Why are Goldfish so underrated in the fish keeping hobby?
- Thread starter Yogosans14
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Maybe true for common goldfish, but not fancy goldfish. Fancy goldfish are weak mutants, susceptible to a myriad of infectious and genetic diseases. Some have trouble maintaining balance, or seeing food. The more deformed they are, the weaker the strain and shorter the life expectancy.
But feeder goldfish are way worse than fancy goldfish. That's why most common goldfish's life expectancy are less than few months since they do not receive any care where the fancy goldfish got better care at either LFS or home aquariums. Even stunted common/comet goldfish have same life expectancy of the fancy goldfish.
What do you mean they're "worse"? They look way cooler than any "fancy" goldfish once they mature, and as tiger said, they're many times more robust.. they'll outlive just about anything.
A regular comet goldfish can live for decades...
A regular comet goldfish can live for decades...
That IF these feeder goldfish survived few first months with treatments for many diseases they came in with, especially the ones came from feeder tanks.
I personally like goldfish(comets) and always try to keep some. I currently have six. The fact that they are cheap is a plus.
Edit: they were better then this
Your telling me. I had 2 males reach full maturity...they were awesome. They had long fins with humps on their head. I was downsizing and had to get rid of them. The LFS freaked out saying they never seem them like that or that size. The were more then happy to take them. They didn't last long there and I never found out what they sold them for.
Edit: they were better then this
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I like goldfish, especially cause I can out my hand in the water without it being decimated like cichlids lol.
By the same token, I like cichlids cause they attack my hand haha; messed up logic
By the same token, I like cichlids cause they attack my hand haha; messed up logic
