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Are you sure the fishbowls mentioned are too small? 10 gallons is a sphere of 1 foot 4.5 inches (38 liters, 41cm) diameter --Random|832 21:19, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Goldfish are often given away at fairs and carnivals in the US as well.. generally they are won by tossing a ping pong ball into a small spherical bown containing the fish. Suppafly 22:46, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Feel free to add this information to the article. Edward 23:30, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Goldfish bowls are really, really, really bad - If filled to the top, the surface area of the water is so low compaired to the volume of water that large fish (like goldfish) have trouble getting enough oxygen out of the water and will 'slurp' oxyiginated water from the top. Strangly, a goldfish bowl that is half filled is almost ok - but it's still bad. If you want your fish to last years - you really do need 10 gallons or so .

The goldfish sanctuary, linked at the bottom, hasn't existed in five years, and only the front page of the site is still up. Objections to removing the link? Anyone able to find a link to something similar, yet actually in existance? --66.69.150.85 13:54, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The organisation may be defunct, but their site does have some decent information for the hobbyist. I'm not so sure the link is useless, but I wouldn't object to its removal. -- Hadal 06:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Question... I was thinking of putting up pages about the various goldfish varieties (ryukin, comet, oranda, etc) and I was wondering if it'd be appropriate to list them from this page. --67.149.163.154 06:18, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Certainly. Perhaps a summary section with links to the varieties' more detailed articles? NOAA has good PD colour plates of ryukins and orandas, which could be put to good use. -- Hadal 06:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I couldn't find this on the snopes site: "here is an urban legend that a pregnant goldfish is called a "twit" or "twat", but this was debunked by The Straight Dope." Perhaps a direct link would be useful?

The entry says that the fish quickly reach adult size and can survive for years. How old is considered adult, and what is their average lifespan?

I don't have any real experience of raising fish, but I was looking for lifespan information recently, and found a reasonable article online - http://www.adelaideaquariums.com.au/Faqs/freshwater/fish/goldfish.asp.

This suggests 5-10 years for home-based pets, 15-20 for outdoor fish, and a 'record' of 43 years. If someone cares to verify this, we should add it to the page.

If anybody really cares...the most common name for a pet goldfish is (allegedly) Jaws, not Wanda (nor, as you might hope, Asshole). Fishhole 09:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering about adding information about keeping goldfish in ponds since their does not seem to be any here.--βjweþþ (talk) 16:37, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know why this page is put on cleanup? I can not see any problems.--βjweþþ (talk) 17:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's full of spelling, grammar and language mistakes. Just check the History section for example ... Ebogdan 18:53, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just get someone to correct them. If people here cleanup articles just because it has grammatical or spelling mistakes, then that's not fair to people whose mother toungue isn't English. jynx 16:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the phrase "Domesticated goldfish left to their own devices will over time revert to their wild form." What the **** does it mean ?! If it means what I think it does, well, it's not true. After several matings, goldfish with "wild" colour will appear (similar to guppys), but a number of the fancy coloured ones will remain no matter what (genetics...). Ebogdan 20:22, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it means all the gold ones will get eaten beacause they stick out but the 'wild' coloured ones will survive. It still is phrased wrongly anyway.

Can anyone verify the story from the History section ? Ebogdan 20:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

40 gallons? Ridiculous

Goldfish need TEN -- still a large amount of water/tank -- nor FORTY gallons each. And this is only for decent-sized mature fish. Filtration and other techniques can make perfectly livable conditions in smaller areas.

In China, it's not uncommon for four-five large goldfish to live in a small bowl, and presumably the Chinese know what they're on about with goldfish. Zuzim 21:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Really saying, the general formula for goldfish activity volume is its length times its length times its length, in other words, length^3. As soon as you know the water in the bowl is not less than that is ok. Besides, you should not calculate the volume a goldfish needs the way you calculate other fish. Most other fish are caught in the wild, but goldfish (excluding Grass type) are evolved to be domesticated. Goldfish mostly are not very active. And for fancy species such as Bubble Eye, you even MUST NOT put them in a large container, or it will find very difficult to find food!!!!!! So really saying, you should treat different fish differently. jynx 17:17, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]