jphendren
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello,
My name Jared and about three weeks ago my wife brought home four Comet Goldfish that they were giving out free at the Hospital where she works. I was very upset, I did not want anything to do with the responsibility of caring for fish.
She picked up a one gallon fishbowl and put them in. I told her that they would not live long in a bowl, but she insisted that "people do it." Well, with a water change about every six hours, three of them made it about a week, but sadly passed on. The water became very cloudy in a matter of hours with four goldfish sharing one gallon of water.
She ended up buying a Marineland 10 gallon tank set from Petsmart, and put the remaining Comet in, he survived another few days, but sadly also died. Well, this whole episode got me researching the cause, and now I have become quite interested in aquariums! I learned that a tank needs to be "cycled" before you put fish in it, or the toxic ammonia will kill them.
I now recently purchased a 55 gallon Fujimoto aquarium along with a Rena XP3 filter in the hopes of doing something larger someday. I would like to do a saltwater tank with coral.
Jared
My name Jared and about three weeks ago my wife brought home four Comet Goldfish that they were giving out free at the Hospital where she works. I was very upset, I did not want anything to do with the responsibility of caring for fish.
She picked up a one gallon fishbowl and put them in. I told her that they would not live long in a bowl, but she insisted that "people do it." Well, with a water change about every six hours, three of them made it about a week, but sadly passed on. The water became very cloudy in a matter of hours with four goldfish sharing one gallon of water.
She ended up buying a Marineland 10 gallon tank set from Petsmart, and put the remaining Comet in, he survived another few days, but sadly also died. Well, this whole episode got me researching the cause, and now I have become quite interested in aquariums! I learned that a tank needs to be "cycled" before you put fish in it, or the toxic ammonia will kill them.
I now recently purchased a 55 gallon Fujimoto aquarium along with a Rena XP3 filter in the hopes of doing something larger someday. I would like to do a saltwater tank with coral.
Jared
