Goldfish are very much loved as pets and especially children are very fond of these. Goldfish look splendid and are quite easy to look after. But although it is easy to care for them yet you must remember that they are very fragile also. They can perish as well if their owners do not offer adequate care needed. By following the bellow mentioned steps you can prevent yourself from murdering your goldfish this time.
1. The first thing for you to do is to get yourself a fish bowl. You do not need to go for any expensive and fancy big aquarium. Just make sure that your bowl is of good quality. When you clean this fish bowl avoid using any toxic cleaners, which contain bleach. It is also good not to use dish soaps etc in cleaning it as it may lead to the death of your goldfish.
2. Another important thing to remember is that when you are cleaning the inside the bowl you should not use chlorine because it may scar the lunges of the goldfish. So they will not be able to breathe normally and will die on the spot.
3. You must not overload the fish bowl with a lot of gold fish. You may not know this but it is a fact that your fish requires oxygen and so if you put too many fish inside there can be dearth of oxygen inside the bowl. So, one goldfish per gallon of water is the perfect number. Moreover this number will depend on the size of the goldfish that you possess. If you have a big goldfish it will require more space.
4. Remember not to heat your fish bowl. Goldfish are comfortable in temperatures below 70 degrees F. But they can easily face cold.
5. If you want to keep your goldfish health you must not over feed it. Goldfish may die if it eats more. It is ideal to feed your goldfish one a day. If you over feed the fish it will eat all your feed and then will die.
Moreover, overfeeding will pollute the water as well.