Goldfish Maintenance and care

Goldfish appeared in Europe in the XVIII century. Prior to this, Europeans saw goldfish only in pictures and believed that these are the same fabulous creatures, such as the Chinese dragon. Therefore, their appearance was a real sensation! And created this miracle Chinese fish farmers. In China, you can still meet the silverfish - the ancestor of a goldfish.

There are many legends connected with the origin of goldfish. In one of them it is said that these are the tears of a beautiful girl who fell on the ground. Goldfish whose content and feeding was known for a long time, decorated artificial reservoirs. Knowing kept them in luxurious vases in their chambers.
In a small pond or vase the size of these fish can reach 15 centimeters, in open pools their size is much larger.

Now goldfish content and care for them are not a secret, they can be found in aquariums by many aquarists. It is not necessary to heat water in the aquarium , enough room temperature - 21-24 degrees. In cold water - 10 degrees, the fish are bad, and in a warm way - 28 degrees, they do not live long, grow old. The basic requirements are clean water and air purging, that is, saturation with oxygen, especially in small vessels. And to maintain the purity in the aquarium you need to put a filter.

One goldfish requires two cubic decimeters of water. The best aquariums are starting from 200 liters, as in larger aquariums they feel better and grow better, although some keep one fish in a fifty-liter aquarium. These fish are friendly, but not able to fight for food. They can be kept together with other peace-loving fish, but not with those that bite the fins. Goldfish like to peat stones, so the soil should be selected fine-grained, without sharp edges, or a large pebble. Otherwise a fish caught in a fish can become stuck in a mouth. This is rarely, but it happens.

To fish did not damage your eyes and luxurious fins, you do not need to put decorative ships, locks and so on in the aquarium. Many use artificial plants, but the living is better, as the fish, when eating them, get the necessary trace elements from the plants.
It may happen that the vegetation will be eaten completely.

How to care for a goldfish so that it does not turn a lush landscape into a deserted one? To do this, you need to know which fish do not touch the fish - aeubias, echinodorus, lemongrass and other hard-leaf plants. They should be pressed with large pebbles. It is not necessary to plant asthenia in the aquarium with stiff, cutting leaves.

Fed goldfish in small portions twice a day, you can even one. It is not necessary to eat a lot of food, it should be eaten in ten minutes, otherwise the water will be turbid and the fish can die. Overfeeding can lead to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Goldfish content is made easier by the release of specialized feeds, are omnivorous. Therefore, in the diet, in addition to plant food must necessarily include live food, it is better to use for this purpose frozen, because it is safer - the causative agent of diseases in the aquarium in this case will not fall. Frozen food should be defrosted beforehand and heated to room temperature.
If the fish receive dry food, then it is pre-soaked with water from the aquarium.
From plant foods it is useful to give goldfish aquarium plants - duckweed, riccia. If you have to leave for a few days, the fish can leave a bundle of hornwort - it will last for a long time. You can feed the fish scalded and crushed leaves of lettuce and cabbage, dill, cucumber, nettle and so on. Of fruits, goldfish like kiwi and oranges.

Breeding goldfish is a very labor-intensive process, requiring from aquarists not only certain knowledge, but also skills. But if all the same is planned to receive fry of a certain breed - it is necessary to select manufacturers carefully.

Goldfish whose contents are not particularly difficult, remain very popular among aquarists.