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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

Here are some tips to help you keep your goldfish healthy and active.

Steps

1. 1 You will need a large enough aquarium. A tank that is larger than a round aquarium is the best option. Don't put your goldfish in a traditional round aquarium, then it will be happy and healthy.
2. 2 Place driftwood, plants, rocks, and decorations in your aquarium for your fish to swim around.
3. 3 Leave enough room for your fish to move around. She will definitely appreciate it! A good rule of thumb is that there should be three quarters of water in an aquarium and one quarter of decorations.
4. 4 Move the decorations in the aquarium once a week when changing the water. Thus, the fish will have a new playground every time.
5. 5 Eat a variety of foods for your fish. An excellent choice would be shrimp, shellfish, brine shrimp, daphnia, creepers, as well as boiled lettuce, spinach and other vegetables.
6. 6 Communicate with your goldfish while feeding. The fish can be taught to ring the bell when it is hungry.

Tips

• Don't overfeed your goldfish. Feed once or twice a day and in as much food as they can swallow in 2-3 minutes. Even if they beg, resist the temptation to give more food. Overfeeding is the most common cause of death among goldfish. If you notice that your fish often swims in circles and opens its mouth as if it lacks air, know that this is due to too much air entering its swim bladder. Fish swallow excess air when they eat floating food. This happens to them quite often.
• Anything you want to put on the bottom of the aquarium is best purchased from a specialist store. Decorations purchased elsewhere may contain harmful substances that can literally kill your goldfish.
• Make sure the tank is large enough for your fish. Goldfish grow quite large. And while they may look very cute now in a small tabletop aquarium, in a year it will be too cramped. Most quirky looking goldfish grow up to 15 centimeters. And adult fish comet, shubunkin and ordinary goldfish (hibunas) can easily reach more than 30 centimeters in length. When choosing an aquarium, there is a generally accepted rule: 8 liters of water for every centimeter of goldfish. Example: To fill an aquarium with two 10cm goldfish and two 5cm goldfish, you need 80 liters of water. It may seem that there will be too much room for four fish. But the fact is that goldfish in the process of their vital activity produce a large amount of ammonia. Water is needed to dilute this highly toxic chemical. It is recommended that a maximum of two goldfish be placed in an 80 gallon aquarium, as they can grow quite large if a suitable environment is provided for them. A more precise rule is: to keep goldfish you need 80 liters of water, and for any other - more than 40. Example: A maximum of three goldfish can live in an aquarium with a capacity of 80 liters. And even then they will be capricious. To keep the comet fish, shubunkin and ordinary goldfish, at least 400 liters of water are needed.This is due to their ability to grow up to 60 centimeters in length, almost like pond koi carps! Use common sense to think about your favorites. Would you really like to spend the rest of your life in a cramped room? Hardly.
• Never knock on the glass of the aquarium. Goldfish are frightened by this sound and try to swim away.
• Do not feed your fish "special" foods. The main food product for them should be high-quality dry food.
• To decorate the aquarium, use only live plants - Vallisneria, Hydrilla, etc. Plant the plants in gravel or tie them to a large stone in the center of the aquarium. Usually, goldfish prefer living plants to artificial objects. And some aquarium plants even serve as natural food for fish.

Warnings

• Do not place sharp objects in the aquarium. They can injure the fish.
• Never use detergents to clean the decorations and equipment of the aquarium. Their remains will instantly kill your fish.
• Avoid collecting aquarium decorations in the wild as they can harm your fish too. Such "natural" jewelry can contain too many salts and other minerals and become a source of various diseases.
• Place rocks in the aquarium so that they cannot fall and injure the fish.
• Remember, any fish that can fit in your goldfish's mouth can be food for it.