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Was it on this site that I read you can put a couple of goldfish in water containers to keep them clean? I have finally got plenty of water containers and it would be quite nice to have some fish.

Is it OK to put them in water containers?
Do they need feeding or anything?

I have floats for winter ice.

Plenty of storage, now I dont need it. But I could be alot worse off. Good luck to all the poor people getting flooded, my thoughts are with you.

Fish like all living things crap. And they must be fed.. Imo fish in water containers = problems...

RAREBREDCHICK wrote:Was it on this site that I read you can put a couple of goldfish in water containers to keep them clean? I have finally got plenty of water containers and it would be quite nice to have some fish.

Is it OK to put them in water containers?
Do they need feeding or anything?

I have floats for winter ice.

Plenty of storage, now I dont need it. But I could be alot worse off. Good luck to all the poor people getting flooded, my thoughts are with you.

Yes, it was here:

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Alan

The crap problem depends on which fish you use (I think) goldfish and carp being the worst.I used to work at a mill with a big tank on the roof that supplied the sprinkler system. That had huge numbers of fish to keep it clean. I did see them once flopping about in the bottom after a small fire had set off the system. I can't tell you what breed they were but they were brown, and there wasn't much crap in the bottom (although the outlet went from about a foot up the tank I assume to avoid sucking bottom stuff into the system). I think the mill engineer did feed them, I'm sure I remember processing a petty cash claim for fish food, but I think the key is to avoid overfeeding as that is usually what ends up on the bottom rotting.