Giant Goldfish Rescue
Pets & Animals 8 years ago 814,841 views
Video of their new pond home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wR8D25nTo4 This is the story of my giant goldfish rescue. I say giant goldfish but this is actually how big they will normally get. Goldfish can get over 16" and live for 20 years or so. They are currently living in a huge stock tank pond now. Although half of them were eventually given to my neighbors who put them in a giant natural pond. The rest had lots of babies and there are currently about 3 dozen fish. Royalty free nusic frin Bensound.com
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I just don't understand those kind of people.
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The person I collected them from, said his daughter had gotten them as two small goldfish 12 yeah previously, she had brought them home from university in that condition and had then left them for her dad to look after... he felt bad for the fish but didn't know what to do - hence freegle. I took the fish home, only a 50 mile trip each way so not as far as you had travelled.I immediately put them both in a hospital tank, a large 4 ft tank, clean water and medications and things.... after a month their sores had all healed and they no longer smelt, their fins healed and started to fuse together so they were no longer split. After two months their fins healed and only scars remained where their sores had once been. Their dorsal fins were permanently upright too :)
I honestly have no idea how this phenomena happens - where fish in poor conditions somehow outgrow their tank rather than dying! I loved these fish so much, and not to be smug at all, but I was pleased that I'd managed not only to rescue them but heal them too! Sadly although the tank was much larger than the tank they'd lived in for 12 years, 4 ft was still not large enough for two fish of this size, so I put an advert out offering them to a home with someone who could promise they would live somewhere larger... It took a long time but finally a woman contacted me and showed me pictures of the pond they were building and of the tanks she owned already. She had many goldfish and was building a pond so that the larger fish had somewhere better to live. My two rescue fish went to live with her family, at first they lived in her bathtub for three weeks until the pond had been built and last I heard they were living a happy life in a large pond!!
People think that fish aren't important pets, but you just have to search "Fish that likes cuddles" on YouTube, to realise that fish have feelings. Although they make wonderful pets, they are much harder to look after than people realise, and shouldn't be treated as starter pets that need little care. Goldfish can live up to 40 years if looked after correctly, yet people think goldfish are only meant to live a couple of years - all because they are seldom looked after entirely correctly :( It just makes me so sad... so your video made me really happy, and reminded me so much of my own adventure rescuing fish!! I'll see if I can post a couple of pictures after I've posted this comment! I really loved those fish :).
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Owner should be ashamed of himself or herself and anyone with a tank like this for that matter.
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Thank you for saving these fish
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Love fish
Nice.
Why did there have to be happy music??
No fish should be abused like that
You caught a Goldeen!
Goldfish are heavy poopers!
You're awesome.
Lesson is to look up on fish keeping before you buy fish.
Me: sees all of the fish just doing :l :o :l :o :l
these people are terrible
So generous of you to give them a home :3
fish cant communicate,
arent self aware,
cant feel pain,
fuck em.
And don't get me started on birds. Free flight, at least on a harness, is something I always preech. Wing trimming is so fucked up.
Please tell us you reported the idiot that thought it was OK to keep them in those disgusting conditions though! x
I work in a pet shop, where every day we get people asking for goldfish. When asked what tank/filter they have, it's always under 25 litres, and rarely do they even have a filter. First we have to explain that we won't ever sell any fish into an unfiltered tank, and then that their tanks far too small for a goldfish. That's when things usually turn a bit ugly, as they always think they know best.
People assume goldfish, and all orandas in general, are easy fish to care for with minimal maintenance. They're NOT.
A single oranda need atleast 40 litres to grow to its full potential and to live out its entire life cycle, a goldfish needs upwards of 60 litres when fully grown. Usually we recommend 1liter of water per 1 cm of fish in your tank, with goldfish this increases to 2 litre per 1 cm of fish, due to the amount of waster they produce as seen in the original tank in the video. They can also grow up wards of 30 cm if given enough room and are cared for well.
such a blessing and this was on my B-Day.Makes my day
I think you are mentally sick in the head for saying no one cares about these goldfish. clearly, this person made this video to raise awareness on fish cruelty and not for views and money. the likes and the creator of this video clearly shows that the Goldfish are cared.
i have some gold fish too, my laregest is 10 or 11 inches long
An alternative story would be someone shutting down a fish pond. They had that dirty tank to hold them for you and to take home.
Still a good save, they were in nice shape. None emaciated, full finned and I didn't see any open sores, gill issues or distressed breathing.
Good on you mate