Keeping a vase/bowl upside down in my goldfish aquarium

**BingBand** · 10-30-2011, 06:55 PM

I have a 30 gallon aquarium with a young oranda and ryukin - I was trying to decorate it very simple and kind of zen-like. I have had a glass vase in the aquarium with a plastic flower for a few weeks and it looked really nice - but today, my goldies decided they like hanging out inside the vase - the problem is once they get in, they can't get out - So I was wondering if I could keep the vase in the tank upside down - would that be bad as far as water quality/circulation goes? Could it breed a freak bacteria? I change the water and vacuum the bottom once a week - THANKS!!!

**sheamurai** · 10-30-2011, 07:04 PM

I think I'd try gluing some screen or mesh or maybe a plant across the mouth so they can't get in, or some other decorative thing, rather than turning it upside down.

**frefal13** · 10-30-2011, 07:18 PM

I would also try something other than turning it upside down. I don't know that anything would happen to it since it would never be exposed to air but having water the is not circulating throughout the tank would worry me.

**Aeonflame** · 10-30-2011, 07:29 PM

Turning it upside down would decrease the volume of water in the tank by the volume of the vase. That doesn't make sense, especially since the vase is purely aesthetic.

**BingBand** · 10-30-2011, 07:34 PM

yea - I'll probably remove it - thanks!

**Lady Hobbs** · 10-30-2011, 09:50 PM

If fish are getting stuck in a decoration, simply remove it. It's not worth killing a fish to have a decoration and a tank is decorated for them, not us, unfortunately.

The oranda will get much too large for a 30 gallon.