pondnewbe said:
ok well i dont have as cool of a tank as you do but my i also have a pond that the dog sits with his head over this is only a temp home for the goldies hopefully i can talk my arents into getting some other fish for it in the spring
First of all, I think your dog is really cute.
Secondly, it's not about 'you win.' We know how hard it can be to keep fish in overcrowded conditions without harming their health or even losing them. You know from experience, I'm sure, how messy goldies are, how much waste they produce. Everybody here just wants you to have a good fishkeeping experience.
Maybe you'll get some money for Christmas (if you celebrate it, if not, my bad) and can find an inexpensive second tank (try craigslist and local ads), or at the very least, a way more powerful filter to deal with your goldies' waste products. In the meantime, you can do daily water changes and make sure the filter isn't getting all gunked up and clogged.
Don't get discouraged. Most of us here feel obligated to point out obvious problems we see with tanks. That doesn't mean that anybody thinks you don't care about your fish, and it sure doesn't mean that we don't want you around here. Much the opposite. The more we read and share, the better fishkeepers we can become. And every one of us can learn something from others, no exceptions.
EDIT: Here's an idea: How about a big ol' rubbermaid tub to keep your goldies in? A lot of people do this over the winter. You can just hang a filter over the side, and you could keep one or two of them in the little tank so you could enjoy watching them. It'd probably be a lot cheaper than putting in another aquarium, and come springtime when they go back to the pond, probably lots easier to store too.