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From: kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: goldfish
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 23:11:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 23:11:21 1985
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> I'm thinking about getting some goldfish, and am trying to figure out
> what sort of set-up I need and what I'm getting myself into.
......
> She said goldfish can live in a bowl, but the bowl should be cleaned
> every other day.

Whoa.  Get yourself a book on the care of goldfish, and read it, or you'll
wind up killing the fish.  I distinctly recollect from having goldfish as a
kid that the bowl certainly doesn't have to be cleaned every other day.  Also,
it was very important to let tap water sit at least overnight, so the chlorine
would evaporate from it, before you could add it to the bowl.  I thought
you could get an aquarium setup with filters, a pump, the right type of 
plants and snails, and so forth, so that it was balanced and hardly ever
needed cleaning, but we just had a plain old bowl, so I may be wrong.