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Is overcrowding a goldfish tank really a myth2007-11-24 23:37:29

The following link says that it is:http://goldfish.freehosting.net/whats_ne.

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The link is right, but completely wrong in most respects, and for all the wrong reasons. Yes the amount of waste product is the same for the same amount of food no matter what the number of fish. But what sort of dumb puts the same amount of food into a tank with 2 goldfish as a tank with 6? One of the major problems new fish owners have is that fish will happily eat all day long. Gold fish are some of the worse examples of this.

The one goldfish per 10 gallons is a rule of thumb. It basicly assumes that you don't understand how to maintain a tank well. It's just like the 1 inch of fish per gallon for slim bodied tropical fish. In reality if you over spec the filtering requirements, do weekly water changes, don't over feed, don't stock your tank to quickily, and monitor ammonia&nitrates. You can easily keep 6 goldfish in a 10 gallon tank if you work at it. The problem is few people are interested in that much effort for gold fish.

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no, you can overcrowed any fish tank..

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Of course its not a myth. Overcrowding can kill; everybody knows that if they know anything about taking care of fish. Read a book about proper fish care before you do anything else along these lines. You have a lot to learn.

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nope it isnt

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No, I have customers that do this quite frequently. Goldfish are messy and make a lot of waste, so it is easy for them to get sick if you overcrowd them. People also tend to feed them too much, anything they don't eat fouls the water.

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no, u can overcrowd a fish tank like u can overcrowd a particular area with people

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no, it will kill them sooner or later, you should have enough room that fish can grow the max and line up length wise from one end of the tank