How to Put Together a Goldfish Tank

Video Transcript

"Just setting up a home here for my new friend. My name is Michael, and we're going to talk about, how to set up a goldfish tank. Goldfish I think are great friends. I talk to them, they don't talk back, they're very good listeners. Whenever you set up your tank, you want to make sure you fill it up with water, you want to use chemicals that are going to neutralize the chlorine and the chloramine, and follow your directions, it's very important; so we got that in there. The other thing is, decorations, what is it that we want to put in this tank. I like using, in a goldfish bowl, larger pieces of marbles, that way when I'm cleaning it, it's a lot easier than small gravel. But if you like small gravel, it can be used, it's just a little bit more maintenance. I just take my pieces, and put them in the tank. This is one of the decorations that I chose to put in there. Set it up how you want to set it up, you're the one who's going to look at it, so set it up how you decide to. I have goldfish here, that I just purchased, take it, and set it in your aquarium, or in your bowl, rather. You want it to sit in there for about 20 minutes. It's really important that the goldfish gets acclimated to the temperature that's in the bowl, and goldfish like cold water. Once it sat there for 20 minutes, I simply take my goldfish, grab my bucket, and my net, break the bag, and then pour him into the net, letting all the water fall into the bucket. Then I take him, and I gently place him in his new home. Setting up a goldfish tank can be fun, and it's very easy. My name is Michael, and we're going to have a little talk here."