I am going to be upgrading to a 30 gallon for goldies, now let me get this right, ten gallons per fish, so can I have 3 goldies and a pleco and snail in a thirty??? or is this an overload? also, any suggestions on the type of filter? I currently have an aqcua clear and haven't had any trouble, I have one black moore in my ten gallon with a bristlenose, I would continue to leave the ten gallon up for one fish.
Unfortunately I can only accommodate a 30 gal but it should be a lot more fun to see them grow to their potential. Any ideas or suggestions???
Also, is there any easier way to cycle a tank??? I lost so many fish last time trying to cycle the ten gallon plus not realizing that the ammo lock was giving me false ammonia readings
am open to any ideas or suggestions, I don't want to kill any fish this time
thanks in advance

I would stick with 3 goldies max in a 30 gallon, no other fish or snails. If you won't be able to get a bigger tank in the future, I'd probably even just go with 2 goldies.

As far as filters, I'm a big fan of the Emporers. An Emporer 400 would give you more than the suggested 10X filtration and are easy to maintain. They aren't all that expensive either. Check them out at www.bigalsonline.com.

As far as cycling, a fishless cycle cannot be beat. It's easy to do and it doesn't put any unnecessary stress on fish. Check out fishless cycling here:

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/FishlessCycle.html

You can speed up the cycle by using some established media and/or using a product such as BioSpira which contains live, nitrifying bacteria.

Hope that helps and good luck!!

I second Fantailfan's opinion. I used to have 3 goldfish in my 29g tank... they became HUGE and the tank looked pretty crowded. Now I have only two orandas and they are doing great.

You can speed up the cycling of your tank by installing your old aquaclear filter in the new tank at the same time as your new filter. The aquaclear (I am guessing it is at least the 150 model) should be enough to control ammonia while your new filter builds up biomass. Follow the ammonia concentration very closely.