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lil shant Member

Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 176
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:04 am Post subject: have a question on goldfishes |
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| hey i was wondering if goldfishes have a chemical on their skin nd why cant they housed with tropical fish |
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t_chelle16 Moderator

Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:43 am Post subject: |
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No they don't have any chemicals. They do have a slime coat, but most fish have that. And the reason they shouldn't be housed with tropicals is because they are cold water fish and require a much lower temperature (70* - 75* vs 78* - 80* for tropicals).
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Fishkin Member

Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 281
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Speaking of Goldfish, I saw a commerical the other day and it said that Goldfish have a 3 second memory. I find that interesting, anyone know any facts? |
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t_chelle16 Moderator

Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Mythbusters (on The Discovery Channel) disproved that. Plus if my goldfish only had 3 second memories, they wouldn't get excited expecting food when I walked out to the pond.
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grnlemonade Super Senior Member

Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| t_chelle16 wrote: |
Mythbusters (on The Discovery Channel) disproved that. Plus if my goldfish only had 3 second memories, they wouldn't get excited expecting food when I walked out to the pond.
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haha, i watched that one......that one guy didnt know how to care for his fish very well  |
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