I kinda hijacked a journal asking about goldfish so to avoid further hijacking I'm posting a new thread here and quoting the conversation from earlier:
The sand getting in the filter worries me.. but if I'm keeping the equipment and riparium caged off in the back I should be ok.. might put a foam pre-filter over the intake just in case.. I also have standard size aquarium gravel, this to b e precise (does not look at all like photo btw):
Is this a chocking hazard size for goldfish?
I'll have to look at he driftwood I was thinking about using, it has a twist in it.. might not get to sue it if a goldfish is prone to getting itself stuck.. I know all about sanding wood-keeping betta splendens I am a huge fan of wet-dry sand paper for easy sanding ^^
My tank pH is 7.5, gh 40, kh 80, tds 210-ish if I need harder water I'd consider diy 3d rock background as I've read the cement paint raises hardness even after curing.
I plan to only have a small part of the tank planted with under water plants (maybe the middle or one side) and will only light directly over the tank for that so there should still be plenty of darker areas. The riparium will be caged off and have lighting on it but the amount of plants should diffuse most of the light before it gets to the water.. worst case I put in a lot of sacrificial floaters as snacks/shade.
Flow should be manageable with spay bar or output aimed at nearest wall to reduce flow if I get a double tailed variety.
I've kept ripariums for over a year and a half now, they're wonderful aspect to aquariums, great way to deal with nitrates and a lot of options you can usually get locally at nurseries and home improvement stores (even grocery store sold house plants (half of mine)). I've not kept goldfish yet obviously so I can't say how they've behave with roots in tank... but the plants work great with my non plant munching tropical fish! I have a thread (that I need to update ^^'') with a decent riparium list going, its linked in my signature.
So this means older/larger goldfish won't bully younger/newer/smaller ones like angel fish do?
The sand getting in the filter worries me.. but if I'm keeping the equipment and riparium caged off in the back I should be ok.. might put a foam pre-filter over the intake just in case.. I also have standard size aquarium gravel, this to b e precise (does not look at all like photo btw):
Is this a chocking hazard size for goldfish?
I'd not keep two types, I'd either have 1 single tail goldfish (actually leaning towards shubukin instead of comet now) OR 2 fan tails OR 2 veil tails.
I'll have to look at he driftwood I was thinking about using, it has a twist in it.. might not get to sue it if a goldfish is prone to getting itself stuck.. I know all about sanding wood-keeping betta splendens I am a huge fan of wet-dry sand paper for easy sanding ^^
My tank pH is 7.5, gh 40, kh 80, tds 210-ish if I need harder water I'd consider diy 3d rock background as I've read the cement paint raises hardness even after curing.
I plan to only have a small part of the tank planted with under water plants (maybe the middle or one side) and will only light directly over the tank for that so there should still be plenty of darker areas. The riparium will be caged off and have lighting on it but the amount of plants should diffuse most of the light before it gets to the water.. worst case I put in a lot of sacrificial floaters as snacks/shade.
Flow should be manageable with spay bar or output aimed at nearest wall to reduce flow if I get a double tailed variety.
I've kept ripariums for over a year and a half now, they're wonderful aspect to aquariums, great way to deal with nitrates and a lot of options you can usually get locally at nurseries and home improvement stores (even grocery store sold house plants (half of mine)). I've not kept goldfish yet obviously so I can't say how they've behave with roots in tank... but the plants work great with my non plant munching tropical fish! I have a thread (that I need to update ^^'') with a decent riparium list going, its linked in my signature.