Goldfish

If your goldfish are sitting at the bottom of your clean tank, you need to ask yourself these questions. Number one: do they have split fins? If they do, they have a desiese called the split fin disiese. To cure this, go to any pet store and ask for split fin fish medicine. Follow the directions on the box. Second question: are they moving? Or are they just being pulled by the water flowing? If they don't appear to be moving, your fish our probally dead. Finally:did I remember to feed them? Perhaps your fish are tired or hungry. Answer these questions first, then if you answer no to all of them, I don't know whot the problem is.

Most goldfish are more orange in color than actually gold. Their name probably originated in the same way they did. Back in Ancient China the Chinese would keep pools of carp. Overtime, they began to notice that certain fish were a kind of shiny gold color instead of the normal, rather dull, color of most carp. They began separating these fish and breeding them thus creating the pet goldfish. Goldfish most likely got their name because, although they weren't necessarily perfectly gold in color, compared to other carp they were truly golden.

Goldfish change their colouration as they mature. Don't be surprised or concerned.
Lighting. Fish are not naturally Orange in color, They are enhanced to be Orange by keeping them in low light. Too much light will often make them turn white or green.

Only if it gets in with a large concentration. Weak concentrations is not toxic to fresh water plants or animals.

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Approximately 2 inches in length by the time the fish is 4 months old, however the growing rate greatly slows after this period (although the fish will continue to grow until about three years of age) and every goldfish is different so there is no way to know exactly how fast a particular fry will grow.

Hey, sorry if I'm too late but, it actually differs and depends on the gold fish its self.

I remember when I had a gold fish I had it in a cup of water and by the time I got home it died. I was crying but that's not the point. Every year I got that same kind it always died. An average gold fish though, lasts about 10-25 years. There are some that live longer than that. Just make sure to give it a big tank and feed it properly everyday.

Many people have their own views on this question. However, the answer to this question would be NO, they cannot live together they are found in different parts of the world. If you could the shops would be mixing them. If you was to put them together the fish from the cold water would live a very short UNHAPPY life, goldfish also excrete alot.

Not nessaserily. But sometimes it does help.

Yes, and the chicken will eat it. Chickens will eat almost any source of protein and that includes dead fish when available. They will gladly take that deceased goldfish and put it to better use than just flushing it down the toilet.

With a 37 gallon tank, you could have 2 fancy goldfish, or, if you stock it with tropical fish, you could have more species and varieties such as a mix of livebearing fish (Molly & Guppy for example), or neon tetras, rasboras, just to name a few.

Take a very small holed netobject like a screen and run it through the pond for a while. And for a big pond advertise for people to come and fish or put a bunch of fish food in one area and all the fish will come there, then take them all out with a fishing net.

Fish tanks can be any size; from 1 gallon bowls to 500 000+ gallon public displays.

about an inch from the top should be fine, depending on filter, size of aquarium etc.

It depends on what kind of fish. For example pirahnas can eat some meats.

my goldfish (PIG) he is 17" long he has this right now.

let me tell you this is a long haul it will depend on how much you love your fish. this is going to be very costly and time consuming.

the red spots are blood and the red streaks in the tale they are both from ammonia level andthe spots are from ammonia and bacteria.

BUT IF YOU DO NOT TREAT THIS IT WILL DIE!

the size of your tank might be to small.

first you have to get the ammonia level under control and the pH goldfish like more than 7.0

use ammonia lock, aquarium salt, stress coat, and stress zyme.

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if you do not get this under control the fish will get open sores.

you should use gallons of drinking water, spring has to many minnerals in it

you should also put another air pump on in addition to what you are using now. try and keep the temp of the tank the same.

after the ammonia level is under control begin with a wide spec. antiboitic for bacteria.

you will have to change water every day before treatment then test

after you do this it is very important to put back in the ammonia lock salt stress coat and stress zyme but only for the amount of water you replace.

good luck to you and God's speed!

well, it's a fish. You should really know the answer given that information coldblooded, like all fish

Goldfish are egg laying fish, and as such do not actually get pregnant. If there is a male in the tank, and the female is full of eggs, the male may chase her to try & get her to release the eggs, but otherwise, her behaviour doesn't really change.

The lifespan of fantail goldfish can be expected to be about 10-25 years. Unfortunately, few fish actually make it past the three year mark because of their owner's inexperience. Here is a list of things you can do to improve your fish's chances of living a very long and happy life: buy an aquarium of at least 30 gallons (more preferably), feed them a high-quality fish food and give them plenty of variety in foodstuffs, do weekly 50% water changes, and observe your fish each day for about 15 minutes to look for any signs of illness.

Either a small fungal infection or a bacterial infection of columnarius bacteria. If it went away on its own then you don't have to worry about it, but if it won't go away then try rubbing it with s little dab of potassium permanganate. Along with that raise the salt concentration to about 0.3% this should do the trick.

It is not recommended. Goldfish are cold water fish while tropical fish are warm water fish. Also, goldfish need to be fed more often than most tropical fish and they produce elevated amounts of waste which can be detrimental to fish not accustomed to it.

Yes they do, from their offspring. The scientists still do not know why they do, we think they do it to keep the nest clean.

Many species of bird actively take and scatter the feces from their offspring away from the nest. This behavior could be confused with eating feces. Recent studies show that some species of owl mark their territories with feces and feathers and anything that can't be digested, such as bone and fur, is regurgitated in the form of a tightly packed pellet.

you should'nt put parrotfish with goldfish. Parrot fish are known to be be quite mean. It will eat or kill the goldfish if it is smaller than he is. So unless you have a really big goldfish, I suggest not putting it in with the parrotfish.

Most other coldwater fish. There are some species of catfish and then there is the Golden Orf and Blue Dace. Check around the local pet shops for coldwater fish. You never know what may be available.