The Goldfish that will live forever!!!

[smokeythebair]

I started the hobby with a goldfish 5years ago in a 15g tank. Now I have a 125g sa cichlid tank, 55g sa cichlid tank, and a 30g goldfish tank. My wife won't let me get rid of it but its so boring!!! She hates all the fish but the goldfish. So anyway im wondering what else i can do to make the tank alittle better. Right now its 1 cory cat, 1 goldfish.

 

[smokeythebair]

tank and him

 

[love The Jack Dempseys]

Drop the colored gravel and get some natural color and get a bunch of plants and make it semi-planted.

 

[Dylz]

i agree 100%

 

[smokeythebair]

I wasn't worried to much about decor just was thinking of tank mates.

 

[gilamonsterz]

woo he's big. Well taken care of goldfish always look cool, just don't see many. I'm also a fan of natural/planted setups. As far as stocking, maybe a school of zebra danios or something else small and swarmy? I like danios because they never stop moving, but they aren't very colorful.

 

[love The Jack Dempseys]

If you want tank mated then just get a bunch of schoaling fish like some riger barbs or mollies, maybe even dainos

 

[smokeythebair]

I had glowfish but the classic line what fits in there mouth they will eat took place I tried mollies but they nipped his fins.

 

[kevinfleming21]

Goldfish eat plants......

 

[gilamonsterz]

Yeah tigers are pretty (have a school with my cichlids) and are big/fast enough to not get eaten but they are very nippy (ask my poor betta who escaped it's net box ). Black skirts IME are more friendly, look nice, and are easy to care for. Temperature may be an issue, they're from the tropics, but they could handle mid 70*s. Come to think of it, I've seen people say danois can be nippy, but mine have never bothered anyone but themselves (8 in a 10g with a betta).