The Goldfish Aquarium, or Coldwater Auarium
General points
Despite being very hardy and able to survive in a glass fish bowl for several months, they deserve better. Water in a fish bowl soon becomes soiled and lacks oxygen due to the insufficient air-water contact surface for gas exchanges. Use of a rectangular tank is recommended, in order to avoid these problems.
1- Climate
The water should be at room temperature (pH 6.5-8.0).
2- Plants
- Vallisneria spiralis
- Vallisneria gigantea
- Hygrophila polysperma
- Egeria densa
- Java moss
- Cladophora aegagropila
- Ludwigia repens
- Riccia fluitans
- Anubia nana
3- Base substance and decoration
- Elodea
- Ludwigia
- Water lily
- White water lily
- Myriophyllum
- Ceratophyllum
- Sagittaria
- Vallisneria
4- Cohabitant fish species
- The goldfish, a member of the carp family, is a domestic freshwater fish which only cohabits with fish belonging to the same family.