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yup - 13 Sep 2005 20:20 GMT

Hi everyone,

I have a 65 litre tank with goldfish, mollie and a couple of plecs.

They all absoloutly love cucumber.
I bought a couple of twirly metal things to sink it to the bottom of the
tank from eBay.
It takes about a day or so to go soft then over a period of about three days
they will eat it all.

(two pieces about 3 inches long)

I spoke to the guy in the fish shop today who said I should only leave
cucmber in the tank for one hour max then remove it.
He said it can contaminate the water and kill the fish.

What do y'all reckon?

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Geezer From The Freezer - 14 Sep 2005 11:05 GMT

> Hi everyone,
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> What do y'all reckon?

I reckon he's right. Also 1 goldfish and 2 plecs is asking for
trouble possibly. Plecs can get a taste for goldfish slimecoats
when they get older, as well as stocking issues.

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Lilly - 16 Sep 2005 15:48 GMT

They're social/schooling fish too, so if it's just one in there, it's
pretty lonely. Don't forget that Mollies, technically speaking, prefer
water that leans to salty/brackish.

http://www.petfish.net/molly.htm

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yup - 16 Sep 2005 18:00 GMT

> They're social/schooling fish too, so if it's just one in there, it's
> pretty lonely. Don't forget that Mollies, technically speaking, prefer
> water that leans to salty/brackish.
>
> http://www.petfish.net/molly.htm

Thanks for the reply Lilly,
I wasn't very specific.
I have two plain goldfish, one larger fancy goldfish, one black molly, one
very small red-head goldfish with white body, two very tiny guppies and two
very small (about 1 inch) plecs. They all seem very happy together. The two
plain goldfish sometimes bully each other at feeding time but they all seem
to do there own thing.

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Lilly - 16 Sep 2005 19:08 GMT

For now. But as Geezer says, Tropicals + Goldfish = trouble ahead.

Getting a tank, maybe the same size, for the tropicals sooner rather
than later would be a good idea. Leave the goldfish in the 65, two in
that space would be very comfy. You can always build a rack out of
lumber so you can stack them, but only take up the same amount of floor
space.

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