She'd been to a friends birthday party with a fairground theme, any way the party bag contained a goldfish!!!!!!!!!

The poor things (2) are in a bucket at the mo. It is a clean one, I'd only brought the over day and have'nt got around to using it.

I have a got a tank, but it's in storage and I can't get it untill tomorrow.
The tank is 24"x12", not sure of the height 12" min. It has got a cover and light, and I think a heater and internal filter. I can't remember if we've still got any gravel or not.

Is this going to be ok? what temp should it be at? I know I'll need to get food, anything else you'd add to the list?
Sorry for all the questions, but it's been a while since I had fish.

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temperatures it doesnt matter if its a normal gold fish they live outside in fish ponds all year round, they shouldnt be put into water straight from the tap because of the chlorine it needs to be left for 24 hours for the chlorine to evaporate, but that cant be helped for now, what you should do is fill another big container with water and leave it over night so you have some water to use in the tank tommorow thats not straight out of a tap.

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Thats irresponsible at best. Who had that stupid idea???
I'd get some pondweed. The fish like to nibble it and it will aerate the water too.

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I'm off to find a suitable container now, thanks. I did pour the water from a height in the vain hope it would disperece some of the chorine, but never thought about the water for tomorrow.

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1.6 kids
1.0 Adult male

I've seen alot of this at the moment at fair grounds. Pop a ballon an win a fish. The fish arn't exactly in the best of health either. Does your daughter want to keep them? If not you could keep them if you wanted to but i'd take them to pets at home or something.
Yep let the water sit there for 24 hours and give them a bit of pond weed, and they should be ok.

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Yes she wants to keep them, I don't mind her having them, I just prefer more notice and a chance to do some research.

She did'nt go to a fairground, that was just the theme of the party, hence the party bag.

Anyhow got the water sorted now, and will send my son down to my parents to swipe some pond weed tomorrow morning.

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1.1 Rabbits, Snowy and Dusty
2.0 Guinea pigs, Bill and Ben Banana
1.1 Cats, Cola and Annie
5 Achatina Fulica
3 Achatina Iredalei
0.0.3 White's tree frogs
1.6 kids
1.0 Adult male

thats irresponsible parenting, dumping pets on other kids parents, pets that will probably not last long and upset the kid.

Mason


*edit to say the parents who gave the fish out not you! - i'm tired, realised my post read badly

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as a kid i won a whole bunch of goldfish at the fair ,
they outlived any we bought from the pet shop .
one of em even flipped out of the tank overnight & spent the dark hours covered in fluff on the carpet
only to resurrect once put back in the tank.
im not condoning this , im just saying they arent all unhealthy & dying

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i won tons at fairs and one lived to a ripe old age,after ending up on the floor over night too,but that was about 20 odd years ago and weve all since learnt from then,i would complain to the parents who threw the party,what the hell were they thinking,i can see a load of problems for people flushing them as they dont wanna fork out for a tank to others adding them to their tanks and having them infect their entire tank,bloody stupid thing to put in a party bag without prior notice whats wrong with some sweets, cake and balloons honestly i cant quite believe their stupidity

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lol i got one from a fair when i was little in 2000 and it is still alive now with some other fish in the tank he is about 6inchs a bit guy lol but the others from the fair died.

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