Katriana - 2013-03-02 I got 4, 2 centimeter long common goldfish, and one commet goldfish 2 centimeters long too. my sister had hundred as feeders so lil babys. I have a one gallon goldfish bowl and i saved these lil guys. i feed them differents things from time to time so they get what they need; flakes, pellets, blood words, shri,p things for em. they seem happy and healthy, no ick, nothing i can see. They aren't competitive and swim around the whole tank. they seem happy but will the small tank kill them? i heard they grow to tank size and theyre tiny young ones. so will that be fine?
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Clarice Brough - 2013-03-02 They will need a larger tank, the rule of thumb is 20 gallons per goldfish. You will have to get a larger aquarium and should include a filtration system. See the information in the article above on how to take care of them.
Brittany - 2012-12-11 So I have a black moor goldfish along with a common goldfish and an oranda in my 30gallon aquarium.. The other morning I went to feed my fish and noticed that one of the moors eyeballs were gone!! I was shocked. The next morning the other one was gone too!!! Is this common?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-12 That does happen. Moors are slow swimmers and can't really get away from faster swimming fish.
JJ - 2012-08-09 Ok.... You are all freaking me out! I bought 3 little goldfish (they were babies, tiny and black) for my 5 gallon fluvial chi tank. My two young daughters loved my male beta and when he passed after 4 years, I thought I'd quickly replace them with these 29 cent feeder fish. It is now four years later and these fish are huge! Two of them are close to 4' (before the tail) and the third is about 2'. I feel bad as they are in such a small tank (I read here they need 10 gallons per fish?!!) but there is no way to get such a large tank to fit anywhere. Since they have already thrived so well for 4 years am I harming them by keeping them in a smaller tank?
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Ginka - 2012-12-07 You stunt their growth, cause stress and they will get deformed eventually, from trying to grow. You have to get a bigger tank or give them away.
Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-08 You really should get a bigger tank. 10 to 20 gallons for them would be good and actually give you and your kids the ability to enjoy them acting more like they are suppose to.
jason - 2012-10-28 Can I put feeder goldfish in my community tank?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-28 I would not recommend this. Feeder tanks are normally full of disease due to the stressfull conditions and over stocking. Goldfish produce a lot of amonia which can cause issues with your other fish. They can also get large ang nippy very fast.
Danielle - 2012-11-17 I have had my fish for a couple months now and lately he has been freaking out and it looks like he is going to jump out of his bowl. I change his water about twice a week. Does anyone know why he is freaking out?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-11-17 Use some test strips to test amonia. Sounds like amonia spikes.
David Brough - 2012-11-20 It sounds like you may be changing the water too often and too much of it. First, make sure you use chlorine remover when you change the water. Second, get a small sponge filter or other biological filter like an under gravel (even gravel and plants would help as long as you don't thoroughly clean them too often). Once you have a biological filter going, only do small water changes like 20% per week. Also, if you put a plant or other decoration in the bowl or aquarium, the fish may feel safer. Check out 'Cycling Your Aquarium' for an explanation of how to get a biological filter started.
Guy - 2008-07-21 Hi. I have a bad history with goldfish. I saw a 1 gallon goldfish kit at walmart for about $10 with just about everything you could need for a freshwater fish in an unheated, unfiltered tank. I was wondering if this tank would be sufficient for 1 or 2 common 28 cent goldfish, assuming I cleaned the tank once a week because my schedule is tight. If someone could let me know about this it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Frank - 2012-06-04 Nope. The goldfish can not live in an unfiltered tank and certainly not a 1 gallon! You would need at least a 75 gallon tank with excellent filtration no heater thought.
Alfred Minio - 2012-06-04 General rule of thumb is 10 gallons a fish(with goldfish) and they defiantly need a filter.
Yelena - 2012-10-04 I have a baby goldfish in a 1 gallon round fishtank for two months now. So far it's doing absolutely wonderfull as long as i change 3/4 of the water every morning with tap water. It takes only two minutes, so it has become as routine as to brush my teeth. I keep tap water in a bowl overnight before adding it to the tank, so it is the same temperature. My fish is so energetic, and social, and growing that i invested in a 20 gallon tank, and planning to buy another goldfish to keep it a company.
Alfred Minio - 2012-06-04 Soo I have a 50 gallon tank with 2 large common goldfish I've had for about 3 years now, 2 black mores, 1 pleco, 1 blue gourami, and a very small common goldfish I got recently. My problem is one of my larger and older goldfish has been laying on the bottom for 3 or 4 days now, and he won't eat. He looks beautiful and he'll perk up and shush the other fish away if they get too close. He'll tolerate the other large one sometimes but for the most part he's just been laying on the bottom and against the side of the tank. All my other fish in this tank seem to be right as rain. Is there something wrong with my fish or has he just become territorial?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-06-05 He may be constipated. Try feeding some peas. Constipation will make them behave like that.
Alfred Minio - 2012-06-05 He's moveing around a little more since I posted this but I'll give it a try anyway, just regular old peas from a can?
Bill - 2012-06-08 Hi just a little of subject. I have a question about your fish, we recently had to start over because we brought a fish home and it must have been sick and it died four days later and then our common goldfish which we had for 4 years died 9 days later. Anyway my question is I notice you have common goldfish along with a black moor. I have been reading they don't make good companions because the common are much faster and at eating time the common get most of the food, how long has yours been paired in the same tank and do you find this to be true or do your slower fish seem to get enough to eat?
Bill - 2012-06-08 HI, not sure if your fish is laying on bottom because of a illness, but as my previous ,comment we lost our very active,(3) beautiful 4 inch common golds due to an illness. First signs of our fish being ill was their back fins were not up like usual but layed down on their back and they layed on the bottom most of the time until they passed with occasional movement. Ours later developed tail rot so that may be something to look for, you might run a water test to check levels, petco does them for free if you don't have the equipment, sometimes high amonia levels cause fish to act this way and need to be corrected asap with water changes. Good luck!
Taylor - 2010-02-07 I have a Common Goldfish. First I thought I had a Comet Goldfish, so then I named it comet. I have my Common Goldfish with my Shubunkin Goldfish and my black moor fish. Their name's are Madea and Obama. Thanks to this web site, I learned more about all of my fish. Thank you all so much.
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anonymous - 2010-03-18 lol
Bill - 2012-06-08 Just a quick question for you, we recently started our tank over due to having a sick fish and then his sickness wiped out all our fish, anyway my question is I noticed you have a slower fish (black moor ) with your common fish and shubinkin. I have been reading online its not a good idea to combine them beacuse the faster fish get the most of the food and then slower fish don't get enough to eat. How long has yours been combined and do you find this to be true?
Sam - 2012-06-19 Well really if you had a disease fish take out all of the other fish as soon as posible and I have a 1 gallon tank and my goldfish is happy!
Goldfish are fun to watch... just look at all the different colors of these beautiful fish!
I got 4, 2 centimeter long common goldfish, and one commet goldfish 2 centimeters long too. my sister had hundred as feeders so lil babys. I have a one gallon goldfish bowl and i saved these lil guys. i feed them differents things from time to time so they get what they need; flakes, pellets, blood words, shri,p things for em. they seem happy and healthy, no ick, nothing i can see. They aren't competitive and swim around the whole tank. they seem happy but will the small tank kill them? i heard they grow to tank size and theyre tiny young ones. so will that be fine?
They will need a larger tank, the rule of thumb is 20 gallons per goldfish. You will have to get a larger aquarium and should include a filtration system. See the information in the article above on how to take care of them.
So I have a black moor goldfish along with a common goldfish and an oranda in my 30gallon aquarium.. The other morning I went to feed my fish and noticed that one of the moors eyeballs were gone!! I was shocked. The next morning the other one was gone too!!! Is this common?
That does happen. Moors are slow swimmers and can't really get away from faster swimming fish.
Ok.... You are all freaking me out! I bought 3 little goldfish (they were babies, tiny and black) for my 5 gallon fluvial chi tank. My two young daughters loved my male beta and when he passed after 4 years, I thought I'd quickly replace them with these 29 cent feeder fish. It is now four years later and these fish are huge! Two of them are close to 4' (before the tail) and the third is about 2'. I feel bad as they are in such a small tank (I read here they need 10 gallons per fish?!!) but there is no way to get such a large tank to fit anywhere. Since they have already thrived so well for 4 years am I harming them by keeping them in a smaller tank?
You stunt their growth, cause stress and they will get deformed eventually, from trying to grow. You have to get a bigger tank or give them away.
You really should get a bigger tank. 10 to 20 gallons for them would be good and actually give you and your kids the ability to enjoy them acting more like they are suppose to.
Can I put feeder goldfish in my community tank?
I would not recommend this. Feeder tanks are normally full of disease due to the stressfull conditions and over stocking. Goldfish produce a lot of amonia which can cause issues with your other fish. They can also get large ang nippy very fast.
I have had my fish for a couple months now and lately he has been freaking out and it looks like he is going to jump out of his bowl. I change his water about twice a week. Does anyone know why he is freaking out?
Use some test strips to test amonia. Sounds like amonia spikes.
It sounds like you may be changing the water too often and too much of it. First, make sure you use chlorine remover when you change the water. Second, get a small sponge filter or other biological filter like an under gravel (even gravel and plants would help as long as you don't thoroughly clean them too often). Once you have a biological filter going, only do small water changes like 20% per week. Also, if you put a plant or other decoration in the bowl or aquarium, the fish may feel safer. Check out 'Cycling Your Aquarium' for an explanation of how to get a biological filter started.
My goldfish is so nice to me it loves to be petted I hope that's normal!
My goldfish wants to eat me alive when it sees me :) I heard they are very social.
Hi. I have a bad history with goldfish. I saw a 1 gallon goldfish kit at walmart for about $10 with just about everything you could need for a freshwater fish in an unheated, unfiltered tank. I was wondering if this tank would be sufficient for 1 or 2 common 28 cent goldfish, assuming I cleaned the tank once a week because my schedule is tight. If someone could let me know about this it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Nope. The goldfish can not live in an unfiltered tank and certainly not a 1 gallon! You would need at least a 75 gallon tank with excellent filtration no heater thought.
General rule of thumb is 10 gallons a fish(with goldfish) and they defiantly need a filter.
I have a baby goldfish in a 1 gallon round fishtank for two months now. So far it's doing absolutely wonderfull as long as i change 3/4 of the water every morning with tap water. It takes only two minutes, so it has become as routine as to brush my teeth. I keep tap water in a bowl overnight before adding it to the tank, so it is the same temperature. My fish is so energetic, and social, and growing that i invested in a 20 gallon tank, and planning to buy another goldfish to keep it a company.
Please help my fish's scales are falling of. What's that about, is it a disease or something?
Check you ammonia levels.
Soo I have a 50 gallon tank with 2 large common goldfish I've had for about 3 years now, 2 black mores, 1 pleco, 1 blue gourami, and a very small common goldfish I got recently. My problem is one of my larger and older goldfish has been laying on the bottom for 3 or 4 days now, and he won't eat. He looks beautiful and he'll perk up and shush the other fish away if they get too close. He'll tolerate the other large one sometimes but for the most part he's just been laying on the bottom and against the side of the tank. All my other fish in this tank seem to be right as rain. Is there something wrong with my fish or has he just become territorial?
He may be constipated. Try feeding some peas. Constipation will make them behave like that.
He's moveing around a little more since I posted this but I'll give it a try anyway, just regular old peas from a can?
Hi just a little of subject. I have a question about your fish, we recently had to start over because we brought a fish home and it must have been sick and it died four days later and then our common goldfish which we had for 4 years died 9 days later. Anyway my question is I notice you have common goldfish along with a black moor. I have been reading they don't make good companions because the common are much faster and at eating time the common get most of the food, how long has yours been paired in the same tank and do you find this to be true or do your slower fish seem to get enough to eat?
HI, not sure if your fish is laying on bottom because of a illness, but as my previous ,comment we lost our very active,(3) beautiful 4 inch common golds due to an illness. First signs of our fish being ill was their back fins were not up like usual but layed down on their back and they layed on the bottom most of the time until they passed with occasional movement. Ours later developed tail rot so that may be something to look for, you might run a water test to check levels, petco does them for free if you don't have the equipment, sometimes high amonia levels cause fish to act this way and need to be corrected asap with water changes. Good luck!
I have a Common Goldfish. First I thought I had a Comet Goldfish, so then I named it comet. I have my Common Goldfish with my Shubunkin Goldfish and my black moor fish. Their name's are Madea and Obama. Thanks to this web site, I learned more about all of my fish. Thank you all so much.
lol
Just a quick question for you, we recently started our tank over due to having a sick fish and then his sickness wiped out all our fish, anyway my question is I noticed you have a slower fish (black moor ) with your common fish and shubinkin. I have been reading online its not a good idea to combine them beacuse the faster fish get the most of the food and then slower fish don't get enough to eat. How long has yours been combined and do you find this to be true?
Well really if you had a disease fish take out all of the other fish as soon as posible and I have a 1 gallon tank and my goldfish is happy!