Goldfish?

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Chub_by said:
A single goldfish is not just boring from my point of view, it does not have any interesting behaviour. Now a group of goldfish would be different.
Think, I'm a goldfish hater,huh? I keep some myself..


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you are making assumptions, and missed my point. lets keep this thread on track.
 
A comet will do the bulk of it's growth in the first two years (where the growing is obvious), and then slow down after. Of course this will depend on water quality & food.

That being said, goldfish are dirty as heck.

I have 4 in a 75g tank running an Eheim Pro 3e 2078, and one male BN pleco. Mine are 'fancies' though - 3 fantails & 1 ryukin; they are 8.5 yrs old, 6 yrs, 6 yrs, and 3 months old. Lisa, who is the oldest fantail is 7.25 inches from nose to peduncle (that's right before the back fin) and 365 grams.
I do a 40% to 60% WC every 3 to 5 days and test the water parameters like a crazy woman. The tank is barebottom other than large rocks (they forage so much that substrate became a choking hazard), fake plants (they eat every live plant I've tried!) and driftwood for the BN pleco.

I've had platys, mollies, discus, tetras, clown loaches, corydoras, apple snails, mystery snails, ghost shrimp (just to name a few) through the 14 years I've been keeping fish, and when it came time to tone it down to one tank, the goldfish were who I kept :)

Nothing wrong with keeping goldfish at all :)
 
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Um, Ms KrazEDesigns, I have a question.... 365 grams? You weigh your fish?

How and why? ...Just curious...



And to the OP, my grandma has two of the cutest little goldfish in her 29. She got them as feeders at like a half inch and now they have to be 3 or 4 inches. Paid 8 cents a piece for them and they gotta be close to 7 years old. hahahaha, can't go wrong there! ;)
 
Kelly, if those are normal goldfish and not fancy types, 3-4" after 7 years is extremely small..

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I'm not sure what they are. She just said they were feeders. I may be wrong about the 7 years part though.... Lol. I guess I'll have to ask her.... She's been in her apartment for 7 years, i just figured the fish were the same ones she moved in with...Now you got me wondering....lol.

Although, to be honest, I've never seen a reg goldfish get bigger than like 4 or 5 inches...I guess I just assumed that's all the bigger they got. I've seen some pretty big koi, but not reg goldfish. It will be fun to see yours grow, Jordan. :)


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KellyFrancis said:
I'm not sure what they are. She just said they were feeders. I may be wrong about the 7 years part though.... Lol. I guess I'll have to ask her.... She's been in her apartment for 7 years, i just figured the fish were the same ones she moved in with...Now you got me wondering....lol.

Although, to be honest, I've never seen a reg goldfish get bigger than like 4 or 5 inches...I guess I just assumed that's all the bigger they got. I've seen some pretty big koi, but not reg goldfish. It will be fun to see yours grow, Jordan. :)


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It really depends on genetics and wjere they were born and raised. I have a wild caught ( well from a large lake on a farm) goldfish that ia about 8". In that lake I also caught godfish over 12". A member on a german forum told me he used to have 15", and that's not a troll he's a scientist.
But normal pet store goldfish really don't grow large, I'd say 8" max. 3" is tiny though.

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Oh hey, when I say 3-4 inches, I mean body length, not inc the tail or anything. (just thought of that - I read online somewhere that it was the proper way to measure fish, just the body)

That's impressive! A 15" goldfish!! ....maybe I want one now...hahaha. :)


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KellyFrancis said:
Um, Ms KrazEDesigns, I have a question.... 365 grams? You weigh your fish?

How and why? ...Just curious...



And to the OP, my grandma has two of the cutest little goldfish in her 29. She got them as feeders at like a half inch and now they have to be 3 or 4 inches. Paid 8 cents a piece for them and they gotta be close to 7 years old. hahahaha, can't go wrong there! ;)
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Meds that you feed to your fish are done by weight. I've not had to resort to meds in many years thankfully, but weighing them can be of importance. Plus it's also a fun way to track growth!
Here is a video a member from another site I frequent has made:

[video=youtube;zRLaJ5juWMA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRLaJ5juWMA[/video]

Also, here is a (bad) picture of my oldest fantail in my hand from Oct 2011 when she was 7.5 yrs old, and a recent one where her and the 3 month old baby ryukin are in the same frame:

Lisa_Oct29_2011.jpg


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