Goldfish Tank Help..Please!?

If you have a filter in the tank now, move that with your fish to the new tank, then you dont need to worry about the cycle. If it's survived this long without a filter, then it's getting an upgrade, but bring the gravel and ornaments from the old tank, keeping them in water. They will be covered with cycle bacteria and will help the new tank settle down quickly. Do that and you are moving your fish AND most of the cycle bacteria together at the same time.

Adding bottles of stuff to the new tank wont cycle it untill there is a source of ammonia in the tank (fish poop).

He will outgrow a 10 gal tank over time, how big is he now? Comon goldfish can grow to 12"+ and live for 20+ years, so you may have him for a lot longer yet if you look after him well.

Plan on getting a bigger tank in the future.

Ian

Common goldfish are the variety given as prizes at carnivals. They are actually bred for ponds, but can be kept indoors. This variety of goldfish should have kept in a 55+ gallon tank. Unfortunately, yours is stunted due to being housed in a 10 gallon tank. A four year old common goldfish should be about 10 inches long.

You need to get the fish into a tank at least 55 gallon long. You can use gravel from your current tank to speed along the cycling process. I would also recommend using some of the old filter media from your current tank. Do this, wait a day and put in the fish. It's very easy to get attached to goldfish because they have tons of personality. You have obviously cared for your fish and you shouldn't be upset with yourself about not knowing how to keep a goldfish. Most people kill their goldfish in under a month!!

If you have additional questions, please feel free to e-mail. Good Luck

Goldfish are very hardy. He should be fine in the new tank by now, trust me. I have transfered fish dirrectly from one tank to the next without cycling or even letting it sit. They were fine.

I have also transfered fish from an 80 degree tank to a 65 degree tank and they lived and actually grew quite larger in size.

There is a rule that applies to all fish freshwater or salt water; for every one inch of fish there should be one gallon, so the ten gallon tank is fine! And you can put as much stuff in it as you want. Goldfish I have found love to swim through, in and out things.

Goldfish give out a ton of ammonia so be sure to change out one gallon of water from the tank with a new gallon of water that has been sitting at a stand still for a least two days. Do this once a week for about a month and the goldfish should come out fine in the new environment.

Just put the filter from the old tank onto the new one, without a lot of cleaning that filter before hand. If you can also use the old tank's gravel would help cycle it faster as well. Change the water often and a lot of it at a time at first, he should settle in just fine. A 20 gallon would be better but if you keep up with proper water changes every week he'll be ok in the 10 gallon but don't get any more goldfish. For lots of great info on the cycle visit my favorite web site.

www.goldfishconnection.com

Well, its too late to talk about acclimating him to the new tank, not just dropping him in.

I would have let the tank run for a few days and then put him in. Hopefully you have upgraded the size.

How big is your fish? A good rule for small goldfish is at least 2gallons per inch of fish. You should have a filter on the tank as well.

As they get bigger, switch to goldfish pellets, but only 1 or 2 once a day ar most!

GO With the old fish tank its not bad just dump the water out put the goldfish into a bag (with water) take the fish tank over fill it up with water put the goldfish with the bag into the water for a couple hours take him out then he should be fine.

you know what I would do, I would throw that cycle crap in the garbage for starters, your tank will start developing its own bacteria on its own just fine.You need to keep all the water from the old tank to put in the new tank, try to get an old water jug that they use in one of those water coolers in an office, you know the ones there generally big blue jugs, fill the big blue jug, or what ever you have, with the old water, transport it to the new location and put it in the new tank, you only need to keep 50% of the old water or at least make sure 50% of the new aquarium is filled with your old water, but remember to add water conditioner to the new water you are using to top the rest of the new aquarium off with. let the water stand for a bit with your filtration system running, remember goldfish are cold water fish so you shouldn't need a heater room temp. is fine, I keep my goldies at 22c / 74f, feed them goldfish food only (because of the specific diet goldfish should have, opposed to tropical fish)

after the tank has been running for a bit he should be fine to go in, slowly, goldies are though, your fair fish sure sounds like it, and your right 10gal. is the min. you want for one goldfish

goldfish are strong fish, so just get out a little water from the new tank, pour some of the water the fish is living in now and the fish will probably not die. i have goldfish that are 2 years old and i always just dump them in fresh water and they never die. also, i think the ten gallon tank is big enuf.

Goldfish get very big and are the dirtyest of fish so i sugjest you get a bigger tank. Like a 20 or 29 gllong should be good.

It should be fine if you had plants n stuff in the tank for the week. Id wait another week just in case.