Have you ever had fish as a "pet"? If so look here please!

[Elgin Clock]

HOLY COW!! This sounds like more work than I wanted just for an excuse to use something that has been sitting in storage for a couple years.

Maybe I'll just buy some pretty blue glass beads and put some fake flowers in the bowl...

Thanks for all the detailed input.
Looks like we have a few future marine biologists in our ranks here.

I'll decide what to do over the break the next few days, and go from there and keep everyone posted. I just cleaned the bowl today, so if I do something, I want to do it soon so it doesn't get dirty just sitting there.

Yeah, dont buy goldfish either.... A guy at a petstore once told me that they breed goldfish so much, so fast and so "cheaply" as he put it, that they aren't expected to hold up more then a few weeks, unless you get one of the larger ones that cost a few bucks (but aren't reccomended to swim in those little bowls....

I used to raise Gala Sharks, they are easy to maintain, friendly to other fish, but if they last more then a year they will get too big for your bowl and you will need to transfer them to at least a 10 gallon aqarium. A friend of mine had one once that he bought that was the size of a typical small goldfish that when it died it was the size of a small trout....yeah they do get big.


Anyway, if you plan on getting a fish, I noticed that someone said get a beta. Thats an excellent idea if you are only going to have one fish. They are easy to maintain and last a good long time.

[rocknthehawk]

I've had both goldfish and beta's and i would say the easist fish to own/take care of is a beta. My beta lived for about 13 months, and all i had to do was feed it a pinch about 3 times a week, and change half the water every week or so. With beta, it's not a good idea to keep them in direct sunlight, so maybe on the window sill isn't the best idea. Also, beta live better in small tanks(mine was seriously about 4 inches in diameter at its widest point), but as stated before, dont put more than one in the bowl.