Caring For a Goldfish in a Bowl
Essential Items for a goldfish…
- Goldfish Bowl: Housing for fish & plant
- Aquarium Gravel: Supports plant life and decorative purposes
- Water Conditioner : Removes clorine from tap water
- Aquarium Salt: Natural additive that helps cure and prevent diseases
- Fish Food: Supplies nutrition
- Supplemental Foods: Variety in diet and added nutrition
- Fish Net: Safe way to catch fish
- Books: For general information and good care
Beneficial Items for a goldfish…
- Filter System: Maintains good water quality
- Air Pump: Supplies oxygen to the water
- Air Line Tubing: Allows air to flow from pump to aeration device
- Air Stones: Disperse bubbles into the water for oxygen and circulation
- Check Valve: Prevents water from back-siphoning into air pump
- Vitamin Pyramid: Adds vitamins and minerals for healthier fish
- Live Plants: Natural environment & provides hiding places for fish
- Rocks: Provide hiding places and decorative purposes
- Algae Scrubber: Removes algae buildup on aquarium glass
- Ammonia Test Kit: Monitors harmful levels of ammonia in the water
- Nitrite Test kit: Monitors harmful levels of nitrites in the water
- pH Test Kit Monitors degree of acidity or alkalinity of water
Setting Up The Fish Bowl
- Fill bowl with water. Ideal temperature should be 70°-72° F.
- Place aquarium gravel in the bowl. If you are using an under gravel filter, put it in before the gravel.
- Use Jack's Complete Water Conditioner to remove chlorine from the tap water.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of aquarium salt per gallon to the water. Aquarium salt is a natural additive to help prevent and cure diseases.
- Add live plants & decorations.
Feeding Fish
- Fish in a small bowl should be fed once daily. Feed only what the fish can eat within 1 minute. The major cause of cloudy water is over feeding.
- Goldfish should be fed a good quality flake food. A Betta should be fed freeze dried or frozen blood worms and/or brine shrimp.
Helpful Information
- Male Bettas must be housed separately from other Bettas. Females Bettas can only be placed with male Bettas at the time of breeding under special conditions.
- Goldfish may be housed with other goldfish, but do not overcrowd the bowl.
- Add the fish by floating them in a bag in the bowl for 10-15 minutes for the water temperature to adjust. Net the fish out of the bag into the bowl.
- We recommend 1" of fish per gallon of water.
- Decaying food and fish waste can cause ammonia in the water which is harmful to the fish.
- We recommend not putting shells or coral in a goldfish bowl. Shells and coral raise the pH too high and are harmful to the health of freshwater fish..
Signs of Water Quality Problems
- Fish have red streaks in fins or clamped fins
- Fish gasping at the surface for air or breathing rapidly
- Fish develop bacterial infections
- Fish death
- Bad odor or a yellow cast to water
- Foam at the water’s surface
Goldfish Guarantee
Thank you for shopping at Jack’s Aquarium & Pets. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call us, or better yet, stop in an and let us know how your fish are doing. At Jack’s Aquarium & Pets, we sell the highest quality of fish possible with one of the best guarantees in the industry.
We guarantee our freshwater fish for FOURTEEN DAYS at 100% replacement value. We are unable to give cash refunds on fish. Fish loss due to incompatibility or jumping out of the aquarium are excluded.
Should a problem occur, please bring in the following:
- The receipt
- The deceased fish
- A sample of aquarium water (1cup), without the fish in it.
We want to help prevent any fish losses. We will test your aquarium water at no charge. If there is a problem with your water quality, we recommend that no fish be added until the water quality is corrected.
