Annette - 2010-09-29 I have 4 Comets in a large outdoor pond. I am finding that I have to sell my home and move to an apt. Can I move the fish from the pond to a tank so that I can take them with me?
Linda B. - 2010-09-26 Hello there... Thank you so much for this web site! We are total novice comet keepers! Earlier in the summer we got 6 of the comets to put in our two rain "barrels"... sort of huge plastic tubs really... (3 in each one) to combat the mosquito larvae. It was a pretty good success all summer until a raccoon managed to get in about a month and wipe most of them out. I added fresh rain water every day to create bubbles, and then changed the water when it rained. Everyone seemed so happy until the raccoon came and the comets seemed happy to gobble up the larvae. Now we have just bought a nice aquarium to have the one survivor and his six new friends entertain us inside through the winter. Does anyone have any success stories about outdoor comets and their predators they could share with us? I am hoping we can put them back out again next spring.
L Campbell - 2010-08-30 I have a 700 gallon pond at the base of a four foot waterfall. The pond is at least four feet deep and ten feet in diameter. The water is secured from a well and is not filtered. The pool is populated with 15 comet gold fish. Do I need a filter and ultra violent light for algae? Also since placing the fish several days ago we seldom see them and have not been able to feed them. They don't seem eager to be fed. Is this a problem?
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Lauren - 2010-09-04 Fish can take a while to adjust to their new environment. There is a common misconception that goldfish have a three second memory span, but this is not true. Studies show that a goldfish can remember things from over three months earlier. They are scared right now and getting used to their new home. Also since goldfish are prey animals, they need places to hide. Little caves and plants will do the trick. This will lower their stress levels and give them a longer lifespan. Whenever I get a new fish they won't eat for a few days. Sounds normal!
Lisa - 2010-09-04 I have a pond full of Koi and Sarasa comets. My friend says that she believes most of the babies are comets, if not all. The babies range from orange, orange red, white and red, black and orange, black, white, red and white, orange and white, yellow. I know to tell the difference between the Koi and Comets, find whiskers if you can catch them, not easy. So my question is, can Sarasa have so many different colors? These babies range in size up to 3 inches. Oh yeah, I have bluish and dark gray ones too.
jose - 2010-03-19 I have had two comet goldfish for over a year and they are 3inches long. They are in a five1/2 gallon tank with a good biological filter, and they r playful and active. Can they still grow bigger? how can they grow faster?
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Chris - 2010-08-27 If you have a smaller tank, then it will stunt their growth. Unless, you get a bigger one, then yes they could grow an inch a year maybe, but yours sound like they are doing good. I have a 6 year old comet and he should be more than 3 inches long. But when he was younger he was in a 10 gallon tank with 7 others. Now it's just him and a little guy and he's grown 1/2 inch in about a month.
johan - 2010-08-16 I have a cichlid and community fish tank. I bought three comet gold fish about half an inch big for food and only 1 survived so I decided to keep it and now it's 8 in big and it one of my favorite fish in my community tank lol.
Orford NY - 2010-05-03 I have two new 2" comets in a circular 30 gallon outdoor pond. As its sides are only around 12" high I have provided a fairly large covered area made up of old broken pots (all sanitised) to give them protection from any passing predators like birds and the ever intrigued neighbourhood cats. Though apparently healthy and content when coming out to feed, they rarely spend much time swimming around in the vast open area available,(comparible to thier current size) but instead tend to prefer spending 90% of the time under my seemingly too successful shelter. ls this normal for young newly housed goldfish? Will they relax and swim more freely when they are more confident in their surroundings? I am loathed to remove the shelter just to see more of them as they clearly like it and are far safer from predators with it in place.
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Chris - 2010-07-08 Well if you just put them in then that could be why, but it is a fishes natural instinct to hide when out in an open area. But after a while they should be fine...
richie - 2010-04-30 My comet goldfish is kept in a 50 gallon tank and he stays at the top by the filter I just want to know why?
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Chris - 2010-07-07 I'm no expert but I've seen that this is my guess, If you haven't looked up the body form of a fish there's' I want to say it's there bladder. Well at some points the bladder swells and de-swells. I think it was the amount of air in the water, that had a lot to do with the fish blowing it up the bladder, so it will float then I've noticed with my fish is that if you DON"T feed them that seem to stay at there normal swimming area. But still feed them just like every other day and just a little.
Si Chen - 2010-06-13 I have comet and koi goldfish. I bought about 30 of them one day, and over night, 13 died :(. the temperature and ph seem to be fine, I bought a huge filter on the same day (a few got stuck to it unfortunately) and I'm not sure how long they will survive. What should I do?
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Chris - 2010-07-07 Well how big is your tank? And if you din't already know, but goldfish are the most dirty fish. And say you have a big or small tank your ammonia may not be good. And if that's not good then yes your fish WOULD, die. You can get a tester kit at Petco, for only I think I paid $10 for it, but it works! Hope this helped.
paul richards - 2009-07-31 Comet goldfish have a very long life span. Mine is 9 inches and is 10 years old. I have him in a 55 gallon aquarium all by himself (the other 2 calico'c died 2 years before his 10th year in my tank). The fish has great character and I am still trying to find another 7 inch goldfish. They are great pets!
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Ashley - 2010-06-07 My Harry "Gill" is 10 as well (I won him playing mini-golf in 2000), and also has 55 gallons to himself! He's been a bachelor since Sally passed away her first week. I've tried getting him other friends, but he has made it very clear he prefers the single life... We keep him busy with lots of toys (like the R2 fish school which we all love and his bubbling alligator he likes to feed rocks to!) and new decor each holiday. I agree they are full of character, hearty, long-lived and make great pets!
The Comet Goldfish is much like the common goldfish, but is a more reddish orange color and has a much longer, deeper forked tail fin!
I have 4 Comets in a large outdoor pond. I am finding that I have to sell my home and move to an apt. Can I move the fish from the pond to a tank so that I can take them with me?
Hello there... Thank you so much for this web site! We are total novice comet keepers! Earlier in the summer we got 6 of the comets to put in our two rain "barrels"... sort of huge plastic tubs really... (3 in each one) to combat the mosquito larvae. It was a pretty good success all summer until a raccoon managed to get in about a month and wipe most of them out. I added fresh rain water every day to create bubbles, and then changed the water when it rained. Everyone seemed so happy until the raccoon came and the comets seemed happy to gobble up the larvae. Now we have just bought a nice aquarium to have the one survivor and his six new friends entertain us inside through the winter. Does anyone have any success stories about outdoor comets and their predators they could share with us? I am hoping we can put them back out again next spring.
I have a 700 gallon pond at the base of a four foot waterfall. The pond is at least four feet deep and ten feet in diameter. The water is secured from a well and is not filtered. The pool is populated with 15 comet gold fish. Do I need a filter and ultra violent light for algae? Also since placing the fish several days ago we seldom see them and have not been able to feed them. They don't seem eager to be fed. Is this a problem?
Fish can take a while to adjust to their new environment. There is a common misconception that goldfish have a three second memory span, but this is not true. Studies show that a goldfish can remember things from over three months earlier. They are scared right now and getting used to their new home. Also since goldfish are prey animals, they need places to hide. Little caves and plants will do the trick. This will lower their stress levels and give them a longer lifespan. Whenever I get a new fish they won't eat for a few days. Sounds normal!
I have a pond full of Koi and Sarasa comets. My friend says that she believes most of the babies are comets, if not all. The babies range from orange, orange red, white and red, black and orange, black, white, red and white, orange and white, yellow. I know to tell the difference between the Koi and Comets, find whiskers if you can catch them, not easy. So my question is, can Sarasa have so many different colors? These babies range in size up to 3 inches. Oh yeah, I have bluish and dark gray ones too.
I have had two comet goldfish for over a year and they are 3inches long. They are in a five1/2 gallon tank with a good biological filter, and they r playful and active. Can they still grow bigger? how can they grow faster?
If you have a smaller tank, then it will stunt their growth. Unless, you get a bigger one, then yes they could grow an inch a year maybe, but yours sound like they are doing good. I have a 6 year old comet and he should be more than 3 inches long. But when he was younger he was in a 10 gallon tank with 7 others. Now it's just him and a little guy and he's grown 1/2 inch in about a month.
I have a cichlid and community fish tank. I bought three comet gold fish about half an inch big for food and only 1 survived so I decided to keep it and now it's 8 in big and it one of my favorite fish in my community tank lol.
I have two new 2" comets in a circular 30 gallon outdoor pond. As its sides are only around 12" high I have provided a fairly large covered area made up of old broken pots (all sanitised) to give them protection from any passing predators like birds and the ever intrigued neighbourhood cats. Though apparently healthy and content when coming out to feed, they rarely spend much time swimming around in the vast open area available,(comparible to thier current size) but instead tend to prefer spending 90% of the time under my seemingly too successful shelter. ls this normal for young newly housed goldfish? Will they relax and swim more freely when they are more confident in their surroundings? I am loathed to remove the shelter just to see more of them as they clearly like it and are far safer from predators with it in place.
Well if you just put them in then that could be why, but it is a fishes natural instinct to hide when out in an open area. But after a while they should be fine...
My comet goldfish is kept in a 50 gallon tank and he stays at the top by the filter I just want to know why?
I'm no expert but I've seen that this is my guess, If you haven't looked up the body form of a fish there's' I want to say it's there bladder. Well at some points the bladder swells and de-swells. I think it was the amount of air in the water, that had a lot to do with the fish blowing it up the bladder, so it will float then I've noticed with my fish is that if you DON"T feed them that seem to stay at there normal swimming area. But still feed them just like every other day and just a little.
I have comet and koi goldfish. I bought about 30 of them one day, and over night, 13 died :(. the temperature and ph seem to be fine, I bought a huge filter on the same day (a few got stuck to it unfortunately) and I'm not sure how long they will survive. What should I do?
Well how big is your tank? And if you din't already know, but goldfish are the most dirty fish. And say you have a big or small tank your ammonia may not be good. And if that's not good then yes your fish WOULD, die. You can get a tester kit at Petco, for only I think I paid $10 for it, but it works! Hope this helped.
Comet goldfish have a very long life span. Mine is 9 inches and is 10 years old. I have him in a 55 gallon aquarium all by himself (the other 2 calico'c died 2 years before his 10th year in my tank).
The fish has great character and I am still trying to find another 7 inch goldfish. They are great pets!
My Harry "Gill" is 10 as well (I won him playing mini-golf in 2000), and also has 55 gallons to himself! He's been a bachelor since Sally passed away her first week. I've tried getting him other friends, but he has made it very clear he prefers the single life...
We keep him busy with lots of toys (like the R2 fish school which we all love and his bubbling alligator he likes to feed rocks to!) and new decor each holiday. I agree they are full of character, hearty, long-lived and make great pets!