http://amzn.to/2yMDgJ2 - A python water changer is going to change your life if you don’t already have one. Highly advise it! Python Water Changer: http://amzn.to/2yMDgJ2 My version of how to clean a fish tank aquarium! Fish aquariums for 6 years now my neighbor has been a nightmare. He don't want any water used after 11pm so like no drinking water or brushing your teeth or anything lmao. Well i'm sorry but i used to work afternoon shifts and got home at midnight. So this guy would burn or freeze you or both at the same time. the owner talked to him, he admitted to doing it. Asked him to stop and he laughed in his face.... So our owner paid to have special taps put in to keep a regulated temperature. ( thousands of dollars) ..... I think he found out that screwing with the taps was not doing anything anymore so he is breaking into the furnace room to shut down the mains. That is my best guess anyways. Not exactly goldfish, but any advice on netrite snails? Specifically keeping them with my goldies and avoiding breeding? Eggs can only hatch in saltwater, so even if the nerite lays eggs, it's unsightly but they aren't able to overrun your tank. No worries bout them breeding. They need brackish for them to hatch. If they do lay eggs in your tank consider them as a free treat for your fish. You can scrape them off of the glass and drop then in the tank. Fish will gobble them up like candy. They are great snails, I recommend them over mystery any day. I have one of each, but nerite snails are much better about eating algae. My goldies have nipped at my mystery snail but not my nerite. I have 2 mystery snails in with mochi. He has pecked at them but he’s too small to really bother them. They do a good job cleaning up. Ideally Nerites. They have a much lower bioload. Arguably people say any can be kept with them, I've heard horror stories about goldfish eating mysteries, however mine so far only eat ramshorns or bladder snails. Pretty much a "keep at your own discretion" type thing. I’ve kept Japanese trapdoor snails and mystery snails when I had heavily planted tanks. Mystery snails are escape artists. The trapdoor snails grow huge and only give birth to live babies so there is no snail overload! Feeding either type is difficult as goldies are such piggies. Presently, I just have had just some Malaysian trumpet snails for past few years (trapdoors are in the pond) but they stay hidden in the sand almost all the time. Can someone clarify the ideal temp for fry, as well as the best way to catch them to move them to a growout tub? So Julie, the warmer water the better growth, but there is research that says with higher temps it appears it actually affects the sex of a fry and you end up with more males. There is also some indication that raising fry in colder water, low 60s might contribute to gill curl. But thats not a definate researched fact. If your wondering about catching them, Joshua McWilliams from Water Pig's carries these perfect fry nets. Its the ONLY net I use for moving my fry. OK, these fry were not expected so I wasn't fully prepared! My house stays right at 70° and I just ordered a heater so do I need it? It totally depends on if you want to boost growth, warmer kicks up metabolism and they eat more grow more. (Admin, feel free to delete if this question is against the rules. 😊) Ok, please don’t crush me for asking this. We really want to be able to do the right thing for whatever fish we get. My son is about to get a 50 gallon in his room. He really, really wants a school or more of fish. We already have a 60 with goldfish, and love them greatly. Here’s our dilemma & question... We have a family member who has been keeping 2 Goldie’s (Comets) in approx. 2-3 gallon for a year and a half now. They are ready to give them to us as the fish have “outgrown” that tank, and are getting really “fat”. They know we will give them a good home. They do not want to get a bigger tank, and will only give them away to us. The fish are stunted already, so may not get much bigger. So now the question... Is there a fish that can live happily and safely with these Goldie’s, so my son can rescue them and still have the fish he was originally desiring? I have seen some info suggesting that rosy barbs, loaches, tetras, and danios may be an okay fit... I would get them in the appropriate size as to not look like food to the Goldie’s. Does anyone have any EXPERIENCE (or know someone who has) in successfully mixing these fish? (Please no bashing of the family member, or us for thinking of mixing fish. I will delete anything that is not constructive. 😊)