Matt and Sandra - 2004-09-13
Sam, I also purchased mine at Wal-Mart. I honestly think an animal rights agency should check them out. There were about ten dead fish in his tank alone, and he was the only one out of about ... say 30 fish that seemed like he still had fight left in him. You could literally take your eyes off of him, go shop around, come back and immediately recognize him. That is how pathetic looking the other fish were. It was almost as if he were frantically swimming around trying to free him(her?)self from the death trap fish tank.

Anyway, we named him "Tire" and put in a homestarrunner.com keychain that read "Population: Tire". He is still as lively as he was when we bought him and seems genuinely grateful for his newfound "freedom".

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Poko - 2004-09-13
I just got an Afircan Butterfly fish a week ago. He is so beautiful. I have a tank lid that is suppose to be for a reptile(it is like a screen-like thing that covers the whole top) so there is no way my butterfly can attempt to fly.

Now, about dead fish. If they have not been out of the water too long, but still seem dead, there is a way to try and bring them back. If you can, try and keep the gills open by placing your fingers behind them. Then, with the fishs mouth open, put them under the water and move them forward through the water very fast. Keep trying this, and if lucky, your fish will be fine. This pushes water through the gills again, giving the fish oxygen and possibly regain conciousness.

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Jess Leishman - 2004-09-12
I would only suggest this fish to someone with a larger tank. I have a a tank somewhere around the 40 gal mark, I have had this guy for about 4 or so years. My luck he will not stop growing! He is close to 6 inches (I do not lie) and is the monster in my guppies world. Lately his new found hobby is rather disconcerning and making sleeping through the night for myself difficult, He is now trying to constantly jump out of the tank. I have changed the lid arrangement every day to no avail, he keeps ending up on the floor, in the potted plants beside the aquaium, the cats are going nuts, I am going nuts! I am planning on placing a larger hiding place in the tank and hope that will calm the growing beast down.

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Erin - 2004-09-12
I just got my first fantail and i think they are great fish they are so cute!

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JOE AMICO - 2004-09-10
I LOVE MY BUBBLE EYE GOLDFISH IS SO PEACEFUL AND CUTE. I JUST FEEL BAD ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HIS EYE SACS WILL SOON MAKE HIM UNABLE TO SWIM. HOWEVER I HOPE HE ENJOYS SWIMING NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

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Angela - 2004-09-09
I am the proud mother of two adult Three Spot Gourami and one (recently added) juvenile Gold Gourami. When my Three Spotters were younger, one was always bigger than the other, and they would chase each other, the smaller, paler one often being cowed. Now, however, they have grown to about the same size (4.5 inches) and are great friends. No territorial issues or anything besides hte occasional playful chase, but they never hurt each other anymore. When I added my Gold, I was worried because I have read so much about gourami being violent towards smaller fish, but I have had a no serious problems. I actually saw my gold chasing one of my adults! It was adorable. They all swim whereever they wish in my tank, and get along well. No problems with the homicidal tendancies that so many complain about, either. Wonderful fish! And so hardy, they can handle most temperatures and water conditions, and eat just about anyting they can fit in their mouths.

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Jordan - 2004-09-09
I just bought my first Black Moor Goldfish today. I dubbed him "Rasputin" in hope that he will be a survivor like the Russian monk.

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davanna - 2004-09-09
hi there i love bubble eye gold fish when i went into walmart, i saw one little bubble guy all alone.i fell in love with him. hes white and so cute his name is bubble but. now hes got a sore so i have been putting med it fix to help him. my orange one is called tropica. i love him too. he got caught in a filter the other day and i hope he will be ok.if your bubble guy has a hard time eating, get those sinking granulars. they are food that sinks to the bottom and the fish eat it. i love my bubble fish and dont want to lose them. they really got cute personalities on them and i am really attached to them. wish i could just pet them. the only place that sells them here is walmart. no pet stores, very rare here.

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jesse - 2004-09-09
i have about twenty of these little suckers.they are really easy to take care of. i started out with 2 eletric yellow cichlids and one blue one. i suppose the fish cross breed because the fish i have now are half blue half yellow. and these fish are about a year old now and there mating with each other.
so i have a lot of these fish im willing to sell. and i did absolutly nothing to have these fish breed. in the same tank i have to blue gills and a pleco. and i have no problems with agression, but the cichlids i have now are only like a inch long and the stand right up to the big blue gill i have.

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Katie - 2004-09-08
I had a butterfly in my aquarium for almost a year, but about six months ago I bought an alligator gar. Within that six months he grew to almost 15 inches (and still getting bigger!). And one day, my butterfly mysteriously disappeared...

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