How long do you think my goldfish can last without a water change? It lives in a bowl so it doesn't have a filter and i asked this guy from a pet shop if i needed one and he said it should stay fairly clean without one and that i shouldn't bother buying one. But i'm really busy so i don't have time to do partial water changes every day, i can only do whole water changes around every 3 days. But my goldfish is struggling from the lack of oxygen but i don't have time to change the water. How long before he just gives up?How long can my fish last without a water change?wow... that other answer seems to know NOTHING about fish...
goldfish don't belong in bowls. NO fish, belongs in a bowl.
goldfish get betwen 6%26quot; and 18%26quot; or more depending on the type and they produce a TON of waste. they can live 20yrs or more but in a bowl he'll be lucky to last a year.
return him unless you can get at least a 20gallon tank with a good filter and can change 25% once a week... and 25% every day or so for the first month while it cycles.
do some research next time. just remember, YOU could get a job at a pet store, do you feel you should be giving out advice on fish and pets? pet store employees are minimum wage retail workers, not specially trained specialists. ALWAYS do your OWN research before getting a pet.How long can my fish last without a water change?I had goldfish and I currently take care of goldfish that have water changes every two weeks to a month. My fish that I had when I was younger lived five years and the one that I currently care for (one just died) have lived for about five years. Both were in 10 gallon tanks with a filter: something to trap the extra food/waste (fibers/cotton), charcoal pellets and oxyginate the water (bubbles).. You can get a kit for this or buy the cotton, charcoal, pump and tubing and make your own. Those get dirty about every two weeks and need to be changed. Goldfish are dirty fish and really need this. If you clean the bowl every few days but keep some dirty gravel and water (they don't like it too clean) they should do fine (this will prevent shock too). Either would be low matinence if you're busy and goldfish adapt well to their environments. I would just take out some old water and put in fresh every day if you keep the bowl until you can do a %26quot;clean%26quot; (as mentioned above). It wouldn't take that long and give your fish a better chance!!!How long can my fish last without a water change?Hi Just a matter of days.
First of all doing a whole water changes is never a good ideal. You end up restarting the ammonia cycle over again each time you do a whole water change. Not only that but you also stress out your goldfish. Keeping goldfish in a bowl is never a good ideal ether. You see goldfish when taken care of properly can live to be over 30 years old %26amp; can grow to be 10 to 18 inches in size as adult fish. All fish need filtered tanks. The filter help to keep the tank clean, oxygenate the water %26amp; helps balanced the water quality. I would suggest that you get a bigger tank with a filter for your goldfish. At least 2 gallons of every inch of adult goldfish would be best. I would also do weekly water changes of 20 percent on the bigger tank.How long can my fish last without a water change?I don't think that a goldfish should run out of oxygen in a bowl all by itself for 3 days my golfish survived for 24-27 days without a water change then i changed it and it lived for another 2 years and is still living today
it only had to endure that because my sister was supposed to look after it
anyway i think that a water change is in order every 3-5 days just to be sure and don't worry if you miss it onceHow long can my fish last without a water change?Wow.. Well, I don't know about a goldfish, but I have a beta, and it's water gets changed every month or so? I have had it for 2 years now, it's still as vibrant and lively as it was when I bought it. Actually, it is in better shape because it was all pale and in less than 2 inches of water when I bought it.
Like I said, I don't know if goldfish are anything like betas, but I think they are heartier than the majority of fresh water fish. I always use plain %26quot;drinking water%26quot; for my fish bowl. Don't have to worry about any additives such as flouride, or anything else that might be in distilled or tap water.
Oh! And another helpful tip someone gave me. If you find your fish dead, and you know its been very recent, put a small block of ice in the bowl. Most of the time they snap right back to life. I was told it had something to do with the %26quot;oxygen%26quot;.
I don't know how that works exactly, but I thought you might find it interesting.
