A goldfish bowl is torturous and stressful on your fish

I knew instinctively when I first saw ‘Bubbles’, swimming in a goldfish bowl it was wrong. She just seemed so cramped and alone, swimming around and around.

I took action, and you do too, if you have a new pet swimming forlornly in a bowl in your home.

Goldfish bowls are bad.

They are way too small for your fish to live in, and survive in. The bowl usually has a small opening at the top, and that’s just the worst thing for your fish. Goldfish are cold water critters and need lots of oxygen in their water; a small gap at the top of the bowl limits the air they’ll have to breathe. The bowls don’t allow filters or aerators into the aquatic space, which again helps to slowly suffocate your new pet.

Goldfish also produce more ammonia than any other species of fish. If they are kept in confined quarters the ammonia can slowly poison them, or stress them out. If your fish become stressed, goldfish diseases are close at hand.

Come on, be kind to your newest pet. It won’t take long for your newest addition to your family to tug on your heart strings, and become well loved. You need to treat them with respect and do the right thing. Get them a decent sized aquarium which should be a minimum of 10 gallons for each fish. This sounds a little excessive, at first, but your fish will grow, and before long they’ll be the perfect size for your fish tank.

To find out how to care for goldfish please click here. Cleaning your new large aquarium is easy. For step by step instructions click here.

The above photo was taken by Frankphotos. He does amazing work and you can find more of his pictures at Flickr.