Goldfish keeping advice from 1969.

[Pepere]

Here is advice from my Goldfish book from 1969.

 

There was no internet back then for the average person. Just books like these and fish shops…

 

thought you might like to see a complete setup circa 1969…

 

 

not a word or hint about the nitrogen cycle or cycling your tank…. Fill your tank and supress the urge to get fish for ….Two Whole days!,,  once the bubbles are gone, your water is “perfectly safe for occupancy by fish life”…

 

Woohoo!

 

 

There you have it.  If you have a filter, with or without aeration, you can get 1 1/2 inch of fish per gallon of water… 

And remember, this book is specific to Goldfish….

 

and get the smaller ones… they will grow soon enough….

 

but no mention of factoring their growth in how many to get….

What is a 4 year old to do?  I have a ten gallon tank. Lets get 15!

[PineSong]

Interesting that they were overruling the inch of fish per gallon rule—for goldfish!

[K McZongo]

Neat. What kind of plants does the book recommend in 1969. Also The fish enemies chapter sounds interesting.

[Pepere]

On 10/1/2022 at 10:32 PM, K McZongo said:

What kind of plants does the book recommend in 1969.

Val,sagittaria, Anarchis, Cabomba, Milfoil,Ludwigia, Pennywort, Bacopa, Duckweed, Salvinia, Bladderworts.

 

Enemies listed are water tigers and dragonfly larvae, Ich, fungus, and Dropsy. The recommendation for Dropsy is euthanasia.

Edited October 2, 2022 by Pepere

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 10/2/2022 at 11:19 AM, Pepere said:

The recommendation for Dropsy is eutanisation.

Well today it's the next thing to it: spend lots of cash on meds and fail to save fish!