Talk:Goldfish
From Academic Kids
Are you sure the fishbowls mentioned are too small? 10 gallons is a sphere of 1 foot 4.5 inches (38 liters, 41cm) diameter --Random|832 21:19, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Goldfish are often given away at fairs and carnivals in the US as well.. generally they are won by tossing a ping pong ball into a small spherical bown containing the fish. Suppafly 22:46, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Feel free to add this information to the article. Edward 23:30, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Goldfish bowls are really, really, really bad - If filled to the top, the surface area of the water is so low compaired to the volume of water that large fish (like goldfish) have trouble getting enough oxygen out of the water and will 'slurp' oxyiginated water from the top. Strangly, a goldfish bowl that is half filled is almost ok - but it's still bad. If you want your fish to last years - you really do need 10 gallons or so .
The goldfish sanctuary, linked at the bottom, hasn't existed in five years, and only the front page of the site is still up. Objections to removing the link? Anyone able to find a link to something similar, yet actually in existance? --66.69.150.85 13:54, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- The organisation may be defunct, but their site does have some decent information for the hobbyist. I'm not so sure the link is useless, but I wouldn't object to its removal. -- Hadal 06:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Question... I was thinking of putting up pages about the various goldfish varieties (ryukin, comet, oranda, etc) and I was wondering if it'd be appropriate to list them from this page. --67.149.163.154 06:18, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Certainly. Perhaps a summary section with links to the varieties' more detailed articles? NOAA has good PD colour plates of ryukins and orandas, which could be put to good use. -- Hadal 06:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
