What kind of fish could i put in a bowl without a pump?

[Miss.Mellaniee]

I want a little fish in my room, but i dont want a goldfish, cus they smell bad and i dont want a beta cus i've already had some and i had to flush them. So, my question is, what kind of fish would be abled to survive without a pump? Other than a goldfish and beta?

Thanks a lot, (L)

-Mellaniee (;
Noo, i mean like most people who have goldfish have them in a round bowl, and you can get betta tanks, there pretty cool but i want to know if there is another type of fish that can go in a bowl, without a filter.

[Sibyl]

Unless you are willing to invest in an aquarium with a filter and heater you have no options. Bowls do not satisfy the needs of any fish and are commonly referred to as deathtraps for a reason.

ALL fish require filtration, appropriate swimming space, and many require heating.

For future reference:
1. Bettas require about a 5 gallon tank, gentle filtration, and an aquarium heater to maintain their water temperature between a proper tropical range of 78F-82F. They can live 5-7 years.

2. Goldfish should be kept in nothing less than 20 gallons and have heavy filtration to accommodate their adult size and bioload<--this set up supports only one fancy goldfish. Goldfish are capable of living over 20 years.
-Goldfish will suffer from suffocation, ammonia poisoning, overall poor water quality, eventual stunting, and ultimately a severely reduced lifespan when kept in a bowl.

~EDIT~
Bowls are animal cruelty so no fish should be housed in a bowl. Any knowledgeable fish keeper who cares about their fish would never house any fish in a bowl.

[Purple Power Ranger]

betta thats all. other fish need a real tank in order to live! bettas are just not big swimmers they just sit there pretty much so thats the only fish!

[yoyo]

I'm very sorry, but betta is the only fish that can do that. if you take care of it, it could live very long. if iwere you try again with a betta

[Junaid]

no fish can live its whole life in a bowl with no filter or source of oxygen or now water movement. you are just torturing all the fish you buy to a slow and painful death. no fish AND I REPEAT NO fish can live in a bowl with no source of filteration and lack of oxygen.
soo many sad people on this site. if you could just invest a little money and a little time researching you could enjoy keeping pet fish instead of having them dieng painful deaths.

[fishie]

they should have taken bowls off the market shelves a long time ago.
it is not wright to keep any fish without a filter, of course you will get all sorts of Muppet's telling you its fine keep a betta or a gold fish i would like to say one thing to this sort of answer people who write this rubbish would you like to survive in a toilet you could for a bit but would you be happy and free from disease (i don't think so).
the best advise any one can give you at this stage is get a book on your chosen fish and then get a tank with a filter and then cycle the filter before adding fish good luck.
hope this helps

[marissa]

betta is all i can think of.

[sidni0]

if you can properly take care of a fish with a heater, air pump, filter and a big roomy aquarium than any fish would be fine.i don't advise you keeping a fish in a bowl unless you want to flush more fish.