hi all =]

im new too fish keeping
i have a 30 gallon tank and was woundering what, and how many cold water fish i could keep and filter needs etc

many thanks
jakk

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Is that about 3 foot? I'd say you could get a few fancy golfish in there as long as you get a good filter. Maybe a fluval 2 (about £20).
Normal goldfish tend to get bigger, so I'd go for some fancy fantails or something.

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For coldwater a good basic rule is to stock about 1" per gallon.

So you could have about 30" of small fancy goldfish. They do need a filter. I would choose an appropriately sized internal, as Liam said.

Make sure you cycle it, either with or without (better ) fish. Have a look at esfa's sticky ^^^.

Have a read of this if you can be bothered, tis quite good:
Things fishkeepers should not do | Practical Fishkeeping magazine

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thanks guys

its a 2x15x1 tank i cant do the maths to tell you how much water that holds lol

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Ohhhhhhhh.... thats not even 30 litres lol...

Tbh, thats a bit to small for any goldfish...

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I think the 2 and the 1 were in ft, not cm.

so it's just below 20 US Gallons.

you could have a shoal of white could mountain minnows! maybe 15. normals and albinos!

and then maybe a few apple snails. they're very impressive when fully grown.

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Yeh, if I had even the slightest grasp of simple maths I might have been useful

OK, from now on, ignore what I say, and just follow esfa's advice...

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im the dame mate i have no idea how much water the tank holds but its pretty big lol could house a corn or gecko in it easy

im trying to decide what too put in it hinece asking on here about what fish could go in. i just got my OH some fish for her bday and im jealous my tank is huge compared to hers and i want lots of nice fish lol

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if you can get a heater, it opens up so many more options! They arn't expensive at all.

You could go for a sub-stopical biotope with hillstream loaches - they're like small stingrays. Awesome things!

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dont your getting me all exited lol iv been thinking about tropicals but keep putting it to the back of my id as i kno il never get it right =[

how hard are tropicals lol

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