Goldfish Care
Welcome to How to Take Care of a Goldfish
The complete pet goldfish care guide for every beginner and novice goldfish owner.
Learn how to take care of a goldfish in a
Get goldfish care information on setting
up a goldfish tank, routine maintenance,
feeding tips, treating sick goldfish, tank
accessories, decorations, aquatic plants
and more…
With the right goldfish care and proper
aquarium maintenance, a goldfish can
live a long and happy life. Feel free to
bookmark this site and use it as a guide
for answering questions that may arise.
In our Goldfish Bowl section, you can find information for beginners on how to get started. Read about caring for a goldfish in a bowl that you might have won at a fair, learn about the anatomy of your new pet or find fun facts. If you are considering building a garden pond, our Goldfish Pond section will help answer all your questions. Find info on setting one up, maintaining it, dealing with the elements and learning how to care for aquatic pond plants and marginals. For those of you with a fish tank, our Goldfish Aquarium section is full of resources on how to maintain a proper tank, run tests on the water parameters, diagnose and treat a goldfish for an illness and get information on all the different types of goldfish that are available.
It could also be a problem with your water quality (high nitrates)? You should do a partial water change and use dechlorinator drops to remove the chlorine from your tap water. Buying some inexpensive water test can help you out a lot. These include tests for ammonia, ph, and nitrates. Ammonia is the most common issue though.