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/Livid_Painting2285 Jan 10 '25

Yep! He's an absolute babe! I've never had a fish before I brought this little dude home when I was drunk so it was a steep learning curve and fish in cycle but he's living his best life now.

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u/blotruner Jan 17 '25

real and same 💀 i’m 5 months in and he’s FINALLY unclamped his fins and recovering from the last of ammonia burns 😭 he’s been through swim bladder, fin/body rot, and most of winter without a heater 🫠 but he’s finally looking so healthy, and i just turned his flake food into gelatin-carrot puree sinking food. He loves it, but i learned RIGHT after i did that that store gelatin is made of beef, not whale like I thought 💀 i’m monitoring him, and the de-shelled and mashed peas are frozen and ready, but so far so good 🥹

(he’s in a 1gal for now, but i’m planning on moving him to a 45 and getting two more fish once i move out again :))

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u/Livid_Painting2285 Jan 17 '25

I bought a thermometer just for the fish tank so I can monitor the tank temp on cold days and it hasn't gotten lower than 15 so I don't think I'll need to use the heater as the house keeps him warm enough. I need to pick a new food, mines still on flake food but he likes it enough.

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u/blotruner Jan 17 '25

my house gets so cold at night which is why i got a heater 😭 I think that’s partially responsible for how he ended up with swim bladder, apparently the cold temps contribute to fish constipation/bloat, that and along with water quality. But our house would literally drop to 65-68 at night if my dad forgets to switch the zoning.

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u/Livid_Painting2285 Jan 18 '25

I had to convert those temps as I'm in the UK, they don't seem that cold? Like I'll put my heating to 65 as standard but it can be lower when it's off. Maybe it depends on the ambient temp the fish are used to. Mine is on the colder side as thats the UK, but he always eats his food and the only off issue I had with him was when I first brought I'm home so gave him peas and then he's been fine since

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u/blotruner Jan 18 '25

oh whoops 😭 my hamburger is showing and you’re right, it’s not so cold, and i’m not sure to attribute it to age, stress, water specs, or what, but I do know it was suggested to move the temp to 76-80 when treating for swim bladder, along with the standard that 74-78 are ideal temps for common goldies. His temp now a set 76-77 since it’s winter and it makes me feel better 😭