I am ready to be flamed for what I am about to post, but it would help immensely if you did not choose to do that.
I have 4 common/comet goldfish, 1 calico goldfish, and 1 black moor, all in a 20 gallon tank that I thought was 30 gallons.
I know, bad setup. They have been in said set up for almost 2 years now, if memory serves, although the calico is a newer addition because my sister refused to listen to me and if I hadn’t added it to the 20gal it would have ended up dead in the bag or in a bucket or something, and it was just to cute to refuse. *Sigh* 1 of the common goldfish came from an experiment of my sisters. Don’t ask, it hurts me to even remember it. The Black Moor is mine, I got it when I still had only 2 fish in my 20gal tank. The 2 fish that were already in the tank were a survivor from before I came to Aquaria Central, the last ones from a bad mistake I made almost a year before I came to this site. Only ask if you promise not to flame me on it. The other inhabitant came in as a prize from a fair. Both were common/comet goldfish. Now we reach the last common/comet goldfish. This one came in with my idiocy. Plz, no flaming about that, it was from before AC as well. The Moor was originally in my 30 gallon tropical community tank, but I moved it in with the commons when it started to eat and dig up my plants. So that’s how my fish got there. Calico from My sister, Comet from my sister, 3 common/comets from before AC and 1 black moor, also from before AC. So that tank has been running at this level for quite some time, over year with the 3 commons and the moor. But recently, about 6-7 moths ago, she got the calico. It hasn’t stopped growing since, and my hopes that it would be eaten (better then suffocation) have long since gone down the drain. So now im getting worried that the tank may no longer be able to handle the bioload. I know it is very very overstocked, after all 4 commons would overstock a 20 gallon tank. So now I have the option of getting a 40 gallon tank, and I intend to take it. I intend to move the fish into the 40gal, even if that’s still overstocked, because its better then the 20gal.
The Stock list and sizes are as follows:
• 5 inch common/comet goldfish, survivor from my great mistake.
• 4 inch common goldfish, named Bubbles, from my sisters experiment.
• 4 inch common/comet goldfish, from before AC times.
• 3 inch common/comet goldfish, won at a fair.
• 3 inch calico goldfish, unwilling added when my sister got it.
• 3-4 inch Black Moor goldfish, from before AC times.
I know that you will be unhappy with the situation. I have attempted to give away the fish both on AC and elsewhere multiple times, but I cannot ship them and the local people, well, I don’t trust them. The only people I considered were this nice old couple that live up on top of the large hill nearby. They have a pond, but its filthy, and always partially empty. I don’t trust it to be a good environment for anything alive, let alone my large goldfish. The only other option is t put them in the district pond, which already has a small goldfish population. Its where the 5 incher came from, about a year before my big mistake.
That’s the situation, this is the build thread.
So, im getting the tank as soon as im done this post. There will be pics of the tank as I build it. Its going to be on the floor, mainly due to the fact that the table above it is both full and unable to support that much weight, at least it would scare me to do so.
let the flaming begin. If your gonna make a flame post, say so, it makes it easier to ignore you.
I have 4 common/comet goldfish, 1 calico goldfish, and 1 black moor, all in a 20 gallon tank that I thought was 30 gallons.
I know, bad setup. They have been in said set up for almost 2 years now, if memory serves, although the calico is a newer addition because my sister refused to listen to me and if I hadn’t added it to the 20gal it would have ended up dead in the bag or in a bucket or something, and it was just to cute to refuse. *Sigh* 1 of the common goldfish came from an experiment of my sisters. Don’t ask, it hurts me to even remember it. The Black Moor is mine, I got it when I still had only 2 fish in my 20gal tank. The 2 fish that were already in the tank were a survivor from before I came to Aquaria Central, the last ones from a bad mistake I made almost a year before I came to this site. Only ask if you promise not to flame me on it. The other inhabitant came in as a prize from a fair. Both were common/comet goldfish. Now we reach the last common/comet goldfish. This one came in with my idiocy. Plz, no flaming about that, it was from before AC as well. The Moor was originally in my 30 gallon tropical community tank, but I moved it in with the commons when it started to eat and dig up my plants. So that’s how my fish got there. Calico from My sister, Comet from my sister, 3 common/comets from before AC and 1 black moor, also from before AC. So that tank has been running at this level for quite some time, over year with the 3 commons and the moor. But recently, about 6-7 moths ago, she got the calico. It hasn’t stopped growing since, and my hopes that it would be eaten (better then suffocation) have long since gone down the drain. So now im getting worried that the tank may no longer be able to handle the bioload. I know it is very very overstocked, after all 4 commons would overstock a 20 gallon tank. So now I have the option of getting a 40 gallon tank, and I intend to take it. I intend to move the fish into the 40gal, even if that’s still overstocked, because its better then the 20gal. The Stock list and sizes are as follows:
• 5 inch common/comet goldfish, survivor from my great mistake.
• 4 inch common goldfish, named Bubbles, from my sisters experiment.
• 4 inch common/comet goldfish, from before AC times.
• 3 inch common/comet goldfish, won at a fair.
• 3 inch calico goldfish, unwilling added when my sister got it.
• 3-4 inch Black Moor goldfish, from before AC times.
I know that you will be unhappy with the situation. I have attempted to give away the fish both on AC and elsewhere multiple times, but I cannot ship them and the local people, well, I don’t trust them. The only people I considered were this nice old couple that live up on top of the large hill nearby. They have a pond, but its filthy, and always partially empty. I don’t trust it to be a good environment for anything alive, let alone my large goldfish. The only other option is t put them in the district pond, which already has a small goldfish population. Its where the 5 incher came from, about a year before my big mistake.
That’s the situation, this is the build thread.
So, im getting the tank as soon as im done this post. There will be pics of the tank as I build it. Its going to be on the floor, mainly due to the fact that the table above it is both full and unable to support that much weight, at least it would scare me to do so.
let the flaming begin. If your gonna make a flame post, say so, it makes it easier to ignore you.
