Can a common goldfish swim with a comet goldfish?

Answer 1

No fancy goldfish should not be housed with the more common varieties of goldfish because common goldfish are more aggressive and can swim faster which in turn would result in competition over food causing the fancy goldfish to become stressed and more susceptible to disease. Also common goldfish may damage the fancy goldfish's delicate fins by nipping at them.


This (above) may be true in some cases, but I have a 15' x 8' outdoor pond with 2 fancy goldfish, 2 Sarassa Comets (goldfish) and 2 common goldfish and they all get along fine with each other as well as with my 2 Koi. I watch them eat and everyone gets enough, although the fancies are timid when it comes to getting the food. I wait until the others have eaten alot and throw out more food in their direction. Both my fancies are huge and the biggest I have ever seen anywhere.

Answer 2

I have had many gold fish living together in one large container but they never lived past a few months in those circumstances. Now I have one goldfish living alone in a bowl. I have had him for a year now and he is a very happy and content fish:) I would not suggest keeping a lot of common goldfish together.

Answer 3

Goldfish should not live with tropical fish; their needs are different.

Goldfish are best when kept with their own kind with the exception of weather loaches, or bristlenose Plecostomus.

Answer 4

To have the most sucess with your gold fish keep other fantails with it and you will keep the problems down.

Answer 5

A commet goldfish is simply a goldfish with a longer tail. Of course they can everything together.

Answer 6

I don't think so. Most goldfish are friendly to almost every kind of goldfish. But I'm not so sure.

Answer 7

yes, i have put black moores with fantails they do quit well together ....

Answer 8

maybe because their close to the same sort of species and I reckon they could