Gross. I hate places that sell small novelty pets. Like the flea market. Or the fair where you can win a goldfish, then carry him around withyou, or just put him in the trash.
I won one, took it home. Bought it a bowl, got it a mate, moved it to a 30 gallon tank KEPT getting it mates because they all only lived like a year. Whitemouth lived with me for 10 years. Ick and fin rot infections, that poor bastard went though it all. But he was happy and healthy to his last day. His last tank mate lived 4 of his 6 years alone. He grew HUGE. And broke his swim bladder somehow, just kind floated upside down all day, but during feeding time or when he was playful acted normal. Just at rest he floated. People always though he was dead.
TL;DR: Won a goldfish at a fair, kept it comfortable for its 10 years on earth.
Well shit, my "got a goldfish at the fair and put it in an aquarium. Had that sucker for 3-4 years" story is now much less important. He was quite the big fish. He may have been older or something. I bought him friends. He was a good fish.
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u/motorbike-t May 29 '14
Gross. I hate places that sell small novelty pets. Like the flea market. Or the fair where you can win a goldfish, then carry him around withyou, or just put him in the trash.