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How to Feed Goldfish
How to Wash a Goldfish Bowl
How to Care for Your Fish
How to Dispose of a Goldfish That Has Died
How to Care for Tropical Fish
How to Tell if Your Tropical Fish Is Sick
How to Keep Your Fish From Getting Stressed
How to Diagnose Your Fish's Ailment
How to Choose Fish for a Freshwater Aquarium
How to Check Your Fish for Bacteria & Fungus
How to Check Your Fish for Parasites
How to Buy a Fish
How to Buy Koi for Your Fish Pond
How to Breed Betta Fish
How to Name a Goldfish
How to Not Kill Your Fish
How to Make a Goldfish Live Longer
How to Care for Betta Fish
How to Keep a Betta Fish
How to Change Water in a Fish Tank
How to Breed Livebearing Tropical Fish
How to Treat a Sick Betta Fish
How to Breed Goldfish
How to Buy Goldfish Tank Mates
How to Treat Swim Bladder Disease in Goldfish
How to Identify Different Types of Goldfish
How to Sex a Goldfish
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Summary: Goldfish can live in upwards of five years when the aquarium water is kept clean and the fish are not overfed. Get a fish to live longer with tips from an aquarium shop owner in this free video on aquariums.
Chris Simms owns Aquatic Central in San Francisco, Calif. Simms is a home aquarium expert and dealer of rare fish.read more
"Hi my name is Chris from aquatic central here in San Francisco and on the web at aquatic hyphen central dot com. And I like to tell you how to make your goldfish live longer. It is actually quite simple to do. It's just very important to remember to do the very simple thing of keeping the water clean. If you can keep your water very clean, your fish will stay very healthy and he will live a long and happy life. A goldfish can live easily up to five years. And reach a considerable size. So sometimes even up to a foot depending on the species of goldfish. Keep the fish well fed but don't over feed. Keep the temperature a little bit on the cooler side. Fish thermo regulate so if the temperature is increased the fish's metabolism speeds up and you will actually shorten the life span of the fish. Only moderately but you can. So if you can keep it around seventy degrees Fahrenheit that will be ideal. Goldfish do tend to do well in natural environments so the addition of live plants would be great and just simply having a very efficient filter will work. Any type of filtration is fine as long as it keeps the nitrogen cycle running effectively. And if you can do sufficient water changes to keep the nitrite levels down, that would be great. And there's not much required to make a goldfish live a long and happy life. It's just very important to be diligent about doing what's necessary. Again my name is Chris from aquatic central here in San Francisco and on the web at aquatic hyphen central dot com."
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