bf's goldfish, how did they die...? Options

[Chii]

okay, awhile ago my boyfriend won these goldfish at this fair thing, he kept them in his room and the next morning they died

he put them in a big tank/bowl, like the size of a big cake box, he gave them fish food and fresh water...it wasn't too cold or too hot, they had enough air around the tank...how could they have died?

**i looked for a pets forum but i didn't find one...is this where this belongs?

***i'm talking about this now because i was playing this game on yahoo which had goldfish

[*tweeak*]

i had goldfish, and when i went to change the water, one fell down the sink and saved it, then it died 2 days later

[sammi rules you]

goldfish that are won at the fair very rarely live.

[*tweeak*]

but my friends brother cheep fish lived for ages

(james, get on now and give your input)

[Chii]

goldfish that are won at the fair very rarely live.

i thought of that...but i didn't think that they would die that fast, it wasn't even 24 hours, probably not even 12

[Chaos13]

thats suxs. too bad.

[Mini]

Did you guys use chemicals to kill the chlorine?

The chlorine might've killed the goldfishes...u need special chemicals to de-toxin the water.. and you have to make sure there isn't alot of ammonia in the water too.

Sigh oh well, goldfishes won tend to be sickly and die easily. Fishes are hard creatures to please.

[*stephinika*]

Sigh oh well, goldfishes won tend to be sickly and die easily. Fishes are hard creatures to please. 

you have a point. i used to have fish a long time ago but i got pissed off cause they die too easily...

[Flaunted]

i once had 5 fish i won somewhere
and every day one of them died.
yeah it was tragic.

[shortiiex]

last time at a fair i won like 15 fishes and each day, 1-2 fishes died....

[Ington]

You have to think about the conditions of the fish before he got them. Perhaps they were in a bad environment where he won them?

[jennyjenny]

Like, 3 of my fish died when I first got them..

I think they couldn't adjust to my water or something. We bought like, 13 of them and only like, 3 died.

Poor fishies.

[cRaZiiXbEauTiFul]

probably the fair place didnt treat the fish very well...like the pet places??

[dani41790]

maybe u can only use distilled water with gold fish. idk. i had a goldfish once and it died 3 days later

[iheartsimba]

oh i've played that game its fun =]

and this is the right area, lounge is for random htings.


anyway, goldfish..are like not good for pets...mostly because they die really easily.
i had one and it died the next day...i don't know why, maybe its just the environment? maybe they need like...special living conditions? i dont know =/

[roberts_pink_dru...]

I had a goldfish when I was 3 it lived for 10 days could've lived longer too if I didn't pry it out of the water and see if it could dance.

[shortvi3tlaydee]

aww thats sad my parents wont lemme have any pets

[HelloSunshine]

Well..maybe the fish he won were kept badly berfore he won them Happened to me before

[*wind&fire*]

check the pH

or

DODGY goldfish

[xxruinedsoulxx]

goldfish tend to die easily. sucks... so as to other cheap fishes. my cousin was supposed to give me 3 goldfish but i didn't accept it. i knew it was just gonna die. i can't stand my pets dying

[Mireh]

theyre from the fair.

think about it.

[shortee_]

I've had my gold fish since.. July? their still alive.

Well what the lady at the petstore told me..
Gold fishes releases alot of Nitrogenous wastes, so they need alot of space. Putting them in bowls isn't a good idea, since they need a filter to filter the water in the bowl. Try using those Salts and the Chlorine stuff with the water next time.

[DaTru KataLYST]

I really think it was the pH levels that killed them. You must have chemicals that will dechlorinate the water for the goldfish.

[Shattered_Hope]

too much pH in the water...

[o_o*]

he shoulda put that chemical stuff in the fish tank that makes fish live longer...

[WhiteLotus*]

Really..I had a gold fish that I won at a fair..It lived for 9 years ( no joke). It died 3 years ago.

[toodlepops.]

it was its time.

[D1SMANTLED]

if you want a longer living fish thats easy to keep, get a betta (seimiese [sp?] fighting fish)

i have one, and it lived for more than 2 years already. but, i'm sorry about your bf's fish. at least it was living in a better place than at the festival... (perhaps).

you dont know what bad conditions they live in there....

[xXirockhardXx]

I've had a lot of gold fish and they always died but my uncle had one for like about 2-4 years and it was humongous lol i dont think i spelled that right n.e ways but then it died

[captured_serenit...]

buy him a betta fish, those things live forever! gaw...annoying things, they have pretty colors...but yeah, it's cool..

[misoshiru]

goldfish won at a fair usually die in a few days

[whomps]

Uhm, if he gave the fish TAP WATER, it would've died. You're suppose to like get water, then let it sit in the sun for like 24 hours. Then you can use it.

[lilxroxy]

he gave them fish food and fresh water

- too much food.
- water should be added half tank at a time

[KissMe2408]

yah it probably died from shock. Some fish that i get from the store die in the next day or so, because of shock of the new environement. don't worry it happens alot! lol tell ur boyfriend that he didn't do anything wrong, it just happens. And tap water is fine by the way...when you put a fish in a new tank there is always a huge chance it will die because the water didn't build up it's own ecosystem, so when you get a few fish in there to get the water right, then the fish won't die as much, lol it's hard to explain. I had to do a big report on this subject haha

[The 1 and only J...]

did he have a filter cause they need that to live.

[racoons > you]

i had goldfish, and when i went to change the water, one fell down the sink and saved it, then it died 2 days later 

yes i stuck my hand down ur waste disposal to get it out. how good a friend am I? granted i was more concerned for the fish, but there u go. im an animal lover at heart. my fairgroud goldfish lived abotu a week. then agian my girlfriends sister has had hers for several months now, its going strong

[redpeony]

next time, keep the fish in the plastic bag or whatever that it came in, and leave the bag in the bowl of water for a few hours so the fish will can slowly get used to the environment. then let it out of the bag into the bowl and it should be fine.

[*tweeak*]

yes i stuck my hand down ur waste disposal to get it out. how good a friend am I? granted i was more concerned for the fish, but there u go. im an animal lover at heart. my fairgroud goldfish lived abotu a week. then agian my girlfriends sister has had hers for several months now, its going strong

how long did lukes miracle fish survive?

[henrydotcom]

reasons for his fish dying:
1. The water had lots of chemicals. leave the water out in the open for a while and they'll wear into the air. Or use chemicals... ick.
2. Fish from fairs are a means of commercial attraction. It's not intended for pets. The guys from the fair could really care less if the fish died an hour after you got them.
3. Big changes in the environment for fishies can kill. Like how your bf changed all that water.

[sweetdreamsx3]

We used to have fishes too...It also died. =\ But I think you have to mix some of the water that the fair gave you..because that's where it's used to be at... :] Sorry about your bf's fishie.

My cousins had fishies for about..1 year? Iono how they do it.

[carmen77198]

gold fish are gay... must have been the pH balance or some deal like that

[EXPLO5ION]

saltwater fish are better.

[FLIPxADDICTION]

maybe it wasn't the correct type of water.

that happened also to me when i won a goldfish at a fair once.

[bad_girl]

it died cos it didnt like ur bf.. lol.

[jaeman]

There are multiple reasons why the goldfish had died.
The goldfish could've had insufficent housing (poor tank conditions) and the tanks that goldfish should be kept in should be more then fifty gallons and should have a working filter and an optional air pump.
If that was not the issue, then the goldfish that they were handing out at fairs, were already previously sick.

I think createblog should have a pets forum like I suggested.

[madpimp]

okay, awhile ago my boyfriend won these goldfish at this fair thing, he kept them in his room and the next morning they died

he put them in a big tank/bowl, like the size of a big cake box, he gave them fish food and fresh water...it wasn't too cold or too hot, they had enough air around the tank...how could they have died?

**i looked for a pets forum but i didn't find one...is this where this belongs?

***i'm talking about this now because i was playing this game on yahoo which had goldfish

Maybe your boyfriend was so gross that those fish were like, "Shit guys, we better commit seppuku (japanese honorable suicide technique) on ourselves rather than be shamed by living in this dump"

HA.

Shit. Just realized bad_girl already said something like that. Will post anyway.

[angel-roh]

Since I had a goldfish and it never died on my for the last 3 months. Well it's 4 months, because I moved and I had to give it away to my friend. I miss my goldfish, Steve It's been 4 years I haven't seen him!! T__T

Anyways the Don't do's

1 -- Don't feed him a lot. feed him a pinch of the food.
2 -- Don't turn the lights off. They need a light. But not too bright. Maybe try and use blue light? Use a dark light... not so bright!
3 -- Don't give him an empty tank. Give the fish a toy or a little house for him to stay in. If you have nothing in it for it, it will make the goldfish bore itself out. Also put pretty colorful rocks! Do something creative!!!
4 -- Don't give them expired fish foods
5 -- Don't feed them foods when you have a dirty hands.
6 -- Don't feed them once a day.
7 -- Don't use the sink water/the bathtub water. use the water that they give you at the pet store.
8 -- Don't put no salts in the water. Some people put salt in the water cause they think they live in saltwater, so they put lots of salt >.<;
9 -- Give them a mate! or a friend by putting 2 or 3 more goldfish.
10 -- Don't leave them near a heater or the air conditioner.


So yeah... hehh...