Quote Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany View Post
That's not too many fish for a 10g, I had 8 gold fish and a loach in my 10g and they did just fine.

I normally changed the water when I noticed it starting to get cloudy or filthy. Especially when the sides of the enclosure started to form nasty gunk on it (fish crap? LOL). All of my fish did just fine, and I even had a gold fish that lasted 6 years that was originally supposed to be a feeder fish for these huge fish my mom used to have (Oscar fish).

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Scratch that first part, I can't compete with Joey LOL. He's knows a ton of fish, but I just typed what I know from personal experience.
Tiffany no reason to compete here .When i was around your age i was into fish just like i am about reptiles now.I researched tons of stuff then and was just sharing my experiances here.Its sad how many pet stores will over sell someone just to make a buck .Your fish might have lived for awhile but did they reach thier full size of which they should have?