PapaFrita
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Yes, I've started thinking about the field troughs too
Goldfish in automatic drinker? Mosquito larvae
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sarahs
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You've just reminded me ! - We used to have fish in our trough (sp) years ago ! They got huge !!!! Lived for ages ( much longer than the ones at home ever did ! ) we never fed them either. Good idea !
merlinsquest
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I have two goldies in my trough and have never ever fed them....... they have grown from 1" to 7" in two years.....
They get frozen in the winter and prob tropical temps in the summer...
No pond weed (but its a big trough). Just a brick to hide under if the water gets too low (herons)
15 litres is not a lot of water considering that the horse will be very close to the goldie and it will probably be scared each time the horse drinks. But in theory it would be possible. They only tend to leap out if there is very little oxygen in the water..... and there would be plenty.
There would be no need to feed all the time there were larvae in the water.... is it an all year problem??
They get frozen in the winter and prob tropical temps in the summer...
No pond weed (but its a big trough). Just a brick to hide under if the water gets too low (herons)
15 litres is not a lot of water considering that the horse will be very close to the goldie and it will probably be scared each time the horse drinks. But in theory it would be possible. They only tend to leap out if there is very little oxygen in the water..... and there would be plenty.
There would be no need to feed all the time there were larvae in the water.... is it an all year problem??
Nudibranch
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Fish poo won't harm horses. Also water oxygen levels are mostly governed by the surface area of the body of water so this is the main thing to think about (i.e. bigger surface area = more oxygen, regardless of the other dimensions). I would imagine that even when there aren't mozzies about there would be plenty of bugs and things falling in for them to eat (goldfish don't eat algae though they do eat the creatues that live in it), and you could drop in a bit of fish food now and again to be sure. All in all not a bad idea and as someone else pointed out, if you get little ones they'll only grow to the size of the container anyway.
honeymum
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Not sure whether the actual fish poo will harm the horses, but it does turn to ammonia and as the drinkers are only 10-15 litres this may affect the taste of the water, I know it stinks of rotting fish when customers have high levels of ammonia in their tanks. Also goldfish really need about 90 litres of water to grow properly, they should reach 12-14" long and live for about 30 years. Unfortunately some stupid quatic shops will still let you have them for really small tanks, but the goldfish then becomes stunted as the outside stops growing but the insides don't so very slowly crushing the fish to death. So form a goldie welfare point of view then no I don't think you should.
Serephin
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but the goldfish then becomes stunted as the outside stops growing but the insides don't so very slowly crushing the fish to death. So form a goldie welfare point of view then no I don't think you should.
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but the goldfish then becomes stunted as the outside stops growing but the insides don't so very slowly crushing the fish to death. So form a goldie welfare point of view then no I don't think you should.
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blackcob
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Eeeeek, no, 10 litres is not enough for goldfish (and whoever said they had a 21 litre tank suitable for 4 goldfish, that is a gross misrepresentation on the part of the manufacturer which is sadly all too common).
Common goldfish grow up to and often over 12 inches in length and not far off that in girth. They produce vast amounts of waste in the form of ammonia, which will quickly overwhelm such a small volume of water. As honeymum said although they will technically only grow to the size of their environment, they will have a hugely shortened lifespan because their internal organs continue to grow inside them and eventually crush themselves to death.
Common goldfish should only be kept in large, heavily filtered ponds and are not even suitable for home aquaria.
Sorry for the rant; after horses my fish are my biggest hobby!
Common goldfish grow up to and often over 12 inches in length and not far off that in girth. They produce vast amounts of waste in the form of ammonia, which will quickly overwhelm such a small volume of water. As honeymum said although they will technically only grow to the size of their environment, they will have a hugely shortened lifespan because their internal organs continue to grow inside them and eventually crush themselves to death.
Common goldfish should only be kept in large, heavily filtered ponds and are not even suitable for home aquaria.
Sorry for the rant; after horses my fish are my biggest hobby!