Banned from buying a Goldfish at 56yrs of age/Pets At Home!!!

[Thunder Bolt]

This thread is GOLD. Even the mrs is in tears.

Prizes to wood chip for his guinea pig comments

NSC gold(fish).

 

[Gullys Cats]

Just buy some fish fingers instead!

 

[Brovion]

Why don't you just carve some carrots into the shape of goldfish? Then you can impress your friends (and appall your daughter) by fishing them out of the tank and eating them.


EDIT: Make sure you eat the carrot-goldfish and not the real one(s).

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Why don't you just carve some carrots into the shape of goldfish? Then you can impress your friends (and appall your daughter) by fishing them out of the tank and eating them.


EDIT: Make sure you eat the carrot-goldfish and not the real one(s).

It was brilliant when the bloke from candid camera did that in a pet shop in the 70's. I'll never forget the old woman... 'you horrible man'.

 

[Kumquat]

Unless its a dogfish. Obviously.

No.No. You're wrong there. It's still a fish. Same as a catfish. You'd still have to cross out the word cat on the cat license in crayon and put fish. In crayon.

 

[Evil Edna]

Who said keeping trops was hard. My 5 foot planted tank

I can only aspirer to having a tank like that, How often do you have to do water changes, how much of a change do you have to do in ltr's?

 

[cloud]

The world is going mad

Wales-hospital-worker-faces-1-000-fine-saving-60-goldfish-drained-pond

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262250/Great-grandmother-tagged-selling-goldfish.html

 

[jevs]

I can only aspirer to having a tank like that, How often do you have to do water changes, how much of a change do you have to do in ltr's?

I am the laziest fishkeeper in the world. Think ive done two 25% water changes this year (tank is approx 600 litres). I do top up about 6 - 8 gallons a week due to evaporation. The only maintenance i do is to trim the plants when needed to keep them in check. I have 4 x 4 foot T5 tubes above the tank which is pretty bright and as a result, i dose CO2 via a 2kg fire extinguisher. The CO2 eliminates virtually all nuisance algea.

So apart from top ups, clean 2 internal filters every few months, feed the fish and trim the plants, i do nothing to it.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

That's no way to keep a Guinea Pig.

Been away, just got back to thread, very funny, lesson learnt, I really must think things through before posting.

 

[amexee]

I am the laziest fishkeeper in the world. Think ive done two 25% water changes this year (tank is approx 600 litres). I do top up about 6 - 8 gallons a week due to evaporation. The only maintenance i do is to trim the plants when needed to keep them in check. I have 4 x 4 foot T5 tubes above the tank which is pretty bright and as a result, i dose CO2 via a 2kg fire extinguisher. The CO2 eliminates virtually all nuisance algea.

So apart from top ups, clean 2 internal filters every few months, feed the fish and trim the plants, i do nothing to it.

algae is my biggest problem, do you just give the extinguisher a quick squirt.

When I first got my tank probably 5 years ago, I followed the aquatic shops instructions and tested the water and added this and that for a year. The shop shut down, I stopped adding chemicals and now just change the water about every 2 months and the fish are fine.

 

[skipper734]

I am the laziest fishkeeper in the world. Think ive done two 25% water changes this year (tank is approx 600 litres). I do top up about 6 - 8 gallons a week due to evaporation. The only maintenance i do is to trim the plants when needed to keep them in check. I have 4 x 4 foot T5 tubes above the tank which is pretty bright and as a result, i dose CO2 via a 2kg fire extinguisher. The CO2 eliminates virtually all nuisance algea.

So apart from top ups, clean 2 internal filters every few months, feed the fish and trim the plants, i do nothing to it.

If your house catches fire will you throw your fish tank at the fire or dip a bucket in?

 

[jevs]

algae is my biggest problem, do you just give the extinguisher a quick squirt.

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No mate, it has a regulator on it which lets me put the CO2 in at about 1 bubble of CO2 every 4-5 seconds. It's also got a solenoid valve on it which is linked to a timer allowing the CO2 to come on after the lights are on and go off just before they go off.

If your house catches fire will you throw your fish tank at the fire or dip a bucket in

No mate, i'll call the fire brigade like every one else does