I agree with you Kay.

I disagree with putting goldies in plastic/glass bowls without filtration. When you come to clean your goldie out and pop him/her in that cup of water and you pour the water down the drain and scald the pebbles, I hold my hands up I did this when I was younger. You are killing all the good bacteria that has built up over the week of the poop and excess food. Within a filter this is kept and usually people/books recommend you wash the filter sponges within tank water so not to kill all the bacteria.
Anyhow, once you fill that bowl back up and possible not use dechlorinator to take all the chlorine and other crap thats in the water which basically eats the goldies gills away, his/her life goes in a circle, same thing happens a week/days later.

Most goldies dont make it past 5yrs due to this, yes they are only fish at the end of the day, you can hold them or cuddle them but they deserve respect. I will admit I have known cases of fish surviving years without filtration but there are more and more chemicals put in our water, good only knows what its doing to their insides.

Emma x

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