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But remember that you should never clean your filter in tap water. It will kill the good bacteria living inside the filter and effectively un-cycle your tank!

Goldfish are super messy fish – they excrete a lot of ammonia, all the time. There is absolutely no way you will be able to properly cyclea bowl and keep the water quality pristine, even if you conduct daily water changes.There simply isn’t enough water to dilute the waste or enough room for a colony of ‘good’ bacteria to develop. If you absolutely must keep your goldfish in abowl or small tank then you should continue tofollow the steps above and add a small filter too.Like their carp cousins, some goldfish species can grow to measure up to 12 inches long or even more in some cases. Even round-bodied fancy goldfish varietiestypically reach 6 to 8 inches in length. Add a thin layer of gravel (optional), decorations (optional) and fill the tank with water (definitely not optional!). Then treat the waterwith Seachem Prime. You can accidentally stop the cycling processif you clean your filter incorrectly! Never cleanyour filter in tap water. It will kill the goodbacteria living inside the filter and effectivelyun-cycle your tank. Test your water for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate at least once per week – ideally twice per week for the first few weeks after cycling – to make sure all your water parametersstay within acceptable limits.

Why is this optional? Goldfish don’t need hig temperatures, so while a heater set to, say,76°F or more will encourage strong growthof good bacteria and your fish, it is not strictly essential. Also, a heater will reduce the amount of oxygen available to your fish, which is why you should add anair pump if youchoose toadd aheater! Step 3: Congratulations – you’ve successfully saved your fish from a goldfish bowl andstarted a healthy goldfish care routine! So, you have a new tank all set up and you’ve moved your goldfish to its new home. You’re doing well! If ammonia or nitrite rise above 0.5ppm or nitrate rises about 40ppm then do a 50%water change. Water changes There’s no enjoyment in keeping an animal in poor conditions where it cannot growand thrive, so get a new tank asap. “Sorry but I’m keeping my goldfish bowl!”A filter will remove debris from the tank and will become a home for “goodbacteria”. You’ll find out more aboutthis later when we discuss “cycling”. Step 2a (optional): Your fish’s living situation is now much betterthan when it was living in a tiny bowl and yourtank will be much easier to maintain from nowon (no more daily water changes!).

Why? Again, this reduces harmful pollution, asyou’ll be removing polluted water and replacing it with clean water. Step 3: Why? Because the more you feed, the more polluted the water will get. But goldfish cansurvive on very little food for a long time.Cutfeeding to a minimum and you cut pollutionto a minimum too. We 100% guarantee thatyour fish will not starve. Goldfish can survivefor weeks without food! Step 2: Unfortunately, goldfish are often shown in bowls in the media andsold in bowls by unscrupulous or ignorant pet stores, which causes inexperienced fish keepers to think that bowls are an acceptable home for goldfish. There are over 200 species of goldfish, all of which are artificial, captive-bred creations that you won’t find living in the wild. These popular pet fish are directly descended from wild Prussian carp. Try to look for a “long” style tank. They’re a bitshallower, but they contain the same amount of water because they are longer than standard tanks. This maximises surface area andswimming space!