Red fishes! You wake up one morning with this idea. The majority of people who get into the aquarium hobby, I know you would never do that, but those who want to please their children with goldfish, or decorative enthusiasts always tend to buy the famous jar spherical no bigger than a honeydew melon to fit a small goldfish. Among other things because this type of fish is quite economical but also because there are many erroneous beliefs about it.

You will be tempted to purchase 2 goldfish so they can have a good time together in your environment under 3 liters of water.

This is a common mistake: Overcrowding your goldfish tank or bowl. So you fill the glass ball with tap water, without water conditioning liquid.

Thereafter, you put the fish directly and this, without waiting because you can't wait to see them swimming in the beautiful decor of glass gravel bought in a decoration store. You tell yourself that your goldfish will be happy since your decor is really pretty.

A life that rarely crosses a season.

Less than a week later, it's hard to see the goldfish because the water is too cloudy, whitish, even milky. Ha!!! maybe that's what the store advisor was telling you…. but you saw fit to say that you had the required maintenance fluids at home, when you don't even know what he was talking about. PANIC ! PANIC ! My goldfish are going to die! You quickly do a complete water change with good fresh tap water and then you put the goldfish back in water 6 degrees colder than before… We bet you will do the same thing in 5 to 7 days!

Your beautiful glass ball facing the south-facing window is now under control, at least according to you. The store consultant was all wrong when he told you that it's not ideal to put two goldfish in such a small bowl. But, you convinced him when you told him your jar was as big as a big beach ball.

RIP, my goldfish

WHAT? MY FISH ARE DEAD! After 1 month, you find your fish floating on the surface of your beautiful tap water changed the day before! Yet I took good care of them, I changed the water often, I gave them their food correctly. I don't understand, I loved them so much...

You return to the store trying to find answers to the death of your goldfish. The counselor asks you:

How much food do you give? You answer: 3 times a day a little pinch, sometimes 5 times a day because I think they couldn't see the food very well, there was often some left in the bottom of the jar. It's true, last week my 6 year old boy almost emptied half the pot, but it happened maximum 3 times...

How often were maintenance fluids added? With certainty you go there from this sentence: No need, I have very clean water and I let it sit for 3 hours on the counter.

Then after 15 wrong answers, you decide to listen to the adviser, because you have understood that you are the cause of the death of your goldfish.

Goldfish and a bowl, good idea?

NOPE ! Goldfish are not made and should not be put in a bowl or small aquarium as they can grow over 30cm and are big polluters.

It is true that fish in a bowl will grow slowly, more than genetics dictate. Growth may even stop, but this treatment will not be without suffering. This confinement leads to deformations. For example, its swim bladder (allowing the fish to float between two waters) will move in its body. which will cause the fish to float and have difficulty feeding and become extremely tired. This will lead him to death (fatigue and hunger). This is one of the most common cases of death of goldfish in a bowl, not to mention the diseases it can catch due to too much water pollution or frequent temperature changes. But beyond these tortures, there are the fish that live in ammonia, because the jar is overcrowded and you left for 2 weeks on vacation, not forgetting to add a big "Holiday Block" which causes high toxicity in your small environment.

The longevity of goldfish in a suitable habitat is thirty years, but the average survival is 3 months in a jar, a glass ball or a pretty vase that you have purchased at a decoration center. It is true that your beautiful vase is pretty, but it only contained 2.1 liters of water!

So, before venturing into an idea of ​​living decoration, come see us and take the time to ask us the necessary questions so as not to make the thousand and one mistakes of a beginner or decoration enthusiast. Take the time to inform yourself well and tell yourself that there are no bad questions.