How to Take Care of a Fish

I actually physically cringed when I read this. First things first, no fish should be kept in a container smaller than 1 gallon. Unless its a one gallon bowl do not use a bowl. At the one gallon range about all you can keep is a Betta.

Betta's, like all fish, do best in the largest, temperature controlled, filtered body of water you can provide. That stated a Betta can live in as little as a gallon of water without a filter or heater. You should clean the bowl as often as possible, no need to use any form of soap, just scrub it well and refill it. Use some form of dechlorination in the water you put back in the bowl (that can be purchased at any pet store). Touching the food is not a no-no but make sure your feeding it the right food. Betta pellets are usually sufficient, flakes are usually not. I feed my Betta freeze dried blood worms with my fingers.

If your fish is a gold fish its probably going to die. Goldfish need large bodies of cool water to live in any sort of real health. A minimum of 10 gallons a goldfish is usually recommended. Goldfish produce large amounts of waste and will end up stunted by these toxins in smaller bodies of water.

Please do further research depending on the type of fish you intend to keep. My favorite place for such research is The Freshwater Aquarium. Its a google mailing list but you should be able to read the discussions without subscribing. If you really like fish keeping by all means subscribe.

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I'm in agreement with troy here. You should really never put any sort of soap in a fish tank. When you think its soap free chances are its not. And to add you should never really "scrub" the tank unless it's new or all your fish have died from a horrible "waste" related disease. As long as you have at LEAST a mediocre filter, changing out half the water every week should be sufficient. If you’re worried about the algae, buy an algae eater. It will appreciate it. And I second troys opinion with a bit added. No fish should be kept in a tiny bowl with no filter, I don’t care how "cute" it looks on your coffee table if you don’t have the money to give that Beta or goldfish a BETTER home then its best that you leave it be. Buy a gerbil there almost indestructible.

Totally agree with Troy and Sue. I also wanted to say that if you're changing your tank water properly, there is absolutely no need to remove all the fish beforehand. All this does is stress the poor fish. As has been said, ordinary tank maintenance doesn't require scrubbing a tank or completely emptying it of water, so there is no reason for the fish to be removed. You should regularly change a decent percentage of the water (30 - 50%) whilst cleaning the gravel using a gravel cleaning tube and siphon. This method allows the fish to remain quite safely in their environment until you've finished.

That is so true, if you want to get a gold fish, well i dont mean to brake your heart but at averrege the gold fish lasts 4 weeks.Try and get a diffrent fish. If you fish is acting strange or always curled up in a coner that usally means it is sick. Please take it to the closed vet in town straight away, do you want it to die. No, well then take it now always have a weekly check at the vet.

hey i am thinking of just getting 1 little fish and are betta\'s the only fish that can be kept in a gallon what if the fish is smaller? and if you have 1 little fish would you still have to have a air pump or any heating thing?

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