![]() We welcome any posts from complete newcomers to goldfish looking for help setting up their first tank to experienced breeders looking for grooming techniques.įeel free to post pictures of your set up and fish! We love seeing new fish faces! New to goldfish? Now if you had an auto water change system you might be able to fudge things a bit more BUT a 12-inch-wide tank is still too uncomfortably narrow for a full-grown goldfish.Feel free to post here looking for advice on anything goldfish related. The key to staying on top of goldfish waste is large water volume so there is lots of dilution. The 40 breeder drove me crazy because I was doing twice weekly water changes to keep on top of water parameters. I may eventually upgrade the 75 but for right now my goldies are totally rocking that tank and have yet to outgrow it like they did the 40 breeder. ![]() I have a used a 40 breeder and 75 gallon the 75 so far is my favorite. I have always preferred to keep mine in species only 18-inch-wide tanks. Yeah, sure you may not run into water quality issues right away due to it being a baby but they grow fast and will be close to full size in a few month's time unless you manage to stunt its growth. You will be doing it at least twice weekly if not thrice weekly due to how poo and pee these goldfish put out. ![]() The tank size will cause a lot of work due to the amount of water changes you would need to do in order to maintain water quality. Goldfish aren't as easy to sex so I tend to look for multiple indicators rather than just one.ģ3 gallon is technically the bear minimum for 2 fancies, but I would not use it for fancy goldfish. If you observe breeding behavior than the female will be the one being chased, and the chasers are the males. ![]() A mature female's abdomen is much bigger than a comparable male abdomen, boys will get breeding stars on their gills and girls anal opening sticks out rather than in. I prefer to feed mine twice daily and every 1-2 weeks I will fast them for 2 days. I would feed at least once a day during the warmer months while it is a baby to help it grow properly. I have seen the video of a goldfish breeder having to dislodge a snail from a goldfish's mouth with tweezers How often it happens I don't know but I find it is easier just to avoid this issue entirely then deal with the after math. Goldfish can get things stuck in their mouth. Thank you all in advance for your time and opinions!! I look forward to participating in the forum □ Is it going to eat the gravel? I've seen him put it in his mouth and spit it back out, and do the same thing with pest snails.Could I put a mystery snail with it in the 20 gallon currently? Online sources were very clear about no tankmates in a 20 gallon because of goldfish waste output, but I was wondering about the opinions from this forum.Eventually I would like to downsize to only 1 tank, and I know goldfish can live a long time, so I was wondering if it could be moved into the 33 gallon with a tankmate eventually? Can I house two fantail goldfish in a 33 gallon long (dimensions of a 55 gallon tank cut in half horizontally) tank? This tank is my other community tank, but I don't plan to replace any of the community fish that die off at this point.For some reason leaving in the heater made me feel better, since I've always kept tanks at a consistent temperature. ![]()
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