RD>         My son (aged 9) has five comet goldfish.  Filthy? A grease trap 
 RD>         is cleaner!  Ones 14 inches long & has these pencil sized.... 
 RD>         Needless to say, I moved two to a ten & clean his twenty on 
 RD>         a weekly, 75% water change, scrub the power filter schedual just 
 RD>         to keep his room smelling like a sewer pit. 
Nine is old enough to dig a pond in the backyard.  Don't you agree? 
Robby
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