#one less thing that. eeds replacing

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Who let this man dress himself?

Appalling

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naughty; xiaojun - 18+

➻ pairing: xiaojun x fem reader ➻ wc: 2.0k ➻ genre: pwp, smut ➻ rating: 18+ ➻ summary: in short, your roommate is a hard man to resist.  ➻ warnings: degradation, fingering, explicit smut, unprotected sex, semi-public sex, exhibitionism, master kink, dirty talk, pain kink, slight size kink, crying, sadist xiaojun, talk about your limits/kinks beforehand!!! do not do this!!! pls!!!

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“Watch that pretty little mouth of yours, princess. Such dirty words shouldn’t be coming out of it.”

You resist the urge to roll your eyes as Xiaojun thumbs over your chin. His fingers tickle your skin, the faint touch lingering only for a second before he drops his arm to his side. You aren’t even sure what spurred the argument with your roommate; all you know is that he did yet another thing that annoyed the shit out of you. A common trend with the man truly, but he always pulls this shit on you when you get angry with him. A slightly flirty tone and fluttering lashes, adding a smirk that turns your legs into jello when you see it. You pride yourself on being able to resist his sex appeal.

Right now though? You want him to bend you over the armrest and fuck you in front of the window.

You blame the fact that your neighbors across from you are currently having an obnoxiously loud party and you just want some way to shut them up, but you can’t deny that you are entertaining the idea of your roommate fucking you for them to see a little too much.

Perhaps that’s the reason why you lean a bit into his touch. Xiaojun lifts a brow at you, smirk stretching a little wider, and you feel your cheeks heating up a tad as his gaze rakes over your body.

“That’s a new expression,” he comments. You meet his intense gaze and tilt your chin up a bit more. It’s an invitation, your lips slightly parted for him, and Xiaojun doesn’t wait for you to change your mind. He closes the distance between your lips. When he finally makes contact, you release a small sigh of satisfaction. His lips are soft as silk, and you can taste a bit of red wine on them. You don’t get to dwindle on the taste for long though, because Xiaojun hurries to deepen the kiss and press his tongue against your lower lip. You grant him access to your mouth in an instant. The drag of his wet muscle over yours is pleasant, and arousal bubbles in your gut as he pushes his tongue up against yours in a fight for dominance.

You can’t find a good resting place for your hands, and all you can do is let them move from his shoulders to his hair to his neck in repeated motions. Xiaojun, on the other hand, keeps his fingers wrapped tightly around your hips. He pushes you back bit by bit, edging you closer to the wall. You break the kiss in a rush, hand still clasped around the back of his neck as you whisper your next words against his mouth.

“I want y-you to take me against the window,” you huff out. Xiaojun pulls back a little and shifts to look at the aforementioned window. There’s an unreadable glint in his eyes, one you can’t place, but when he turns back to you, it’s gone.

“You naughty girl. The neighbors are watching.”

“Your point?”

“Exhibitionist, huh? Well then, let’s give them a good view, at least.” Xiaojun hooks his hands around the back of your thighs, cupping your ass as he lifts you up onto his waist, and you sling your legs around him to keep from falling. The new position makes it seem like you’re taller than the man. That gives you an undeniable power rush, and you drag your fingers through his pale locks to give a sharp tug. A small moan leaves Xiaojun’s lips at the contact. “You’re just asking to be put in place, you brat.”

A smile stretches over your lips. “I just want you to fuck me, baby.” Xiaojun laughs through his nose as he presses you hard against the cool touch of the window.

“I suppose I can manage that just fine,” he murmurs before reconnecting your lips. The warm touch of his fingers travels higher, ghosting over your thin shirt and brushing the erect buds of your nipples before dipping back down to the drawstring of your sweatpants. You have to untangle your legs from around his waist to let him pull the material down. As soon as it’s gone, Xiaojun clicks his tongue against the roof of his mouth. “No underwear? Who knew you were such a dirty little slut?”

“Only for you,” you tease. Xiaojun slaps his palm against the bare skin of your ass, eliciting a quiet gasp from you.

“Let’s make sure it stays that way because I’m not a fan of sharing, okay?”

You fail to respond for several seconds, and Xiaojun must not like that because he brings the flat of his hand down on your ass a second time.

“Y-Yes, yes. Okay, Jun,” you stammer out, bringing a grin to Xiaojun’s lips. He presses harder against you, and one of his thighs slots between your legs. He hits your clit harshly, and you can only let out a strangled moan when he flexes the muscle of his leg.

“That’s master to you, slut.” You release a small whimper, the words affecting you more than you would like to admit, and Xiaojun pulls his leg out from between yours. He replaces the muscle with two fingers and slides them through your wet folds. “Turn around.”

You follow the order without any hesitation, quickly shifting in Xiaojun’s grasp so that you’re now facing the window head-on, and it seems like that’s precisely what Xiaojun wants you to do. He pushes you further into the glass. If not for your shirt and bra, you would be completely exposed to the neighbors across the way, but your shirt is short enough to reveal your unclothed folds and Xiaojun’s fingers between your legs. He thrusts two fingers into your needy cunt, not wasting any more time in getting to business.

“X-Xiao – master. Master, please,” you beg, unsure of what you’re even begging for at this point. His fingers make obscene noises in your folds, a wet squelch resounding with each thrust of his fingers. He tactfully avoids brushing over your sweet spot; each time he nears it, his fingers curl away and leave you whining for more that never comes.

“Aw, are you gonna beg for me, princess? I don’t wanna hear it until there are tears in your eyes.”

A choked sob leaves your lips when Xiaojun yanks his fingers out of you. You drop your forehead against the cool glass of the window, and you can’t even find the energy to look out to see if your neighbors are watching. A hand drags over your hip. Before you know it, you hear Xiaojun spit, then the slick sound of his hand dragging over what must be his cock. You push your ass further back in attempts to find his member, but the hand on your hip keeps you still.

“Do you want me to fuck you now, slut? Ruin you for everyone to see?”

“Please, pl-please, master! Please, I need your cock. I need it so bad.”

“I’m sure you do,” Xiaojun teases, bringing the head of his cock to your folds. He teases your hole just enough to draw another strangled sob out of you, but no tears fall from your eyes quite yet. “You’ll have to try harder than that if you want me to fuck your dirty little cunt.”

Xiaojun’s resolve is impressive but infuriating. You try to buck your hips back again, but his grip is too secure for you to even move an inch. You aren’t one to be desperate, yet Xiaojun is pushing you closer and closer to the edge. If he doesn’t fuck you, you’ll lose your mind. You frantically reach around your back to grab Xiaojun and pull him into you, but he snatches your wrist before you can touch him. He traps your hand between your shoulder blades, a small hiss of disapproval whistles through his teeth. He doesn’t say anything, though he doesn’t need to. The minute action is enough to make you sob, and tears finally fall from your eyes.

“P-Please, master, I ne-eed you. I need you, f-fuck, I need you. Please, master, fuck me,” you cry, turning your head to look back at Xiaojun.

“So you can be a good slut after all,” he coos. Less than a second later, his hips snap against yours. Your cries turn to wet moans and whines as he finds a brutal pace. Each thrust has a bruising impact, the head of his cock pounding your cervix without relief. You don’t think you’ve ever been fucked this good or hard in your life. Drool pools at the edge of your mouth, and you can’t swallow it back or close your mouth because of the intensity of Xiaojun’s thrusts. “Look how fucking pathetic you are. Such a cock slut that you can’t even close your mouth while I’m railing you?”

You whine in response, velvet walls squeezing hard around his cock as a wave of arousal hits you. It’s almost shameful how turned on you are by his filthy words, a side of yourself you weren’t even aware of. Xiaojun slides a hand up your back and hooks two fingers in the inside of your cheek. You bite down on the digits, and it’s the only thing that grounds you as he fucks into you over and over.

“Go ahead and cum, princess. Let me feel your tight little walls clench around me as you cum. See your tiny little body shake and tremble as I fuck you through it.” Xiaojun pulls your cheek towards him, and your back arches at a harsh angle that has his cock hitting you in a whole different way. You scream around his fingers, barely able to think about anything other than his cock. “Don’t make me tell you twice.”

The venom in his tone is what sends you over the edge, but you will never admit how much it arouses you. Your cunt clenches hard around Xiaojun’s member again; this time it persists, and Xiaojun grunts as his thrusts slow a bit thanks to the increased friction. Your lips are parted in a silent scream, and it feels like your whole body is alight. The continuous drags of his dick make your legs shake. If he wasn’t holding your hip, you’re sure you would collapse under him. His orgasm is fast approaching as well, which you are more than grateful for because you aren’t sure how long you can keep this up.

“Want me to fill – fuck, fill up your little pussy?”

“Y-Yes, yes, yes. Fill me up, master, pl-please,” you babble, words nearly incoherent. Xiaojun understands them regardless.

“Of course you do, you fucking slut.” Xiaojun thrusts into your heat two more times before a strong wave of warmth fills you. He groans through the orgasm, a soft sound that makes your insides feel like jelly. You try not to think about how much you want to hear it over and over again. You pull your hips away from Xiaojun’s, but he recovers quickly and snaps back into you, pinning you to the window. Some sound leaves you, but you couldn’t describe it if you tried – something between a startled gasp and a guttural moan, but even that description isn’t sufficient. “Did you think I was done with you?”

“I-I – are you – are you gonna fuck me again?” You ask, a bit of anticipation creeping into your tone. The thought excites you more than it should, and the muscles of your walls twitch a little around Xiaojun’s softening member.

“Oh, don’t worry, princess. I’ll fuck you again. I’ll have you on your knees before midnight before that though.”

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➻ requested by: @baekhyyun​ ➻ prompts:

“I’ll have you on your knees before midnight.”

“The neighbors are watching.”

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Basic income works

The right has long held that homelessness is a symptom - of a lack of self-control, a lack of foresight, of addiction, mental illness, etc - and therefore the solution to it is training, incarceration, rehab, or rigid discipline.

None of this stuff worked.

For more than a decade, there's been a more pragmatic approach to homelessness: giving people homes. The housing first movement has repeatedly shown that the best way to make homeless people not homeless is to give. them. a. home.

https://endhomelessness.org/resource/housing-first/

After all, if you are struggling with addiction, mental illness, etc, or if you eed structure in your life, the chaos of not having a home only makes this a thousand times worse.

(Oh, and giving homeless people homes is MUCH cheaper than treating homelessness as a crime)

In a similar vein, the Foundations for Social Change's New Leaf Project tried simply giving homeless people money (CAD7500). If the right is correct and homelessness is a moral failing, then this should make everything worse ("they'll just blow it on drugs").

So this experiment isn't just a test of the best way to address homelessness; it's also a test of whether the right's frame of homelessness as an individual failing is correct, or whether the left's conception of homelessness as a system problem is right.

The results are definitive: 18 months on, grant recipients found housing a year earlier than the control group; 70% experienced less food insecurity. Money went to food, clothes and rent, with a 39% decline in spending on booze, drugs and cigarettes.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f07a92f21d34b403c788e05/t/5f751297fcfe7968a6a957a8/1601507995038/2020_09_30_FSC_Statement_of_Impact_w_Expansion.pdf

The randomized, controlled study had 115 subjects aged 19-64, all of whom had experienced homelessness for at least six months. On average, they saved CAD1000 of the initial grant over the 12-month study. Participants spent more on their kids and other family members.

The participants' 12-month, $7500 cash grants amounted to less than half of what it costs to billet a person in a homeless shelter over the same period.

This is both amazing and obvious. The best cure for homelessness is a home. The best cure for poverty is money.

It's a very powerful argument for a basic income, too.

But not necessarily for a UNIVERSAL basic income.

Here's the problem with UBI: imagine two people, one of whom is in the 10% or 1% or 0.1% and has all their needs met every month; the other person does not.

Give each of them $1000/month. The poor person experiences a huge difference in their life: they go from not having their needs met - that is, not having a home or food or utilities - to having them met. This is transformative.

What about the rich person? Well, they put the money in a 401(k) or other tax-advantaged savings.

Fast forward a decade.

10 years later, the poor person still has their needs met. They have better health outcomes, their kids have better educational outcomes. SUCCESS!

The rich person, meanwhile, is A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS RICHER, thanks to the miracle of compound interest.

We have reduced one of the worst aspects of inequality, but inequality itself remains intact, along with all the toxic, corrosive problems it creates.

The system remains rotten to the core.

Can we get the benefits of UBI while still addressing inequality?

Yes. Basic income remains a no-brainer. The problem is universality. We shouldn't give subsidies to rich people.

But that doesn't mean we should do means-testing.

Means-testing is humiliating and cruel. Universal services promote solidarity. Means-tested services are a form of Apartheid.

Imagine if you had to prove your poverty before you could go to a public library, or let your kid play in a public park or attend a public school.

But public parks, schools and libraries are a subsidy to the wealthy. We could insist they use country clubs, private schools and subscription libraries instead.

It's easy to understand how this ends: wealthy people use their political power to defund the public sphere.

The money they'd lose by having to pay for country clubs and private schools wouldn't reduce their spending power enough to prevent them from accumulating outsized political power.

To do that, we need to tax them.

That's what taxes are for: to reduce the private sector's spending power so that when the government creates new money to fund the programs we need, the new money isn't competing with the money that's already in circulation for the same goods, which creates inflation.

Governments, after all, don't pile up our tax money and then send it out again to pay for programs. When currency-issuing governments tax their citizens, they just annihilate that money. When they pay their citizens to do things like build roads, they create new money.

All the money in circulation is money the government has spent, but hasn't taxed out of existence  All the money you and I have to spend is the government's deficit. If governments don't run deficits (if they taxed as much as they spent), there'd be nothing left for us!

Federal taxes don't pay for programs, but they DO something important. They keep rich people from getting too rich - getting so rich that they can distort our political process.

High tax rates on top wages and wealth  solve the UBI vs BI conundrum without cruel means-testing. If you're rich, you get the UBI, but you lose it at tax-time; just like you get to use the library for free, but we tax away the money you saved by not going to the bookstore.

All of this also reveals the incompleteness of cash transfers. As powerful as this experiment was, it is even more exciting when combined with Housing First (if you think finding a home in a year is a good outcome, imagine how great getting a home TOMORROW will be!).

Likewise other progressive, universal programs like a Federal Job Guarantee, which would set a TRUE minimum wage - the wage every person who wants to work is guaranteed, irrespective of whether anyone in the private sector wants their labor.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/22/jobs-guarantee/#job-guarantee

Without such a guarantee, the true minimum wage is $0 - the price your labor fetches if no one in the private sector has a job for you.

Such universal programs must be complements to social programs like direct transfers, disability benefits, etc, not replacements for them.

When the current crisis is over we're going to face a massive unemployment and homelessness crisis. The private sector won't be able to solve it. The right's version of fixing this is workfare: Build Trump's wall or starve.

We need a powerful progressive alternative: grounded in caring, universality, and repairing the Earth. Direct transfers, housing first, and a jobs guarantee are policies that work:

Need money? Here's money.

Need a home? Here's a home.

Need a job? Here's a job.

If those sound expensive to you, consider the unbearable cost of mass poverty, homlessness and unemployment.

Image: Grendelkhan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homeless_encampment_near_I-580_onramp_in_Oakland.jpg

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How To Care For Goldfish

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How To Care For Goldfish

On This Page

How to Clean a Goldfish Bowl

I bought 2 goldfish, how exactly do I take care of them?

Caring for Your Goldfish in a Fish Bowl Without an Air Pump

Comet Goldfish Breeding, Care, Feeding Care Guide

F eeding Comet Goldfish

Aquarium mates of Comet Goldfish

How To Look After Fancy Cold Water Goldfish

How to Take Care of a Goldfish in a Bowl

Looking After Goldfish: Pet Care for Healthy Fish

Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Goldfish

Aquarium Care for Fantail Guppies

Shubunkin Goldfish: How to care for them properly

What Do Shubunkin Goldfish Look Like?

How to Clean a Goldfish Bowl

Many pet goldfish may not live as long as they should. Goldfish have the potential to live a decade or more, not a year or even just months. The reason for this shorter lifespan is due to improper care. Two common mistakes are overfeeding, and irregular water changes.

Can Betta fish live together with goldfish? Goldfish shouldn’t be kept with other tropical fish either. Since goldfish are very dirty, they need frequent water changes. First of all, they are both irritable species. This is because a typical goldfish grows up to 12 inches.

That was five years ago. It lived for a year or two, often less. Just because they can survive does not mean they should be subjected to this kind of treatment. I plan to buy a common goldfish from the shop, but I need to know the minimum tank size! What size tank do goldfish need?

Common goldfish (the ones you can win at folk festivals) are actually one of the largest goldfish species, reaching over 18 inches in length and weighing up to ten pounds. Even the smallest goldfish species reach between four and seven inches in length as adults. They are best suited to aquariums with a capacity of 20 gallons or more, not fish bowls. The size of your goldfish’s aquarium will affect its growth to some degree. Would-be are other factors to consider, such as the fish’s diet and its environment’s cleanliness. Dependent on the species and the factors mentioned above, a goldfish can grow up to one metre long or as small as two inches.

I bought 2 goldfish, how exactly do I take care of them?

Many of us can remember our childhood goldfish, won at the fair or bought from our parents, who carefully replaced dead fish with identical replacements hoping that we would never notice. As a result, many people still consider a jar to be a suitable environment for a goldfish. Although the term goldfish jar seems as obvious as a rabbit hutch, dog bed or cat flap, it is one of those labels, along with terms like bullfight and mousetrap, that refer to animals in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The best way to transfer a new goldfish to its new home is to leave it in the oxygen and water-filled bag that the pet shop employee put your new pet in. Just put it directly into the goldfish tank or tank and wait until the water temperatures are the same. Don’t forget him in the bag as he only has so much oxygen and if you leave him in there too long, he will probably suffocate and die. When the water temperatures are the same (10 to 15 minutes), carefully release the fish and the bag water into the new tank.

I did not buy this tank, but be careful if you do. This is a 10gal tank which is barely big enough for 1 goldfish. Goldfish can grow to an 8-12 inch depending on the species and should be kept in a 20gal, if we are honest. But if you decide to put a goldfish in here, only put one in as they produce large amounts of ammonia. Putting more than 1 in at a time would spell death in less than 2 weeks. If you decide to use a schooling fish, do not put more than 5 small fish such as barbs or guppies

Caring for Your Goldfish in a Fish Bowl Without an Air Pump

When you have many goldfish you have in a tank, more oxygen is needed to keep them healthy. Try adding an air pump to move the surface of the water. The air bubbles don’t really add oxygen, but moving the surface will help. The best solution to maximise the water’s oxygen is to follow the rule: The larger the surface area, the more oxygen in the water. For this reason, you should prefer a wide goldfish bowl to a tall, narrow one.

Although goldfish can make great pets and are easy to care for, it is important to recognise the signs of a sick or dying fish so that you can look after it. If your goldfish is just below the surface of the water or is gasping for air bubbles, it may be having trouble breathing. If this is the case, use a freshwater test kit to see if there is enough oxygen in the water. If not, you may need to repair or replace the air pump. You should also see if your fish has stopped interacting with things or is just resting on the bottom of the aquarium, which may be a sign of illness.

When caring for fish, goldfish need large, spacious tanks with clean water. Goldfish need filters and occasional air stones. Goldfish are related to carp and other cyprinids and don’t really need heating. Can I keep a goldfish in a tank? Do I need an air stone for my goldfish? Do goldfish need heating? Can a goldfish live without a filter or air pump? What do goldfish eat?

They are also practically schooling fish, which means you need to keep them in a group of about 5 or even more. White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Rosey Red Minnows and some Danios can comfortably share a goldfish tank. Goldfish are largely classified as cold-water fish by experts. Disadvantages of keeping pinto barbs with goldfish: Pinto barbs are just big enough, at about 2 inches, to live safely with goldfish. So look for goldfish breeds that are an excellent match.

Comet Goldfish Breeding, Care, Feeding Care Guide

Goldfish are sociable, show schooling behaviour and exhibit the same types of feeding behaviour. Goldfish can show similar behaviour when responding to their reflection in a mirror. Goldfish have a learned behaviour, both as a group and as individuals, derived from the behaviour of native carp. They are a generalist species with multiple feeding, breeding and predation avoidance behaviour that will contribute to their continued success. As fish, they can be described as “friendly” to each other. Very rarely does a goldfish injure another goldfish, nor do males injure females during breeding.

Feeding Comet Goldfish

Shubunkin goldfish spawn in the spring months. To simulate this natural tendency, lower the breeding tank’s temperature to 60°F (15.5°C). A good idea to increase the temperature by 3 degrees each day over the next few days until you reach 22°C. The colours of the males become brighter, and they chase the females. The males then poke the females into the plants (or pugs), which encourages them to lay their eggs.

Goldfish are one of the most popular group of fish in artificial tanks. They are particularly popular in the East. Thus, the Chinese tradition of keeping these fish goes back to ancient historical periods. There is no other fish species that has such a wide variety of breeding morphs. In our country, too, goldfish have been known for a long time (remember at least the goldfish from the story by A. S. Pushkin) and are considered a symbol of well-being and prosperity.

A swim bladder is a gas-filled sac inside most fish that controls their buoyancy in the water. Problems with the swim bladder cause fish to have difficulty swimming, which is common in fan-tail goldfish. Bacterial infections and air swallowing are thought to be common causes of swim bladder problems. Feeding a varied diet can help with prevention. Swim bladder problems are usually not life-threatening but can be a symptom of a more serious condition. If a fish is suffering badly for more than a day or two, it may be worthwhile to use a swim bladder medication.

A varied diet will maximise the health of your goldfish (Carassius auratus). A mixture of special goldfish flakes and granules

Aquarium mates of Comet Goldfish

When temperatures are high, nobody keeps coldwater fish. Likewise, in areas of the planet where the climate means even an unheated aquarium runs at tropical temperatures, it’s often common practice to stay fancy goldfish in with surprisingly different tank mates like a discus. Given the fragile nature of a number of the highly bred sorts of goldfish, we will see that a pleasant warm tank may be a great environment for them and that they will often thrive.

Goldfish are probably the most misunderstood aquarium fish out there. Even though it is the most popular aquarium fish in the world, few people have a clear understanding of these fish. Nothing demonstrates this more than the topic of tankmates. It immediately generates a reaction of ‘nothing can go with goldfish, they are coldwater’. This is wrong in many ways.

The comet goldfish, also known as Carassius auratus auratus has been with us since the end of the 1800s. Hugo mulertt is credited with the selective breeding program which led to the creation of this fish from wild Prussian carps. Since then it has taken the aquarium hobby by storm and this shows no signs of stopping. They are well received in the hobby because of their hardiness and vibrant colours. A healthy comet can live up to 14 years old and grow up to 12 in length.

Plants for goldfish like tank mates are tricky. You have a number of things working against you when it comes to them. Because goldfish like cold water that is 7-8 in ph, this eliminates the majority of tropical aquarium plants available for sale. Goldfish also love to gobble up plants. They will eat just about any plant you stick in the tank. Another factor is that goldfish stir up the substrate, which means that if you have any rooted plants that need to be established in your substrate, it is likely that your goldfish will dig it out.

How To Look After Fancy Cold Water Goldfish

Q: How much can a goldfish weigh? a: Adult goldfish can weigh up to 4.5 kg (10 lbs), but this is rare. However, it is not unrealistic for a goldfish to weigh 2.25 kg (5 lbs). Q: Do goldfish have ears? a: Goldfish have ears, but not like you and me. They have inner ear bones called otoliths that can feel vibrations. Avoid tapping on the glass as this can stress or even kill them. Q: Do goldfish have lungs? a: Goldfish do not have lungs. Goldfish breathe by sucking in oxygenated water through their mouths.

Many potential aquarium mates are ruled out right off the bat because they cannot sleep in a similar temperature range as goldfish. Goldfish are classified as “cold-water fish”. Technically this term is incorrect, but most people within the hobby refer to them as temperate fish that prefer to live in a temperature range between 65° and 75°f (18°-24°c).

I have had 2 armoured catfish in my goldfish tank for two months, and they get on well together! Is this ok? Corys need to be kept preferably in a group of at least six to feel comfortable. I wouldn’t recommend it for keeping them with goldfish, but I’m no expert either. Good luck! Beautiful fish. I think peppered corals do well in colder water temperatures. I would double-check that the species you have likes the temperature of your tank, to be sure. Goldfish should not eat them as corals grow large and have these spines.

A fish with a characteristic arched back, prolonged, sensitive to temperature parameters, does not tolerate cold. All species of goldfish are targeted in spacious open or artificial reservoirs. The optimal temperature is 20. 25 degrees Celsius. The ph-value should be 6. 9-7. 2. water hardness. From 8 units. Among the goldfish, there are cold-blooded individuals. These include the telescope and some other elongated subspecies.

How to Take Care of a Goldfish in a Bowl

If you think of the goldfish you saw in bowls as a child, at a friend’s house, or even at school, they were probably subjected to the “classic goldfish care”. This care was essentially water + fish + bowl, and then they were done! Of course, the other side of this “care” was replacing the goldfish every 1-3 months after it died.

Don Hurst estimates that he has given away millions of goldfish at fairs over the last 25 years. Fairgoers win a fish in a plastic bag by throwing a ping-pong ball into a bowl. Since Hurst sells eight balls for a dollar and 20 for two dollars, the odds of winning are pretty good. Hurst believes that most of the fish he puts out will make it home. But how long they live afterwards depends on how they are cared for. Optimal conditions include a tank with a cover, the right kind of water, a filtration system and sunlight.

The fancy goldfish has been misrepresented over the years. People believe that it needs little or no care and can thrive in a tank. In reality, however, the goldfish has just as many needs as any other tropical fish: good water quality, temperature, good filtration and good food. It is important to understand the needs of your goldfish to keep it happy and healthy.

Looking After Goldfish: Pet Care for Healthy Fish

Answer: Feed quantity and quality is the key to correct goldfish care. It has a direct effect on your fish’s health. When goldfish food is analysed, it has been found to contain more carbohydrates than others, and it contains less protein than other fish foods. Local pet shops already have ready-made goldfish food, so you shouldn’t just take any food. Can be the form of flakes, pellets or a mixture of both.

There is no clear answer to this question. In their natural state, these fish eat small meals throughout the day and are healthy. Smaller meals at shorter intervals are easier on the digestive tract. Small meals include a few flakes or pellets per fish. Observing behaviour during feeding time will help owners know if their animals need more food. If the goldfish still seem to be in a frenzy when all the food is gone, they may need a little more at the next feeding. It is important to watch all the fish individually to see if they are getting their fair share.

Fish used to be sold as low-maintenance pets, but the reality is that keeping them and keeping them healthy requires a lot more care than the average cat. If you are getting a fish for a child, be aware that the costs involved can exceed those of the average family mogul who needs good food, a few vaccinations, flea and worm treatments and a warm lap.

Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Goldfish

Goldfish are undoubtedly among the most popular aquarium fish globally and are typically the first to enter to the mind of beginners when they consider setting up an aquarium. And for a good reason. Goldfish are extremely common, making them cheap and easy to find, and information about their care is readily available. With that being said, people who are more likely to venture into the world of tropical fish keeping are often left wondering if one goldfish or more could survive in their tropical tank, and the answer, as with many things, is not really that simple.

After reading this guide, you should know if the Comet Goldfish is the right fish for your aquarium. They bring both a vibrant personality and bright colours to your aquarium. Just remember that they can grow substantial, although they can be as small as 2 inches as juveniles. While they are not demanding to keep, they require a large tank, which generally means they are not suitable for beginners.

Provides simple information on caring for a goldfish, including feeding, cleaning the tank and what to do if they are sick.

Fish are the jewel in any pond. Their beautiful colours will brighten up your garden oasis, and you, your children and your guests will love watching them dart around the rocks and plants. And they are the easiest pets you will ever own. Pond fish like koi and goldfish don’t require much more than food and shelter for all the fun they provide.

Aquarium Care for Fantail Guppies

The care of ornamental goldfish is very similar to that of other goldfish, except that they can be kept quite easily in aquaria. Goldfish ideally should be kept at least in pairs, and a 29-gallon tank is a minimum for two smaller goldfish, such as pearl scales, fanfish or ranchu. On the other hand, some ornamental fish, such as orangas, reach 10 or more inches in length and require a 40-gallon minimum.

Freshwater aquariums are very colourful. The planted plants, including ornamental fish, snails, crayfish and shrimp, swim and play make it a real water garden. Are crustaceans suitable in a fish tank? Aquarists recommend carefully selecting fish that is placed in a freshwater shrimp tank. The compatibility of shrimp with guppies, some species of catfish and zebra danios have been proven. Shrimp is a delicious delicacy for much freshwater fish. So you want to create a friendly aquatic nursery in your own home where there is no room for hunting and hostility, read the information on who is acceptable for shrimp.

The Ryukin goldfish from the Ryukyu Islands is a popular goldfish bred in Japan. It looks similar to the fan-tailed goldfish but is set apart by a distinctive hump on the head’s back that raises the dorsal fin. The long tail fins can have three or four lobes, with the three-lobed ryukin having what the Japanese call a “cherry blossom tail”. There are several goldfish species of ryukin, the Yamagata Kingyo, Sabao and Tamasaba, which have been bred to have only a single caudal fin.

Guppies are another common tropical aquarium fish. Other names they are called by are million fish and rainbowfish. They are one of the best beginner fish for pet owners or hobbyists to start with. Their colourful bodies add excitement to aquariums. They are inexpensive and also fairly easy to keep. Guppies can live happily in a 5 gallon to 10-gallon size tank.

Shubunkin Goldfish: How to care for them properly

Goldfish kept alone need a lot of space. Common goldfish is best not to keep comets and shubunkins together with ornamental goldfish. Also, some ornamental goldfish such as Orandas, Black Moors and Fantails should not be kept together with other ornamental fish species such as Ranchus. The main reason for this is that the faster fish may eat all the food before the slower, more delicate species can get their share. Nipping fins can also be a factor and something the more petite and slower goldfish cannot avoid.

Having goldfish is great. They swim around in their tanks and are so happy as if they don’t have to worry about anything in the world. Of course, in most cases, they don’t. As long as you look after them, anyway. They don’t have bills to pay, they don’t have to hunt for food themselves, and they don’t have to worry about disposing of their waste. What better life could a fish ask for?

Goldfish have wonderful personalities that really shine through when you look after them properly. They are also intelligent enough to recognise their owners and get particularly excited when begging for food.

Caring for your goldfish should be done according to their basic needs. Even though they are recommended for beginners, these magnificent representatives of the underwater world have their own peculiarities of the aquarium contents. It would be best to take care of each representative of the different subspecies in its own way. There are only native goldfish for which the temperature of the environment and their other characteristics are important. Consider how to keep each species properly and who can survive outdoors.

What Do Shubunkin Goldfish Look Like?

Obtaining a regular goldfish is one of the easiest ways to give your goldfish a new aquarium buddy. Your fish may need another goldfish to combat loneliness. You can add different varieties of goldfish to the tank if you are looking for variation. Goldfish come in a large range of colours. You may have seen one in orange, yellow, red, gold, silver and white. Regular goldfish, shubunkins and comets are all excellent choices for building a community tank.

There are three main types of goldfish that have only one tail: Common, Comet, Shubunkin. The common goldfish are the classic orange ones you see at fairs or pet shops for 7-20 cents. Comet goldfish tend to have the same colour variations as common goldfish, although there are a few more white and yellow ones or ones with coloured spots.

Goldfish are hardy fish. However, like all other fish, they are attacked by Ich. The nasty parasite also shows up in shubunkins. You will notice your fish scratching at the tank walls and decorations, trying to scrape off the white spots. These white spots can spread, open and cause further infection from the water’s bacteria if you do not treat them immediately.

The best-known goldfish breeds to date include the veil tail, riukin, telescope, lion head, redcap, pearl mussel, shubunkin. They are popular mainly because of their undemanding nature and ability to live in conditions with low temperatures. Goldfish Compatible Fishes Socialising other cold-water fish with goldfish is not a simple matter of going to the pet shop, buying anything that can survive in cold water, and socialising it with goldfish. A whole world of problems awaits those who think it is anything other than advanced goldfish keeping. It is worth pointing out that narrow-breasted and thick-breasted goldfish species should ideally not be kept together. The narrow-breasted goldfish, such as common, comet and shubunkin, will have eaten all the food before the fat-breasted goldfish (most ornamental goldfish) realise it is time to feed.

Caring for your Fish Not every goldfish will stay small. Comet goldfish, Sarasa, shubunkin and koi are pond-dwelling fish that outgrow smaller environments quickly. A goldfish housed in a tank that is too small will develop life-threatening health problems. The average size of an adult comet, Sarasa or shubunkin, is 18 – 25 cm (7 – 10 in). Double-tailed or fan-tailed species can be bred in small aquariums, provided they are not overpopulated. There are numerous species from which to choose. They will have egg-shaped bodies with numerous different fin shapes. The colours range from red to orange, white or black, calico or any other combination in a fish.

The shubunkin goldfish comes in two varieties (London shubunkin and Bristol shubunkin). Its body looks similar to that of the common or comet goldfish, but its colours are very similar to fancy goldfish. It has a caudal fin, a dorsal fin and paired pectoral and pelvic fins. The Bristol is larger, and its caudal fin is rounder than that of London.

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The Voice

It looks like a scene out of a horror movie. The dirty shag carpet is covered in blood splatters and broken glass. The paintings of calm landscapes that hung on the wall have been slashed to ribbons. A light in the far corner of the room is flickering, having been busted at some point during the conflict. The sound of groans leak from behind the barricaded doors and windows, accompanied by load thumps and the occasional scream from somewhere in the distance. The windows have been covered with wet toilet paper, blocking the view into the clinic. Desks and chairs have been pushed in front of the locked wooden door; they are the only thing keeping the hoard of beasts at bay.

Abrams glances around the waiting room, observing his companions. To say everyone in the room is a wreck would be a drastic understatement. They had managed to push the creatures back but at great cost. Only five people, including himself, had survived the first wave. The first is a young woman, in her mid-twenties by the looks of it, with a septum piecing. The second is a middle-aged man with bright, eed hair. The last two are a young couple, a dark haired girl and a tall boy, sobbing and clinging onto each other for dear life. Each one of them is covered in scratches and blood stains; in much better condition than the various mutilated bodies that litter the floor. They look terrified; he is sure that he appears the same to them.

Abrams couldn’t have anticipated what the day would bring when he woke up that morning. When he had arrived at the fertility clinic earlier that day, he had been expecting another bland day at work. It had started off that way, at the very least. The clinic had opened on schedule and a few patients came and went with no issues. Then, around noon, they heard the screams. Outside the building, it sounded like the entire city was under attack, cries of pain and the sound of breaking glass filling the air. Some of the staff rushed outside, trying to find out what was happening. Abrams had watched through the windows as they were torn apart. The creatures...they were like nothing he had ever seen before. They were like no horror he’d ever read about in his H.P. Lovecraft books.

Suddenly, Abrams becomes aware of how quiet it’s gotten. The other survivors seem to have noticed as well, glancing around the room uncertainly. The shrieks and moans from outside have suddenly stopped. It feels as if the entire world has gone completely silent. The only noise Abrams can hear is his own breathing. Then, from outside the barricade door, they hear a voice. “Please, let me in!” The voice is that of an older woman. It sounds so familiar, Abrams just can’t put his finger on it. Everyone remains silent. “They’ve gone for now but they will be back soon! Please, let me in! Before they tear me apart!” Now Abrams recognizes that voice; it’s his mother. He’s about to run toward the door when he hears the girl with the septum piercing speaks up. “Dad, is that you?” Her voice is hoarse from screaming.

Abrams pauses, eyebrows furrowing. No, she couldn’t have heard right. The girl has to be mistaken. The voice is clearly that of a woman; of his mother. “Let me in. Please, please let me in.” The voice pleas. The other survivors’ eyes widen. “That’s my grandmother.” The dark haired girl says. Her boyfriend shakes his head, seeming just as confused as Abrams. “No, that’s my father.” The red haired man, who has remained silent up to his point, gets to his feet and moves towards the door. Abrams is instantly on his feet, blocking his path. The red haired man frowns, trying to move past him. “That’s my grandfather out there! Move out of the way!” He growls. “Something isn’t right! Everyone is hearing someone different! Doesn’t that strike you as odd?” The red haired man shakes his head, trying to shove past him again. “I know my grandfather's voice!”

The voice behind the door shifts, tone becoming less frantic and more angry. “Let me in! Don’t you hear me? They’re going to tear me apart! Let me in! Let me in!” There is a harsh pounding at the door. The force behind the knocks makes Abrams cringe; it sounds loud enough to break through the wood. This doesn’t happen, though the knocking continues endlessly. By now the red haired man has paused, eyes widening. “M-My grandfather has never yelled like that...” He murmurs. As the furious screams and pounding continues, the rest of the group becomes more and more uneasy. Abrams still hears his mother’s voice, though her loving and soft tone as been replaced by inhuman screeching. It is uttering words his mother would never dare speak. “Damn you! Selfish, that’s what you are! My blood is on your hands! It will be your fault when they catch me! It will be your fault when I die! Damn you!”

Then, without warning, the screaming stops. All is quiet once again. The dark haired woman is choking back a sob, burrowing her forehead into her boyfriend’s neck. The red haired man stands next to Abram, warily staring at the door. The girl with the septum is fumbling with an inhaler, hoping to calm her rapid breathing. There is a knock at the door, this time accompanied by a different voice. It’s a deep voice, seemingly male, that rolls like thunder. “Your friend is smart.” It says. It sends a chill down Abrams spine; he feels like he’s going to be sick. “Well, no matter. Eventually, you will let me in. Everyone opens the door with time. Why prolong the inevitable? Why not just open the door now? That would be quicker, wouldn’t it? It must be awfully uncomfortable in there...” It purrs.

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