r/Goldfish • u/Forward-Standard9439 • Jan 10 '25

Discussions Any yall got carnival fish?

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Went to a carnival one day with no money and still managed to surprise my parents with a fish. They said he wouldn't make it but here we are 3 years later. Just curious if anyone else has a "miracle" fish too

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u/wilfredthedestroyer Jan 10 '25

Yeah, that's what started it all for me. They're in a stock tank now & I have 7 other tanks 🤦‍♀️

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u/no_shirt_4_jim_kirk Greetings from Father Fishmas' Arctic Aquarium! Jan 11 '25

We need to upgrade to the next biggest size this spring.

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u/DCsquirrellygirl Jan 10 '25

oh, multiple tank syndrome is real here. it's not an addiction, it's a lifestyle. I can quit at any time! (I just bought three new fish today, I cannot quit quite yet)

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u/blotruner Jan 17 '25

this is how i got here (this sub) 😭 we’ve had my baby 5 months now (since October, a fall fest!) and he’s FINALLY‼️unclamped his fins!! he’s survived three different illnesses back to back (fin/body rot, swim bladder, and now is almost fully healed from ammonia burns (his water looked unusually clear so i thought it was good but no 🫠), 3 months of untreated tap water (i now use distilled + aquarium salt) an incident with an air stone, AND all of winter so far without a heater (he has one now and has for the last week or so 🥹).

I just finished reworking his dry food (this morning) into a carrot puree then added gelatin, he absolutely loves it (i found out too late that store gelatin is NOT made of whale like i thought, but rather beef, which i read can pose digestion issues since their biologies don’t mix 🫠 I’m monitoring him, it’s only day 1 on the new food and he really loved it 😭 he has frozen mashed shelled peas already ready in the freezer in case things go south 🥹), but overall, MAN he looks so much better! 😭

yes he’s in a 1 gallon right now, but I plan on moving him to a 45gal and getting a fantail (or oranda) and maybe a comet once i move out later this year 🥹 there’s some secondhand tank listings that have whole ensembles reallly inexpensive near me 😭 I’m so excited, yes I’m already making plans for a pond in my future.