Goldfish!

[silkifyre]

We now have some goldfish! They're feeder goldfish, though. I like them, they remind me of miniature koi. We got them for 28¢ each at WalMart. There are 2 orange ones, and 2 white with orange spots. We put them in the turtle tank, figuring that if the turtle eats them, then he eats them, but if they live, then cool! I'm kinda hoping that he won't eat them, cuz I love goldfish. So, we'll see.

[Arlene]

I had some goldfish they got huge and they stink. their pee or whatever is like ammonia or something peeyoo. but they are cool in an outside pool.. I just found out last year that people don't "save" them and bring them in to be warm but let them FREEZE solid outside.. in the spring they thaw out like nothing happened !! OMG!! haha I never did know that!! and I am 41!! see ? never too old to learn

[silkifyre]

I never had an outside pond. I always wanted one, though. I think they can be so pretty.

Yeah, it's true, if you have it built right, the fish can winter over in their pond. But they need to have a deep enough pond to do that. The fish don't really freeze solid (at least, I've never heard that), but they get very sluggish and move very slowly. They stay in the deepest part of the water where it doesn't freeze. That's about as much as I remember reading anyway. That was several years ago.

The only fish I've ever had lived in an aquarium inside my house. I had a small tank with guppies and I had a larger tank with fancy goldfish. I didn't let my tanks get overcrowded and the filters were kept clean, so I never noticed any odor from the fish. Our Bettas never smelled either.

The turtle, on the other hand, has a smelly tank. But he makes such a mess that the filter can't really keep up with him. I think we might need a second filter running! Unfortunately, we can't put anything like an algae eater in the tank cuz the turtle would probably eat it! We put the feeder goldfish in there to see if he'd eat them. So far, all 4 fish are still hangin' around. I wonder if they'll be too quick for Ertle Turtle to catch them. We'll find out, I guess!

[Arlene]

yeah.. they freeze solid. the pond freezes solid..then spring they thaw out! I swear! the pond is just about a foot deep I think.. has a filter and all.. saw this two different places last year.. I was in shock haha

I only had 2 goldfish.. they STUNK like cat piss. I cleaned it every week. the pet store lady said they pee ammonia like cats.. or something like that !

If you put one of those divider screens in there.. the feeder can clean one wall at a time.. just a suggestion.. we did that when the guppies had babies.. my algae eaters would eat my fish.. had to get rid of him... I think I was not feeding him enough.. he was HUGE and FAT and in his shell there were skeletons.. found them when I cleaned it out!! haha.. like a serial killer haha

I don't understand betas. all I see is dead ones in cups in the store.. I siad that looks bad!