My Goldfish Indoor Pond...

[cuticom]

Lol well I couldn't afford the size tank I wanted so went for the next best thing. I have no idea what these tubs are actually meant for, its the wrong dimensions for a storage tub and the plastics way to thick but it makes a cool pond.

The tub measures 100cm x 55 cm x 30 cm and comes to about 43g or 160l all up. The little planter on the side is a homemade filter, as since it's for goldfish I figured I could sue as much filter media as possible, the filters run by a power head which is in the tank.

Anyway what I wanted to know was would it be fine to have just a pair of goldfish? or do they prefer groups? as I honestly would be happy with just a couple of fishies, since I have 4 other tanks as well LOL. Oh and the reason this has been set up is Mum got me a surprise goldfish present, poor Onyx has been stuck in a tropical tank for the past week while I arranged his own cold water tank.

Thanks
Emma

 

[RandomWiktor]

If you are going for fancies, you could probably put about three in there, which would be perfect if you only want a few fish. However, I would not put single-tail varieties in there since commons can reach a good 24" by maturity, which would make even one fairly cramped in 40g

 

[cuticom]

Yah not commons, just planning on one or two fancies to go with Onyx my ickle one inch black moor

 

[black angel]

Two fancies would be fine. How much turnover does the pump head do?

 

[cuticom]

Right now it turns the tank over 5 times per hour, but I've ordered a new one that'll turn it over 11 times, should be here in a week.

 

[black angel]

Sounds good, but you will need to do more general water and gravel cleaning as the filter wont get much of a bacterial colony established if its just filter wool you are using.

 

[cuticom]

Theres ceramic noodles, bioballs and some coarse sponges in there to, LOl its all under the filter wool as the wool was a last minute thought.

Hmm I just remeasured the tub and its actually 200l LOL, about 55g LOL someone got there price tags wrong. The first measurements are a bit off its actually 85 x 65 x 35