My husband has 8 goldfish that his friend bought him from petsmart, the little cheap 29 cent ones, the problem is we have a 10 gallon tank!!! I know these fish will suffer in such a small tank, I had planned on cycling it without fish and buying one or two small fish appropriate for a 10 gallon, but he just came home with them all excited and now I'm trying to figure out what to do with them. I don't know if he will agree to trying to take them back to the store, but if he will do you know if the store will accept fish without a receipt? But really is taking them back to a store a good idea because they will probably be feeder fish or put in some 1 gallon tank by parents getting their kid a fish. I wish I knew someone with a backyard garden pond or a massive aquarium. I may just be overthinking this, but does anyone have any ideas?
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When people buy goldfish at the pet store or at a farmer's market or county fair, nobody tells them that these adorable 2" long fish sold in a small bowl can reach a size of 8" for fancy twin tail varieties and a size of 12" for single tail Comets. A 40 gallon breeder tank is about the smallest size suitable for a fancy variety and a 75 gallon is needed for a full grown Comet.
Goldfish are best suited for outdoor ponds.
Goldfish are best suited for outdoor ponds.
Yes it really stinks that they get sold without the seller telling people that fact. And that's exactly why people think goldfish are a really short lived species, because of course they often don't make it past a couple months in the tiny tanks people think are just fine for them.
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