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How to Pick Healthy Goldfish
Picking healthy goldfish is the first step to keeping them well; beginners should choose carefully, but telling health apart is hard. Here are tips for selecting goldfish and preparing the tank.
How to Keep Goldfish: Methods and Precautions
More people keep pet fish, and goldfish are a favorite — but beginners lacking experience often fail to keep them alive. Here are methods and tips to raise goldfish and improve survival, for new keepers.
Types of Goldfish: A Guide to Common Varieties
Goldfish have been bred into 300+ varieties grouped into four body types — grass, wen, dragon-eye, and egg. Each type includes familiar favorites such as comet, oranda, black moor, and ranchu, differing in fins, eyes, and head growths.
What Is the Foxface (Saltwater Foxfish) Like?
A saltwater foxface is mainly found in coral reef waters such as around Taiwan and the Philippines, and is a highly ornamental fish with vivid colors suited to various aquarium layouts. They generally prefer water temperatures of 27-28 C and feed mainly on algae, though frozen fish meat can also be offered.
Methods and tips for keeping ornamental fish
Keeping ornamental fish starts with knowing the right water temperature for the species, then preparing the tank: let tap water stand for three days, run the filter for four, and test with a starter fish before adding the main fish, keeping the temperature stable. Change the water regularly, since waste and leftover food degrade quality - in summer every 4-7 days (one third each time), less often in spring and autumn.
Are goldfish easy to keep alive?
Goldfish are fairly easy to keep, especially comet goldfish, which adapt well and tolerate a wide range of temperature and water quality. They eat both prepared pellets and live food, plus bread crumbs and rice.
What Types of Fish Tanks Are There?
Fish tanks come in glass (float/tempered/acrylic-glass), acrylic (light, insulating), crystal (high-end), plastic (cheap, portable), and built-in wall designs—each with trade-offs in clarity, durability, and cost. For big or aggressive fish, add anti-burst film and keep the tank clear of knocks.
How to Care for a Golden Coin Turtle as a Beginner
A golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) needs a semi-aquatic setup — shallow water just covering the shell, a basking spot, filtration, and steady 25–30°C warmth under a UVB lamp. Feed a varied omnivorous diet in moderation, keep the enclosure clean, and monitor the shell, eyes, and droppings for early signs of trouble.
How should a beginner care for a turtle?
New turtle keepers should dechlorinate tap water, feed pellets or small protein-rich foods in small meals twice daily, and provide a basking spot. Shade plants help in hot outdoor ponds.
How to Choose and Care for Goldfish
Keeping goldfish starts with choosing healthy fish, especially for beginners who may otherwise face sudden illness. Avoid fish that float head-down, list to the side, or show wounds, lost scales, white fuzz, white spots, bloodshot fins, cloudy eyes or faded color. Feed a varied diet of live foods or quality pellets, use fixed times and spots, keep one year-old fish to about 10 litres of water, and maintain clean, stable-temperature water to prevent disease.