hi all

well ym gold has died and i wont to know hot do i start my gold fish keeping now?
clean the tank right and very stuf like sand,filter lava rock and put them all out
for 3 days then put them in and then what?the watter must be adlest 1 day old
so that cemicals vere off right? so the watter sand and filter and lava rock are clean in and i can buy miself a new fish right? befor entering my fish in my tank
i must have my new fish in a plastick bagg for 20 min so that she gets use to
the temperature right?if i would put my fish in the tank to fast she would probabyl get in skock(i think i made a mistake with my last fish i enterd here in the tank
after 5 min in the bagg she wonted to get in the tank so badly so i let here in that
was a bigg mistake right)?so when 30 min are over i can insert my gold fish in
the tank right?and put all here old watter in this plastick bagg in my tank right?
so this is all right? i only add about 2-3 drops of anty clor in 5.6 litter cans,that i put in my tank so is this enaugh?or is it to much?i have got even some food
that makes your gold fish more shiny so is this all right that i have asked
you peoples?

plz help me

sorry for all my writing mistakes
but i am in a hury

before putting a fish in, you have to maintain your cycle. you can do a fishless cycle, keeping an eye on your test results to tell you when the water is safe for fish.

so i must just test my watter and see if its ok?
and will watter test show if i have cleaned my tank enaugh?

i dont know if there are tests for diseases, bacteria, and fungus. but i know if your have a properly cycled tank, and buy the healthiest fish you see in the store, then feed good food, and dont over feed, that you will have a very very good chance of having healthy fish. if your water is of good quality, then the fish will have more resistance to parasites and disease. healthy fish are all about the water. the better your water, the happier the fish.

i have just reed that you must change 10-20% of the watter after you
set you tank so that amonia level and nitrates dont get to high and to low
is this inportant?coz i havent done this. could this be the rison why my
fishys died? here i found this B) http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/cycle.html

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I'm just pleased that some people actually managed to get the drift of that enquiry. There are certain times that I despair.