Beginner Goldfish Care Guide

This is a general overview of how to start a fancy goldfish tank and how to properly keep them. There are plenty of other details that I glossed over and I recommend looking deeper into them. Wikipedia is a great source (your teachers lied to you).

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1: Tank - 20 gallon minimum (40+ gallon recommended)
Go to your local Petco or Pet Supplies Plus
TIP: If a tank is too expensive, a sturdy 40 gallon storage bin from Home Depot or Lowes also works at a fraction of the price

2: Canister Filter

3: Air Pump & Sponge Filters

4: Luke’s Goldies MERCH (Absolutely necessary)

5: Water Conditioner

6: Beneficial Nitrifying Bacteria

7: Freshwater Testing Kit

8: Python Water Changer (Not necessary, but recommended)

9: Mizuho Fish Feed - Coupon code linked here

10: Ammonium Chloride (Not necessary if you use crushed fish food)

11: Water Heater- 300 Watt+ (Not technically necessary, but highly recommended)

12: Aquarium Salt (Not necessary, but recommended)

13: Methylene Blue (Not necessary, but recommended)

14: Sand Substrate (Not necessary, but recommended)

15: Live Goldfish- Discount Code: LUKE
Goldfish are social creatures, I recommend buying at least two

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[dreyhawk]

Wow, things were different when I had mine 40 years ago. I read through books before I got my fancy goldfish but back then they were pretty inexpensive, even at a fish store. I had hanging filters, a heater and a couple air stones. For water I had a dechlorinator plus kept a few gallon jugs sitting open for a couple days to evaporate the chlorine. I fed them a couple kinds of foods, flakes and pellets plus dried worms. My books didn't say to use test kits, those were for "other" fish. Looks like an awful lot has been learned. I want fish again soon, but not until I am confidently up to date in care requirements.

[yannisnerdverse]

This is the greatest Beginner Goldfish Care Guide I have ever seen on any platform

[IvyTapales]

I highly recommend this video to beginners. It contains almost everything you have to know if you want a pet goldfish

[orbia]

I've been wanting to get a gold fish for forever now maybe this my sign 😕 💜

[Anotherpuppychild]

I wish I had all this information a couple of decades ago. I love fancy goldfish. They are so beautiful. Sadly I am no longer at a point in my life where I could take good care of them. So, I'm loving my goldfish dreams through you and your beautiful goldfish. I hope Lil Dumpy is doing better.

[meervi]

I bought goldfish for my young daughter. She brought one from a carniuval and that did not go well. I then purchased 5 10 cent feeder fish. These are purchased as food for other fish. Treebasher fish had such a face. The others wre missing fins or others things. The first 10 cent fish passed at 11 years od. Numbers 2 and 3 went at 13 years old 4 and 5 went at 15 years old. They were so reactive for their whole life. They would splash to be fed. If I put my hand in the tank they would rub against it taking turns. So polite.

[RosieDuck]

i LOOOVE fish, especially betas and goldfish. had a quite long lived beta while i was a kid and looking back, it was a MIRACLE that fish lived that long. i was 11 and totally winging it bc no one in my family had any idea how to take care of fish. now that i have three, very inquisitive cats, a fish tank is a bit of a dream for me but i love watching and learning about how to better take care of them. maybe in the future i will keep goldies once more.

[sealovegames]

Awesome!! The thumbnail is cute! The fishes’ faces and expressions are so cute!!! I have some fish at home! They are diamond tetras, a white cloud, and a small albino catfish!!❤️🐠🐟

[tzipikathleenhartson]

45 years ago I had a goldfish in a standard round goldfish bowl. Changed water as needed, city tap water. Fish flakes for food. Kept it quite awhile, until my 3 yo used a bar of soap, to give it a proper bath. He cried as if he'd killed a puppy.
Are goldfish no longer strong stock? All the supplies needed now make keeping simple goldfish an expensive investment. Rethinking it now. I can do a lot of other things with $300—$400...
Thx for the thorough intro to keeping goldfish.

[bobspinach]

I have kept goldfishes when I was younger however. I didn't care for it probably and sadly many passed. Ofc now I know how stupid I was and know how to take proper care . I just have a Betta fish now and thankfully for two years now. After seeing your goldfishes and saw dumpy I fell in love with it and recently just got two. Keep it up.

[PokemonAdventures]

Thanks for this guide. I just started keeping Goldfish, but I know I’ll soon want more!

[dylansworldofyoutube]

I love these good old educational videos that you started your channel with! You also forgot to mention that goldfish need at least 1 buddy!

[butterychicken]

I'm getting my first tank because of you luke! I've got a 55 g, heater, water matinence products, thermometer, sponge filters, everything! This video was so helpful <3

[yannisnerdverse]

This video is somehow extremely informative and super hilarious at the same time. 10/10 video

[SurrDesSol]

Super cool!! I never cease to be amazed by the giftings and knowledge that God gives others to turn into a business! Keep doing your thing! Much continued success to you!!❤

[Aerial_Imaging]

The potatoes are just chillin' in the background.

[NosebleeddeGroselha]

I love all kinds of fish. I don’t intend on ever getting one, first cause they’re all high maintenance and I can’t do that lol and second cause my mom is extremely against owning fish, and if she found out I bought one, she would disown me 🤠
Your videos, still, are super entertaining to watch! Thank you so much for the content and the information 💕

[EchoGhost]

Love the guide! Wish I had that when I started. Took lots of research and trial and error to get where I am now.

Something I struggled with was finding the right filter and air pump that I could keep in my room... and I'm quite sensitive to noise... I eventually settled on the Eheim Classic 600 filter and Hygger adjustable air pump. Both are very quiet and I highly recommend them. Still looking for a good air stone. However, sponge filters are pretty quiet and agitate the surface enough so I've been using that for air lately. I think I might need to downgrade my air pump since I think it might be a bit too powerful for my current tank (had it for a larger one that I don't use anymore). Still sticking with Hygger though! There is little-to-no vibration with their pumps.

[Neptune]

I didn’t realize gold fish were just as complicated than when I had tropical fish.

[bat]

Random fishkeeper in the comments here, I recommend Seachem Prime for water conditioner! It bundles up ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate, gets rid of chlorine / chloramines, AND it's super concentrated!