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...