Article: If you want it to be Christmas-related, a snowman or pine tree might work. If it's for a birthday, try a small toy. For a personalized snow globe, try a heavily laminated photo, glued to a cork or another base. Make sure your figure is waterproof and fits on the jar lid and inside the jar. Ensure there's a good flat surface to glue down. Ceramic or plastic are good bets. If you're not sure, place your figurine in a bowl of water for a few hours and see if anything happens. You can also make your own figure out of sculpey clay. It's easy to find in craft stores and comes in a variety of colors. Any size can work, from a baby food jar to a spaghetti sauce jar to a large mason jar. Make sure there are no cracks and that it can be closed tightly. Test out the seal on your jar ahead of time. Fill it with water, close it tightly and turn it overnothing should leak out. Wash your jar with hot, soapy water, remove any labels or glue remaining, and make sure it's totally dry before proceeding. You'll also need a place your craft can dry overnight, undisturbed. Once you've got a figure and a jar, try placing it in different positions to figure out what looks best and which side you should glue down. Most craft stores or general retailers will have anything you don't already have at home. Besides a jar and a figurine, you'll also need: Waterproof craft glue or epoxy Glitter or fake snow Bottled water, which is less likely to cloud up Glycerin or baby oil (optional, but it thickens the water and makes the "snow" fall more slowly)
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Pick a theme. Find a good jar. Gather your supplies.
Article: Because goldfish produce more waste than other fish, you'll need a really strong filtration system. You'll need a very strong flow rate, which is the amount of water filtered per hour. Pick a filtration system that moves at least five and as much as ten times the volume of your tank per hour. Although both internal and external filtration systems will do the trick, you're more likely to get that kind of flow rate with an external system. If you are using a twenty-gallon tank, you'll need a flow rate of 100-200 gallons per hour. If you have a forty-gallon tank, you'll need a flow rate of 200-400 gallons per hour. Undergravel filters are only recommended if you're on a budget or if you're keeping sharpness sensitive goldfish such as the Bubble Eye. Canister filters are best for large tanks. Fill a bucket halfway up with fish-safe aquarium gravel. Run water over the gravel and agitate it with your hands. You should see dirt and sediment rising up from the gravel. Dump out the sediment and rinse it again. When it looks clean, you can add three or four inches to the bottom of the tank. If you are using an undergravel filter, you'll need to install it prior to adding the gravel. A recommended gravel size is 1/8'' (3 mm). Goldfish tend to put small gravel in their mouth, so you should avoid smaller gravel sizes. Pick some colorful rocks from your aquarium store, such as slate or red shale. Put the decorative rocks on top of the gravel. If you have any other special scenery, you can add it at this time. Run some clean, cold, dechlorinated water into a bucket. Pour the water into the tank. At this point, you'll want to make adjustments to the scenery. Try to make sure the fish have some hiding places but also plenty of room to swim around. If you have some plants that need to be secured in the gravel, you could make those adjustments. Fill a bucket with clean, cold water. Pour it into the tank until the water is close to the top of the tank. At this point, you can make any necessary adjustments to the filtration tubes. For instance, if you have an undergravel filter, you'll want to make sure the lift tubes are halfway in and halfway out of the water. Before putting the fish in the tank, turn the water pump on your filtration system on and keep it running for several minutes. This will allow the water to cycle through and become circulated. You can also add in a few drops of water conditioner to neutralize the chemicals in the water. Although goldfish can withstand relatively cool temperatures, you'll need to keep your tank warm to encourage strong growth and overall health. However, if you plan to breed your goldfish, you'll need to introduce seasonal variations in water temperature. Use either an internal or an external aquarium thermometer to measure temperature. If you want to breed your goldfish, keep the temperature at 10 Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) during the winter months. In the spring, raise the temperature to somewhere between 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and 23 Celsius (74 Fahrenheit) to encourage breeding. Don't let the temperature go above 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). Your goldfish will get stressed out if the temperature gets that high. Avoid extreme fluctuations in water temperature.
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Install a filtration system with a strong flow rate. Add three to four inches of gravel to the bottom of the tank. Decorate the tank with rocks and scenery. Fill the tank halfway with cold water. Fill the tank all the way up with clean water. Turn on the water pump. Keep your tank at a temperature of 23 Celsius (74 Fahrenheit).
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