# aquarium question

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**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aquarium-question/255964 "2010-12-12T14:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aquarium-question/255964/25 "2010-12-12T16:27:32Z")

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> [@All that is MAN!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/all-that-is-man/9558/270):
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> Since you got goldfish you have to stay with goldfish . They are way to dirty and do not like warm heated water. They produce more ammonia then alot of other fish through there gills and waste. They are tollerant to it but other species are not .
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> If you wanna do like a tetra and small fish tank then get rid of the goldfish .If you wanna do aggressive fish like cichlids then get some big ones to eat the goldfish . If you are content with the goldfish get more goldfish.
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> I work at Eddies Aquarium on Rout 9 , I can help you out if you want .

I’m not sure what kind of goldfish these are. My wife got them at a fair years ago and is attached to them. When it got a little colder out I got a heater for the tank since we turn the heat down to 60 in the house. I set the heater to 77 since thats what I read was good for the pleco. The goldfish seemed very lathargic when the water got cooler with lower temperatures during the day. They have been in a heated tank for a while now and seem to be doing just fine. Will 2 goldfish really mess up the ph balance of a 60 gallon tank that much that it will make in uninhabitable for other fish?

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