friend on the other hand has two 9 year old goldfish. These are in a BOWL for a start! They about 4-5 inch each so quite big. She had them from babies. Now, she cleans them every 1-3 weeks by emptying the bowl, scrubbing pebbles and bowl in fairy liquid then refilling straight from the tap. How are these fish still alive and appear to be thriving?

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[Trainer_Ruby_]

Goldfish can be bulky little fellas. Probably got lucky and got ones with high tolerance for everything


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[Bbush]

The biggest angel fish I've ever seen (by far) were in a tank that got zero WC's. The owner just added water when it evaporated. It did have a ton of algae though.

I'm not saying they were healthy, (all dead now) but they were massive. I got one as a rescue. I think some people are just lucky like that. I'm pretty sure that they were over-fed like crazy.


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[Delapool]

So? I'm really careful with my pwc making sure to dechlorinate, match temp, rinse filter in old tank water. My friend on the other hand has two 9 year old goldfish. These are in a BOWL for a start! They about 4-5 inch each so quite big. She had them from babies. Now, she cleans them every 1-3 weeks by emptying the bowl, scrubbing pebbles and bowl in fairy liquid then refilling straight from the tap. How are these fish still alive and appear to be thriving?

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Imo they are not thriving at all. At that age I'd say they should be much larger. They are just tough to kill.

I used to do that when I first started and regularly lost a couple of fish each tank / filter clean. Not enough to be serious but a few. That was drain all water, hose out gravel, clean tank glass, replace filter media (filter wool / carbon), etc. I guess some bacteria survive in the gravel and the tank restarts.

 

[Mebbid]

Imo they are not thriving at all. At that age I'd say they should be much larger. They are just tough to kill.

I used to do that when I first started and regularly lost a couple of fish each tank / filter clean. Not enough to be serious but a few. That was drain all water, hose out gravel, clean tank glass, replace filter media (filter wool / carbon), etc. I guess some bacteria survive in the gravel and the tank restarts.

At that age they should be well over a foot.

 

[fishychick]

So? I'm really careful with my pwc making sure to dechlorinate, match temp, rinse filter in old tank water. My friend on the other hand has two 9 year old goldfish. These are in a BOWL for a start! They about 4-5 inch each so quite big. She had them from babies. Now, she cleans them every 1-3 weeks by emptying the bowl, scrubbing pebbles and bowl in fairy liquid then refilling straight from the tap. How are these fish still alive and appear to be thriving?

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I know what you mean. I have a friend with a 5 gallon I think, and a few platys. The food and gunk is so thick on the bottom it's hard to even look at the tank. I realize these fish can't possible be healthy or happy but it is frustrating.


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