Setting up a goldfish tank1/7/2023 ![]() Goldfish need a lot of oxygenation so we we'll usually provide them with an air pump and bubble wand for this reason. ![]() Generally, you should avoid the super bright light plant species that would need higher levels of CO2. they also grow new replacement leaves quite fast. These plants all have more tender leaves, but even if they get nibbled on. Or, really, anything else you're willing to experiment with. such as aponogetons, dwarf lilies, barclayas, and hygros. Once the plants you start with from those get established, then you can add more delicate plants here and there to add more interest (if you want). This assortment would make a nice start and they let you maintain a beautiful aquascape that's heavily planted and will fare well having goldfish in there. along with your choice of floaters (if you want any of those), such as duckweed, Amazon frogbit, or water lettuce. Safer choices would be anubias (big and small), java ferns, most crypts, larger sags, dwarf onions and other crinums, anacharis, hornwort, bolbitus, sword plants, moss balls, and some mosses. ![]() Your goldfish are going to nibble and graze on some of them, so don't use anything rare, expensive, temperamental, or particularly delicate. Your best bet starting out would be the more rugged, easy to grow plants. thus, helping to keep the water quality high. Healthy growing plants also produce oxygen for the fish - and they feed off of excess nutrients produced by fish waste. Plants consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate and they become part of the biofiltration in your tank. Click to expand.A planted tank offers many advantages for keeping goldfish, in particular.
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