Jasmine's low tech planted goldfish tank!

xjasminex · 12-14-2011, 03:26 PM

Ski just found out what plant my large goldfish likes to eat! As far as I have seen she hasn't had very much interest in the planted plants but loves to eat the frogbit. I hear thrashing and splashing and I look up and she is wrestling the leaves off of the bunches!

Gold Finger · 12-14-2011, 08:57 PM

Too bad. Frogbit is the absolute best lookin floater IMO. Oh, and thanks for havin my back on my sloppy technical advice, Squid.

xjasminex · 12-14-2011, 09:29 PM

Yea, i might make a corral for it when i grow more, because its so great for sucking nitrates and ammonia!

Gold Finger · 12-15-2011, 01:02 AM

And feed it to them? That's really cool. It makes an awesome filter and love the idea of the fish eating the plants which filtered out their waste. Since I am not doing that, I hope you do so I can enjoy it vicariously.

xjasminex · 12-15-2011, 01:28 AM

I hope so too, i really want some duckweed. I hear it grows really really fast and that goldies love it!

defiesexistence · 12-15-2011, 03:09 PM

You'll have to take a container and start a duckweed farm on your windowsill, otherwise It doesn't last long

especially if you've got surface agitation.

xjasminex · 12-15-2011, 05:47 PM

I have a soon to be ten gallon five gallon betta tank and a 3 gallon betta bowl too so i can grow in there and then put it in the goldfie tank when it becomes to much in there!

defiesexistence · 12-15-2011, 05:57 PM

Good idea! I can't keep greater duckweed alive...

xjasminex · 12-15-2011, 06:14 PM

Well thats how i have the frogbit, its been growing in my five gallon betta tankm i just pull some out and put it in the goldies tank.

pagemee · 12-16-2011, 03:23 AM

I always thought that sand substrate was dangerous for bottom feeders like goldfish cause they end up swallowing a lot of it.

xjasminex · 12-16-2011, 04:56 PM

Nope, my goldies love it, and I haven't had a problem yet. And I researched it too, many people have kept goldfish with sand without having an issue.

xjasminex · 12-16-2011, 08:19 PM

I also got more plants in the mail yesterday, i ordred jungle val for this tank and they are BEAUTIFUL!! I cant wait to plant them on saturday or sunday!

Gold Finger · 12-17-2011, 12:01 AM

Mine ate the lesser duckweed but not the greater duckweed. Some people say salvinia grows faster/filters more than duckweed. I had some at the same time as the duck, but not long enough to form an opinion.

xjasminex · 12-17-2011, 05:08 PM

Yea, i think i might have gotten some lesser duckweed when i got my frogbit, but only like two pieces and i think it has double to four, so hopelly i will be able to get it to grow more!

Gold Finger · 12-17-2011, 11:59 PM

Yeah. It would be a quintessential part of a gourmet, grow-your-own goldfish salad bar!

12-14-2011, 09:29 PM	#63
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Yea, i might make a corral for it when i grow more, because its so great for sucking nitrates and ammonia! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-15-2011, 01:02 AM	#64
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	And feed it to them? That's really cool. It makes an awesome filter and love the idea of the fish eating the plants which filtered out their waste. Since I am not doing that, I hope you do so I can enjoy it vicariously. __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-15-2011, 01:28 AM	#65
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	I hope so too, i really want some duckweed. I hear it grows really really fast and that goldies love it! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-15-2011, 03:09 PM	#66
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	You'll have to take a container and start a duckweed farm on your windowsill, otherwise It doesn't last long especially if you've got surface agitation. __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau Last edited by defiesexistence; 12-15-2011 at 05:30 PM..

12-15-2011, 05:47 PM	#67
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	I have a soon to be ten gallon five gallon betta tank and a 3 gallon betta bowl too so i can grow in there and then put it in the goldfie tank when it becomes to much in there! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-14-2011, 03:26 PM	#61
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Ski just found out what plant my large goldfish likes to eat! As far as I have seen she hasn't had very much interest in the planted plants but loves to eat the frogbit. I hear thrashing and splashing and I look up and she is wrestling the leaves off of the bunches!

12-14-2011, 08:57 PM	#62
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Too bad. Frogbit is the absolute best lookin floater IMO. Oh, and thanks for havin my back on my sloppy technical advice, Squid.

12-15-2011, 05:57 PM	#68
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	Good idea! I can't keep greater duckweed alive... __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

12-15-2011, 06:14 PM	#69
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Well thats how i have the frogbit, its been growing in my five gallon betta tankm i just pull some out and put it in the goldies tank. __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-16-2011, 03:23 AM	#70
pagemee Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 84	I always thought that sand substrate was dangerous for bottom feeders like goldfish cause they end up swallowing a lot of it.

12-16-2011, 04:56 PM	#71
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Nope, my goldies love it, and I haven't had a problem yet. And I researched it too, many people have kept goldfish with sand without having an issue. __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-16-2011, 08:19 PM	#72
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	I also got more plants in the mail yesterday, i ordred jungle val for this tank and they are BEAUTIFUL!! I cant wait to plant them on saturday or sunday! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-17-2011, 12:01 AM	#73
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Mine ate the lesser duckweed but not the greater duckweed. Some people say salvinia grows faster/filters more than duckweed. I had some at the same time as the duck, but not long enough to form an opinion. __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

12-17-2011, 05:08 PM	#74
xjasminex Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: new york Posts: 796	Yea, i think i might have gotten some lesser duckweed when i got my frogbit, but only like two pieces and i think it has double to four, so hopelly i will be able to get it to grow more! __________________ Jasmine's 55 Gallon Low Tech Dirty Goldfish Tank No Fish Ten Gallon I <3 golden fishies

12-17-2011, 11:59 PM	#75
Gold Finger Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wpg. MB Canada Posts: 819	Yeah. It would be a quintessential part of a gourmet, grow-your-own goldfish salad bar! __________________ Ver. 1.0 80 gallon dirt goldfish tank (defunct) Ver. 2.0 bare bottom same tank another approach (defunct) Ver. 3.0 Pool filter sand same tank now Farming Algae Goldfish are among the worst fish for beginners.

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