A man has been chronicling the story of how he saved a goldfish that mysteriously appeared on his lawn. Ben Beska took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to write a long post explaining his current situation. “So today I found a goldfish just on the grass in my back garden.
It was alive, I think, and have absolutely no idea where it came from. There’s no ponds anywhere near. So I took it inside.
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” his first post read, along with a photo of the goldfish sitting in the grass. His post on X continued as he mentioned that the fish was alive after putting it in a water-filled freezer drawer turned into a make-shift tank. “It was alive! Although not very happy in an old freezer drawer,” Beska’s thread continued.
“Much happier in an actual and hastily bought tank. Anyway I have a fish now,” he showed off the goldfish again, this time in a smaller tank. However, despite what appeared to be a good deed, many people ended up criticizing Beska under the post, explaining that the goldfish needs a bigger tank or it won’t grow properly, along with other fish-caring techniques he should keep in mind.
“A tank needs time to cycle properly in order to process fish waste. You can buy bacteria to help speed up the process but in the mean time make sure you do very frequent water changes with properly treated water in order to keep it alive,” one comment read. “That’s not a goldfish, that’s a koi fish.
You need a bigger tank or a pond or it won’t grow any larger,” .
