My friends mom asked if I wanted a running ten gallon with 3 large goldfish, about 6 weeks ago. I said no as i have a 30 and it is stocked (overly, at that time) and i have no room for another tank.
Anyhow, i got around a 150 gallon preformed pond for free. I added gambusia, sailfin mollies and two bream and 2 channel cats, all under 4 inches.
A video tomorrow. I have to wait until Friday to set up a filter, right now a 150 GPH pump is dropping water a ft to areate it. The women that gave him to me insisted the pond needed to cycle for 3 weeks (It's been set up a week) the mollies and bream and catfish are fine, none have croaked. 5 days ago i did a water change on my 30 gallon and tossed the used filter in to jumpstart the benificial bacteria cycle.
I doubt that fish would of made another day or two in that toxic soup it was living in.
If the cats or bream fin nip by morning, they will get a ride back the river, whence they came.
This poor guy is about 6 inches, minus the 3 inches of tail. Until today, it was living in a 10 gallon with another similar sized goldfish that died 2 days ago, the water was the color of watered down chicken blood.
Poor goldfish is probably confused he has room to actually swim around.
Anyhow, i got around a 150 gallon preformed pond for free. I added gambusia, sailfin mollies and two bream and 2 channel cats, all under 4 inches.
A video tomorrow. I have to wait until Friday to set up a filter, right now a 150 GPH pump is dropping water a ft to areate it. The women that gave him to me insisted the pond needed to cycle for 3 weeks (It's been set up a week) the mollies and bream and catfish are fine, none have croaked. 5 days ago i did a water change on my 30 gallon and tossed the used filter in to jumpstart the benificial bacteria cycle.
I doubt that fish would of made another day or two in that toxic soup it was living in.
If the cats or bream fin nip by morning, they will get a ride back the river, whence they came.
This poor guy is about 6 inches, minus the 3 inches of tail. Until today, it was living in a 10 gallon with another similar sized goldfish that died 2 days ago, the water was the color of watered down chicken blood.
Poor goldfish is probably confused he has room to actually swim around.
