Hello. Im kinda new to this keeping goldfish lark. I had fish as a younger kid ( had a red cap and oranda in together in what I now consider a small tank (about 10g) I had them for 6years until I rehomed them to a bigger tank. I then had a couple of shubunkins who are still in my grandads pond today so will be roughly 5 yrs old now.

I was given a tank last month, originally was meant to come with fish, but fish has gone to uni with owner in smaller tank....


I never did water tests etc before and am only just learning about them now. Infact I have a completly different view on keeping fish now. Before I was just lucky and they were probably stunted.

I currently have a 100l tank with 3 goldies in it (plus 2 danios which came with the tank).

I know the tank is too small for what I have but the fish are currently 1" long each
plan is 80g tank for christmas as I have realise that I love keeping fish again.

I only cycled the tank for two week before adding fish (the danios were already there) as this is what I have done before. Now realise this was the wrong way of tackling cycling.

Two weeks in I am doing daily 20% changes with a 50/60% change once a week.

I do not have an ammonia testing kit wyet waiting for it in the post. but I have my pH strips for now until I decided which master kit to buy.
I am also awaiting a new filter (fluval u4) as this stingray hagen thing is useless and tiny for mucky goldies.
Here is my tank setup.


Hello. Im kinda new to this keeping goldfish lark. I had fish as a younger kid ( had a red cap and oranda in together in what I now consider a small tank (about 10g) I had them for 6years until I rehomed them to a bigger tank. I then had a couple of shubunkins who are still in my grandads pond today so will be roughly 5 yrs old now.

I was given a tank last month, originally was meant to come with fish, but fish has gone to uni with owner in smaller tank....


I never did water tests etc before and am only just learning about them now. Infact I have a completly different view on keeping fish now. Before I was just lucky and they were probably stunted.

I currently have a 100l tank with 3 goldies in it (plus 2 danios which came with the tank).

I know the tank is too small for what I have but the fish are currently 1" long each
plan is 80g tank for christmas as I have realise that I love keeping fish again.

I only cycled the tank for two week before adding fish (the danios were already there) as this is what I have done before. Now realise this was the wrong way of tackling cycling.

Two weeks in I am doing daily 20% changes with a 50/60% change once a week.

I do not have an ammonia testing kit wyet waiting for it in the post. but I have my pH strips for now until I decided which master kit to buy.
I am also awaiting a new filter (fluval u4) as this stingray hagen thing is useless and tiny for mucky goldies.
Here is my tank setup.







They are only pets, but I think they are a bit skinny, so I have some questions for you now if thanks ok

1-When is it safe to start feeding veg and bloodworm daphnia etc in terms of where I am in my cycle, should I waiti until my tank stablilises

2-With regards to my Fluval U4 arriving should I start in with my existing filter still running and just change my filter??

sorry about spelling on here, for some reason this typing screen/ boc flashes while I type so I cannot see what I am typing. Thanks

ps fish are currently nameless, I think Gerald suits the telscope shubunkin though. Hes a typical dappy telescope. I was hoping for a black moor but I find it hard to find a nice healthy specimen here (sussex UK) all the tanks I could see in fish tank had dead fish in or not active fish. I had a moor with the redcap before buying the oranda probably my favourite breed.

Also cannot yet post pics but will do as I hit 25 posts

Honestly, goldfish don't care about anything except for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. They accept any water hardness etc, because they can easily adapt to new environments

Your tank is obviously not cycled yet (since the nitrites show) so you should not feed your fish more than once a day or every second day. What you feed doesn't matter that much, but don't worry at all about feeding live foods not being safe! Quite on the contrary it's very nutritious and healthy for your fish And they need that while they're stressing through a cycling tank.

I have an 83 gallon (317 liter) tank myself, I support your choice completely I think it's perfect size for keeping goldfish

Your filter: Leave the current one in, and when you get the new one, attach it without removing your old one. It will probably only help having two filters running since you have a pretty small tank. My mom has a 100 liter with two goldfish in it, and the filter gets very, very gunky after only a week of running! I definitely suggest keeping both filters. I have two on my tank as well

It's going to be exciting to see pictures!!

I don't think a shop should be saving money on that kind of stuff... I mean how much could they save on that anyway? :/
Quality over quantity!!

my thoughts are the same Nossie, to me its backwards thinking, I mean they would probably sell more fish if they were more active, instead of scrimping on the overheads... cheers

Well I didnt do a water change for two days as working 8-8 and today my water levels are Ph 7.5 Nitrites-0 and nitrates 20.


I have in it:
1x shubunkin Telescope-Gerald (No idea of gender)
1x goldie with black tips (for now) fantail-I think female
1x Red cap fantail (although sold as oranda)-Male

2x danios which will stay in this tank when I upgrade.

Off to do a 25% change soon.

Some more pics (just realised how to add them)

This is the set up now

Dont ask about "Gary" in the background he appeared one day after my sister visited......

Very nice photos of your tank setup! Your calico telescope-eye goldfish is very cute. Nice specimens all of them! 

Don't ever take out all of the water!! Your tank won't cycle then! D: Especially if you used tap water to wash the gravel and filters... :/
50% water changes every other day will be the best for the first 3-4 weeks at least.

I love the names on the little guys by the way... very charming

In that case, no problem! Sorry :'D

You say everything was basically wet when you got it? That's awesome, it probably helped a lot with the cycling..

You can give them bloodworms a couple of times a week, maybe 2-3 times?