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i feel bad for these two fish i got. i felt kinda bad for them because they were in these tiny bags so i bought 2 for 12 bucks (a huuuge ripoff)

well, now i have them and i dont really know what to do with them. im not allowed to have fish in my dorm so i cant buy them any big fishbowls. if the ra caught me, id have to flush em.

one is tiny, and the other is about regular sized. should i put them together so they dont get lonely or should i not in case the big one steals the little one's food

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these bowls are tiny, although you cant really see it from the pictures, which i took with my cell phone (sorry for the shitty quality)

Use butter and onions.

I'd come rescue them, but its a long drive.

Just get one of those 2 gallon fishbowls, and hope for the best.

take them back to shop

I'd come rescue them, but its a long drive.

Just get one of those 2 gallon fishbowls, and hope for the best.

i cant, if he finds me with them, theyre getting flushed.

and i didnt buy them from a shop, the school syncronized (sp?) swimming team was selling them as a fundraiser. i got them because i felt bad for them

i cant, if he finds me with them, theyre getting flushed.

and i didnt buy them from a shop, the school syncronize (sp?) swimming team was selling them as a fundraiser. i got them because i felt bad for them
Poor school swimming team....

Realese them in the pool :D

Chance it and buy a decent sized bowl. Then remember to think these things through in future.

Or release them into the wild :p

Look around. there are those vases that the bottom half is a fishbowl. put the two together and use one of those. the top half is a plant that uses the water, and the fish feed off of the alge and roots of the plant. perfect system.

then cover the outside with stickers and decals to help obscure the fish. from outside, you got a vase with plants, if he looks closely, then just say you didn't know there were fish inside.

i cant, if he finds me with them, theyre getting flushed.

and i didnt buy them from a shop, the school syncronized (sp?) swimming team was selling them as a fundraiser. i got them because i felt bad for them

Alot of fish shops will purchase "unwanted" fish, or at least take them off your hands for free. Make some calls, if you don't want to chance it with a bowl.

BTW: Why are you not allowed to have a fishbowl in your room? Most dorms allow fish, but no other pets.

Look around. there are those vases that the bottom half is a fishbowl. put the two together and use one of those. the top half is a plant that uses the water, and the fish feed off of the alge and roots of the plant. perfect system.

then cover the outside with stickers and decals to help obscure the fish. from outside, you got a vase with plants, if he looks closely, then just say you didn't know there were fish inside.

Plausable deniablity?

Plausable deniablity?
yep... tho make sure you got some light going inside... else no alge.

Look around. there are those vases that the bottom half is a fishbowl. put the two together and use one of those. the top half is a plant that uses the water, and the fish feed off of the alge and roots of the plant. perfect system.

then cover the outside with stickers and decals to help obscure the fish. from outside, you got a vase with plants, if he looks closely, then just say you didn't know there were fish inside.

wouldnt they suffocate?

BTW: Why are you not allowed to have a fishbowl in your room? Most dorms allow fish, but no other pets.

i dont know why, but we're definately not allowed to have any

wouldnt they suffocate?
nope, none of the ones I've seen haven't and they had em for years with fighting fish inside (and they need lots of oxygen)

i started by putting them in the same bowl and doubling the amount of water in the bowl

whoops, scratch my idea... finally found what I was talking about and it seems to work with Betas so no Idea if it will work on goldfish. however, you can try it still, but you gotta feed them.

one place I found. http://www.aquariumfish.net/

how do i change the water without scaring the fish? i dont have a net and have no idea how to do it without grabbing them

how do i change the water without scaring the fish? i dont have a net and have no idea how to do it without grabbing them

Use a coffee cup to scoop them out.

How to Change Some Water in your Fish Bowl.
Twice a week pour out 20%, not all, of the water from your fish bowl. Be careful not to pour any fish down the drain. Use bottled drinking water to refill your fish bowl. Don’t fill it higher than 2” from the top of the bowl. What to do with the old water? It's very good for plants.

I filled my 1.5 gallon fish bowl about 3" from the top. Then I slowly poured some of the water into a measuring cup, noted how many ounces were in the measuring cup, and continued pouring the water into a measuring cup, until I'd measured all the water, and added up the total. It came to 160 ounces, and 20% of 160 ounces is 32 ounces.

Then I realized that my 1.5 gallon fish bowl had about 1 quart of air at the top plus 5 quarts of water (5 quarts x 32 ounces-per-quart = 160 ounces total) and 20% of 5 quarts of water is 1 quart of water. So in my case it was easy to do the math.

I was just lucky, but if your bowl has 151 ounces of water, or some other unlucky number. You'd still multiply by 20% to find out how much to change each week. In this case 151 x 20% = 151 x 0.20 = 30.2 ounces, rounded down slightly to about 30 ounces.

Making Bottled Water. When you’ve used all the bottled water, you can make more safe water for your fish bowl by filling the empty plastic water bottle with tap water from the faucet. Leave 2” of empty space at the top of the bottle.
Add five drops of water conditioner, put the cap back on the bottle tightly, give the bottle a good shake to mix the ingredients, and then let the bottle sit for three days before adding the water to your fish bowl. Click here for more about water conditioner.From the web site.

o shit i think theyre fighting. the big one keeps pushing the little one. are goldfish territorial?

i feel bad for these two fish i got. i felt kinda bad for them because they were in these tiny bags so i bought 2 for 12 bucks (a huuuge ripoff)

well, now i have them and i dont really know what to do with them. im not allowed to have fish in my dorm so i cant buy them any big fishbowls. if the ra caught me, id have to flush em.
Is there anyone who can give them a home without having dorm-nazis harrass them?

You are to be highly commended for your compassion for other living things. It's the mark of a truly good person, IMHO. :fluffle:

o shit i think theyre fighting. the big one keeps pushing the little one. are goldfish territorial?

I have three in my bowl.

gangsta died :(

o and thanks for the compliments Eutrusca but it its really not that big of a deal :)

2 for 12 dollars? What the fuck did you buy?

2 for 12 dollars? What the fuck did you buy?

regular goldfish, the kind you can win at a carnival

gangsta died :(

o and thanks for the compliments Eutrusca but it its really not that big of a deal :)Damn... Gangsta is the small one?

Are those guppies? I used to feed them to my Jack demsie and catfish.

Damn... Gangsta is the small one?

ya, i shouldnt have put them together. im pretty sure the big one had something to do with it

how do i change the water without scaring the fish? i dont have a net and have no idea how to do it without grabbing them

Do it twice as often but only do half the water, I.e, siphon off half the water and replace it with clean stuff.

ya, i shouldnt have put them together. im pretty sure the big one had something to do with it
How did you put them together?
usually the method is to hang the bags in the water to get the fish accustomed to the temp. of the water, then slowly let them swim out. takeing one out and dumping it in another body of water is a huge shock to their system.


or so I was told.

$12? You got ripped off. They look like feeder goldfish to me. My advice, get an oscar or a piranha. You've already bought the food.

Get one of those water bottles for the dispensers.Pop in the fish.Chances are ra wont notice.One question what sort of building doesn't alow fish.Not exactly a pony.If the ra asks tell them their for lunch.;)

guys, they both died. this sucks :(

now theyre swiming through fish heaven aka the sewer system

this really sucks

o well, at least theyre not suffering in undersized bowls

I'm sorry....<hugs>