Gold Fish Dilemma

[Joutei]

Hey guys

My mum currently has a 38lt cold water hexagonal shaped tank.

She has two goldfish in there already and she wants to put 3 more, but i think that they would cramp the goldfish and make them stressed?

Any insight?

Cheers

[SamH]

Too small for two goldies, let alone 5!

[Joshlikesfish]

Too small for two goldies, let alone 5!

Agreed

[Joutei]

is it because those two goldfish will outgrow the tank?

Cheers

[SamH]

Yes, and even right now they are likely producing far too much waste. Unless she does daily water changes?

[Joutei]

the tank has a filter aswell?

[Caryl]

Are these short tailed comets? Goldfish are really unsuited to hexagonal tanks, comets especially as they need length to swim about in.

Even with a filter those fish will produce a lot of waste. It may be coping at the moment but if she adds more there will be deaths.

[Joutei]

im pretty positive they are comets, i tried telling her , but she thinks im over reacting , she blabs on about how her friends have lots in a small tank without a filter.

I refuse buying any fish for my mum lol, i guess she will have to learn herself. R.I.P for any other fish that may enter that tank.

[livingart]

you could get her a bigger tank for xmas

[Sophia]

As a child I had 2 goldfish called Bit and Bot (don't ask why, I don't remember) and they lived for about 2 years in a big glass jar of maybe 8 litres or so and part of the irregular cleaning regime included taking everything out, cleaning it all (including rinsing the gravel), and putting it all back in. No filter, maybe a bit of oxygen weed, but overall a sparse existence. I vaguely remember using water conditioner. With what I know now about fishkeeping I think it's a miracle those fish survived. I think I had about 4 over the course of my childhood. They died that death of floating on their side or bottom all curled over.