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I didn’t think I would, but I won two goldfish at a county fair yesterday. They are small common type goldfish, both of which are slender and just a bit longer than an inch. Before I read anything about them, I put them in a small tank. This morning, when I went to the pet store to buy food and something for them to hide behind, I was given a large bowl (flat on the sides like a tank, with rounded edges) for free with my purchase. I have tropical fish at home who have lived for about ten years in a filtered tank, but I figured since I’d seen goldfish thrive in bowls and tanks without any special filtration, that I didn’t need all that for my new fish. I transferred them to the new bowl which was obviously a traumatizing experience for them.
Now I’ve read that bowls are actually a terrible place for a goldfish, let alone two, but I really don’t want to put them through another move. Keep in mind these are small fish, not fancy, and the bowl is only a couple gallons but still tank-sized with plenty of room for the both of them. I don’t know if they will poison each other or what, but I’d like to preserve them even though they are fair fish. Please let me know if filtration is extremely necessary and if it would be more harmful to move them or to keep them where they are. As you can understand, this is somewhat urgent as the fish have already been used to the bowl for a couple hours, now.