mirciulie

I read right here on fishlore, under FISH Species that they like it up to 80F

Size : Usually 3 to 5 inches (8 - 13 cm), but can get bigger

pH : 6 - 7.5

Temperature : 40°F - 80°F (5°C - 27°C)

I keep the tank at 76, so that should be good, shouldn't it? they're not aggresive, at least not for now.

Let me know what do you think.

Thanks,

-Mike

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mirciulie

cool. I'll have to look up some more on it.


I was under impression that they tolarate wide temp ranges. Somebody here actually was ussing 76F for his goldfish tank.....

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capekate

Hi Hatchet,
I have found that there are a lot of folks here from europe and from the states where we use either fahrenheit or celsius. The internet has some great conversion tables. I have a few saved so that I can convert the figures and add them to the post. It helps with any confusion.

~ kate

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Lucy

Here is a link to a conversion calculator:

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

mirciulie

So, I ended up a buying a cheap heater Cascade brand, works fine, the termostat is off by like 8 deg, but that's OK, cause I have a different thermometer and I go by that one.

The fish look alot more active now, that the temp is right again- it was 67F for like 2 days.

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mirciulie

Hatchet,

I'll get those golds out of there when I can find somebody willing to take them.

For now they're doing a hundred times better than what they used to, in that 1/2 gallon fish bowl, with no heater/filter and 100% water changes every week!!! The water was getting cloudy after a few days so my wife was changing it cause she couldn't stand that. Poor fellas were never going past the amonia phase of the cycle I guess and they were starting it again, and again and again, for like 4 months. That don't even cound the chloramine and other junk that I didn't remove from tap water...:confusedI guess that really proves it how though they are. So I guess a few deg out of their temp range is not gonna kill them untill I find them a good house for them. Sorry if I sound too mean, but looking in perspective it's better for them.

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mirciulie

Hey Hatchethaven, I forgot to mention, I gave away the 2 goldfish to my inlaws, a few weeks ago.

They live happily in a good size pond.

Shawnie

I have kept goldies in 76 -77 f ..they did well..and certainly did well at 74 -75...they dont mind a huge range but never over 77 ish...they are great fish and sadly mine were all taken when there was a short in my heater believe it or not...glad things are going well with your tank!

mirciulie

Thx Shawnie.

I gave away the golds because everybody here advised me too....

Plus, they were getting BIG fast and their metabolism is slow and were making the water dirty. And I had the pond available. All worked good.

I busted a heater when I first started this hobby (about a hlf year ago). I was reading about issues with heaters getting stuck on the ON position, which is not good for the fishies
There's a work around this thing, where you can have it shut down automatically when it gets above a set temp.

I think those goldfish are happier where they are right now.