| Goldfish are by far the most popular breed of pet fish | | | | they came into no contact with any diseases or |
| on the planet and people all over the world are | | | | bacteria that maybe harmful to them. |
| choosing to keep them as pets in the home. Apart | | | | But once they began to enter the homes of people all |
| from being a great pet, they also offer other great | | | | around the world, they began to contract diseases |
| characteristics such as a great ornament for the | | | | such as fin rot, Ick and many others, all a result of a |
| house. Their look is almost spellbinding and you may | | | | poor environment inside a tank or aquarium. |
| notice that when you have a visitor to your home, the | | | | The Japanese had it right, they chose to keep goldfish |
| first thing they choose to look at is your aquarium full | | | | in a garden pond, which usually meant no human |
| of beautiful goldfish. | | | | contact whatsoever and they could live in relative |
| But there is one thing that has plagued these | | | | peace. Also a lot of the time their fish survived from |
| wonderful creatures in the past and that is the fact | | | | eating the natural algae in the ponds, compared to |
| they are severely prone to disease and as a result | | | | having human hands passing disease ridden flakes of |
| many owners have found it hard to hang onto their | | | | food into their environment. |
| fish for more than a couple of months. | | | | Let's Get Positive! |
| How Long Should Goldfish Live For? | | | | Now everything I have talked about above moves |
| Goldfish are an amazing species of fish and in the | | | | towards keeping your fish in a pond as a good idea |
| past there are records of fish surviving up to 40 years! | | | | and in an aquarium a bad one, but this is not always |
| This is an amazing feat considering the proportionality | | | | the case. I have a lot of faith in an aquariums ability to |
| of their size. So if they have the ability to live for many | | | | safely inhabit goldfish, just as long as you take extra |
| years, why do so many die at such a young age? | | | | care when feeding and changing the water. |
| It's Simple | | | | Make sure you sterilize your hands before feeding and |
| Human's inability to look after anything or anyone but | | | | changing the tank water. The water MUST be |
| themselves! Now I don't mean to slag off the human | | | | changed every week in order to keep a sanitary living |
| race, after all I am a human being myself, but I think it's | | | | space for your fish to live in. If you follow these two |
| fair to say that many of the problems involving animals | | | | golden rules, you're goldfish will stand a fighting chance |
| are a direct result of human interaction, am I right? In | | | | of survival and hopefully will live for many years to |
| the wild, goldfish remained untouched and as a result, | | | | come. |