Why letting goldfish go wild is a bad idea: They become giant pests

[ehh]

It is kind of cool to see big, beefy goldfish like that though. Normally you just see little feeder fish.

 

[Fat Homer]

Australia is full of invasive species. Geo's are running wild in SA and NSW, goldfish are everywhere, the list goes on...

Actually a perfect example is Tassie's native galaxias, they're endangered because of trout that was introduced for sport fishing and funnily enough, the government keep the trout around for whatever reason, while complaining that the natives are threatened.. Idk, governments confuse me sometimes...

In Tasmania there is nowhere at all you can take fish if you can't care for them, I don't know about the rest of the country but I assume it wouldn't be much different. The pet shops MIGHT take the large cichlids off you if they think they can make a buck off of them but there is no way on earth I could convince a pet shop down here to take a goldfish of any size.

I would absolutely love to do what you've done with your fish rescue Victor, but I doubt I'm going to have the money/space/time for that any time soon. Maybe one day...

Fish keeping in Australia seems to be terribly expensive from what i seen while living there before... I guess its due to all the quarantine laws and banned species that raises the price, but makes it hard for people to get into keeping fish..,

 

[Hendre]

It is kind of cool to see big, beefy goldfish like that though. Normally you just see little feeder fish.

Goldfish will grow given space and good water

 

[ehh]

Goldfish will grow given space and good water

I know but I'm just saying that I rarely see goldfish that look like what's in the article.

 

[Hendre]

I know but I'm just saying that I rarely see goldfish that look like what's in the article.

At a fishery in england someone caught a 1.2kg goldfish. I thought it was a common carp till i saw it was orange lol

 

[Tig Phish]

I recognize that goldfish, 20 years ago I flushed him down the toilet cuz I didn't want to keep him anymore...now Mr. Noodles grown up n probably seeking vengeance on me.

 

[Frank Castle]

At a fishery in england someone caught a 1.2kg goldfish. I thought it was a common carp till i saw it was orange lol

Here in the states, particularly here in the Atlantic coastal plain, it is not uncommon for our carp fishermen to catch fish in the 20"+, 5lbs. range. If it's one thing we have, it is our very rich Cyprinidae populations and thousands of cold-water tributaries to support them....native or not.

I recognize that goldfish, 20 years ago I flushed him down the toilet cuz I didn't want to keep him anymore...now Mr. Noodles grown up n probably seeking vengeance on me.

He was on Dr. Phil yesterday and he DEFINITELY has some Daddy-issues with you.

 

[Kittiee Katt]

Fish keeping in Australia seems to be terribly expensive from what i seen while living there before... I guess its due to all the quarantine laws and banned species that raises the price, but makes it hard for people to get into keeping fish..,

Expensive is not the word! It cost us over $1700AUD to set up our 400ltr (approx 100g) almost four years ago.. It does make it hard for people to enter the hobby but I find that those who do tend to be a lot more committed to it than people who can set up a 400ltr for $400, because they've invested a balls load of money into it so they try to do it properly. This isn't always the case but in 75% of cases it holds true.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

Expensive is not the word! It cost us over $1700AUD to set up our 400ltr (approx 100g) almost four years ago.. It does make it hard for people to enter the hobby but I find that those who do tend to be a lot more committed to it than people who can set up a 400ltr for $400, because they've invested a balls load of money into it so they try to do it properly. This isn't always the case but in 75% of cases it holds true.

two things:
1. that's outrageous...I've spent probably $1700 total on the 800+ gallons I have in my house....
2. Balls load of money cracked me up in my cubicle at work, thank you.

 

[Kittiee Katt]

two things:
1. that's outrageous...I've spent probably $1700 total on the 800+ gallons I have in my house....
2. Balls load of money cracked me up in my cubicle at work, thank you.

Glad I could make someone laugh with my terrible Australian slang.

And as for how much it costs me to keep my fish, that's part of the reason my blood boils when I get people on here telling me to just "look on Craig's list" for a 6ft tank... Second hand a 6'x2'x2' would probably cost about $1500 - and I would consider that cheap... I think we do well for people on a low income to keep our fish the way we do.