phoenix44 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I found this as I was doing some reading online. It is sourced from www.aquariumfacory.com. How to kill your fish: 1. Overfeed: Feed much and often. 2. Spray and aerosol. Insect sprays, hairspray and window cleaner etc. 3. Overcrowd: Keep stacking them in. 4. Poor filtration: What does it matter if the water is cloudy and grey? 5. Use 'el cheapo' fish foods: Usually crushed dog biscuit type. 6. Give them a total water change: Especially if they are in very old water or warm water at the moment. 7. Use water from new copper pipes: If the chlorine doesn't get them, this will. 8. Use water from new galvanized tanks: Just in case they have survived everything else. 9. Use fibreglass filter wool: Give them silicosis of the gills. 10. Medicate, medicate, medicate: Use some blue stuff, some yellow stuff ... 11. Bang the glass when passing: Can't have them lazy and tranquil. 12. Do not quarantine: This gives your old fish an unfair fighting chance. Let them have some new germs to make life interesting. In short, if they get sick, see Point 10. Some Special Points for Tropicals 1. Put your big fish with little fish: Make the bigger fish bigger. 2. Let the temperature go up, up, up or down, down, down: They won't know whether they are coming or going. 3. Don't worry about the pH or acid level: Let 'em burn a little. 4. Ignore the ammonia and nitrite level: It's far too technical and they probably died of something else anyway. Taken from Cichlid Monthly, Volume 14, Number 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 lol sooooooooooooo true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 :oops: over the years i hve tried most of those :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joliet Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 6. Give them a total water change: Especially if they are in very old water or warm water at the moment. When I was younger, I was told to do this for my goldfish by the petshop I bought them in. And I was also told I could turn the filter off at night if it was too loud (it was in my bedroom). Despite never changing the water, letting algae go mental, turning the filter on every so often (when I thought they could do with a good breeze) and feeding when I felt like it (once a month? They grazed on the algae!), they lived for 2 years. No such thing as water parameters in those days. :roll: Ammonia? Thats in bleach, right? The only thing I got right in those days was never cleaning the tank with chemicals. Gold fish are definitely the most hardiest fish, ever! I swear they died of old age :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 My first goldfish...man I feel sorry for them. They (yes, two of them) lived in a tiny bowl, with an air driven sponge filter. Once a week, religiously, I took them out, put them in a cup and cleaned their bowl, boiled their stones and filter sponge then put them back into their brand spanking new water, being very careful not to let their icky water in the clean stuff. That must have been 8 years ago, and as far as I know, 1 of them is still alive today in my cousins pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 LOL :lol: Imsmith, I can relate to that, I use to boil the gravel to kill the bacteria and put my goldfish back into the tank, but he is still alive in my back yard pond which doesn't make it seem that silly lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 My first goldfish...man I feel sorry for them. They (yes, two of them) lived in a tiny bowl, with an air driven sponge filter. Once a week, religiously, I took them out, put them in a cup and cleaned their bowl, boiled their stones and filter sponge then put them back into their brand spanking new water, being very careful not to let their icky water in the clean stuff. That must have been 8 years ago, and as far as I know, 1 of them is still alive today in my cousins pond. I think we all did this. :oops: At least we have made progress since then (we're in here talking about it aren't we?) RIP all the poor little goldfish that were the beginning of our fish-keeping experience and suffered so needlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I too have been guilty of many of the above. :oops: / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua j Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 My first goldfish...man I feel sorry for them. They (yes, two of them) lived in a tiny bowl, with an air driven sponge filter. Once a week, religiously, I took them out, put them in a cup and cleaned their bowl, boiled their stones and filter sponge then put them back into their brand spanking new water, being very careful not to let their icky water in the clean stuff. That must have been 8 years ago, and as far as I know, 1 of them is still alive today in my cousins pond. I followed exactly the same regime... Eventually someone told me I should be using 'Water Ager'. Suddenly there was so much to learn.... My two original goldfish ended up in mums pond about 15yrs ago. Not sure if they're still alive, but their babies are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I too had goldfish. I only ever remeber one dying, "he" jumped out fo the tank. Gave them away when we were bored of them, got some more when we felt like it. I still have the tank, 28L now seems way too small for four goldfish. I thought it was amazing that they survived in such a small place with no filter, just an air pump, but I now see that this is quite common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 My worst thing with goldfish was getting home one day and finding my 2 goldfish in my cats bowls. My cats had picked them up from their tank, and taken them to their bowls to eat them. 1 was long gone, but the other looked intact. Dry, but like a fish. I put it back in the tank, and after a few mins it started swimming. It probably would have survived too, but I medicated it to death. I got 2 more, and a lid for the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 on the other hand the big fish will definitely appreciate the sacrifice the little ones made...... :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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