Considering a bubble-eyed goldfish as a gift for a beginner, help?

I know people don't like to hear this, but Goldfish are not really ideal if you are on a budget. You will need a ten gallon aquarium at a bare minimum, no matter how small the fish is. Smaller fish will grow faster than larger ones, but a one gallon tank is way too small for any goldfish, even baby ones. You should expect to spend around $40 to get a minimum setup. There is more information here if you are interested - http://www.exoticgoldfish.net/setup.html - You will need to do frequent water changes for the first few weeks until the nitrate cycle is complete. A lot of people ignore this part of the process and end up with dead fish, so just trying to warn you ahead of time.

This is especially true of Bubble Eyes. So long as you read up on them and know what to expect, you will probably be fine. But Bubble Eyes are more delicate than other goldfish breeds and require a little more attention. More information on Bubble Eyes can be found here - http://www.exoticgoldfish.net/breeds-bubbleeye.htm... -

I am sure he will like them a lot, just make sure you know what you are getting in to. Goldfish require about the same amount of care as tropical fish, if not more. So if you are looking for a cheap and low maintenance pet, I would stick with the bettas.

Fish do not make good gifts. Especially not Goldfish which are actually pretty high maintenance. For a single Bubble-eye you'd need at least a 20 gallon filtered and cycled tank (the nitrogen cycle) with no sharp decor. Bubble eyes can be pretty fragile and would die fairly quickly in a 1 gallon.

1 gallon tanks are good for nothing.

If your BF is interested in keeping fish buy him some books on the subject. It takes weeks to prepare a tank to be truly ready for fish, there's quite a lot to it really, which is why they're terrible for relatively spontaneous gifts!

Buy him the books, although I have read some iffy advice even in books! Maybe a subscription to a fishkeeping magazine, but not an actual fish just yet.

bubble-eyed goldfish are fragile i would highly advise against buying him this fish more so if he wants to get other fish. A fish i would recommend is My first Tank fish, a rainbow shark which is a hardy fish that doesn't get too big. also it dose well alone or in a community tank which makes it good as a starter fish. they also look cool, almost like a shark. But if you do get one, get only one because even tho they do well with other fish they will fight there own kind. Rainbow sharks come in two variety's black with red tipped transparent fins and albino yellow with red tipped transparent fins

Goldfish are not good beginner fish and bubble eyes are one of the hardest to care for out of all the goldfish. Unless you can get a 20 gallon tank straight away I would not bother.

To be honest, goldfish (especially the fancy types) aren't a good idea for beginners. They're often labelled as 'beginner' fish, and even though they can survive in bad conditions they're often left with horrible health problems that stem from tiny tanks, bad filtration and improper care.

If you're planning to get him a celestial goldfish (the bubble-eyed ones), you'll need to give him a 30-gallon tank to give it enough space to live in, or its organs will end up dwarfed and kill it prematurely. Goldfish are also incredibly messy fish, so they need a good, powerful filter (two filters if you're planning on having more than one goldfish) to stop ammonia from building up in the water (which leads to poisoning and burns), and they need to be fed on a varied diet of vegetables, pellets and live foods, such as bloodworm and daphnia. (You can buy these live or as a jellied food). Don't give them flake, as the fancy-type goldfish tend to have a lot of problems with their swimbladder due to the shape they've been bred into, so if they're given food that floats on the surface they'll be gulping air as they eat, which will lead to problems of them not being able to keep their balance or making them float.

Goldfish are fantastic fish- he'll love it, they've got such personalities! Just make sure that you've read up on them first and you know exactly what you're getting yourself into, and you'll have a very happy fish on your hands (:

u give small gold fishes to begenner.because these r no experiyenced;