20-gallon journal *pics added see last post*

[IRescue452]

Thank you for rethinking goldfish in such a small tank. The dwarf goldfish thing really is just a sales gimmick. You'll love the female bettas anyway. They actually interact in groups whereas goldfish just swim and eat (love my goldies to death anyway).

[Kalei]

Wow! You're tank is so beautiful, you are an amazing tank decorator! I should hire you to decorate mine so beautifully.

And that long plant is amazing, is it a real plant? I would just love to be able to get those things where I am. I live in such a little small town that we are lucky to even have fish lol. Let alone female bettas. I wish I was able to get some female bettas, but its so rare that you see them around my area. And the only real plants we get is the moss, nothing too attractive, I would get moss, but my goldfish would probably just lay eggs, and I don't want babies lol.

Once again, beautiful Tank! I compliment you greatly on it!

[Chilli]

The tank looks pretty nice. =]
I agree with what IRescue452 said. You'll love female bettas! They're so fun to watch.

[Christmas_Hamster]

thanks guys I can't wait to get some girlies!

None of the plants are real I hate having real plants because the snails always come with it They took over my tank last time. Icouldn't get rid of them. The big plant I got from dollarama. I discenfected it first and it make some nice hiding spots to

Kalei you could always try and order them on-line or find a breeder. I found a nearby breeder and might get a few cuties from her for my sorority, that is if she ever returns my e-mail

[Kalei]

Thanks so much! I will definately look around for them. I will try some on-line breeders

[Genny]

I would get moss, but my goldfish would probably just lay eggs, and I don't want babies lol.

Do gold fish have to have the water a certain temperature or something to lay eggs? I've had tons of goldfish, but none of them ever had babies.....

[IRescue452]

Genny, you'd be surprised. In a goldfish tank it can take as little as an hour for all the eggs laid to have been eaten. Your's may have had eggs at one point in time. The temperature isn't the big thing, ph is. In my tanks it is currently 9 and there is no breeding. Eventually I will have to adjust a breeding tank for that purpose, but right now I'm holding off.

[Kalei]

Do gold fish have to have the water a certain temperature or something to lay eggs? I've had tons of goldfish, but none of them ever had babies.....

No they really don't need a certain temperature, just the same temp that your tank is all the time. The only is that goldfish will only really lay eggs if they feel they are in the environment too and that there is a safe place to lay there eggs. Like my tank, it only has decorations and fake plants in it, so my goldfish don't feel like there is any place to lay eggs safely, but one time I had a very real plant in there that had lots of leaves eggs could hide in, and sure enough my big Queen layed eggs. Some hatched but they never did live. I took some out of the tank and put them into a smaller safer tank where a filter couldn't get them and the other goldfish couldn't eat them, and they lived for over 2 months and then got to a certain point where they just wouldn't get any bigger no matter what, they just stayed less than a centametre big. Then sooner or later they died. Anyways, for your goldfish to lay eggs, they might do it if you had a really good plant that could hide eggs in, like live fish moss