Goldfish

Male goldfish have been known to, on occassion ,eat the female goldfish's eggs after she lays them. This is usually pretty rare because, instinctively the male will want to fertilise the eggs instead of eating them. This is most likely to occur in males that are being bred for the first time.

Typically, the price of gold fish depend upon its classified size. Small, medium, and large. Prices can range from $0.10 for small to $100+ for large. The typical price is around $0.50 per fish.

they eat anything that they can find under the water where they live.

The only way to sex all varieties of goldfish is to observe them during breeding season. At that time the males develop white spots on their gill plates and sometimes their pectoral fins too. The females just get chubby tummies.

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There is a high possibility that it is on the bottom of your tank because the goldfish is very sick, such as constipation which can lead to swim bladder disease, or a problem with the water quality.

Start by testing your aquarium water for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates, they should be 0, 0, and less than 10 respectively; if they are not, then you should do an immediate 50% to 75% water change making sure that you add back clean water that is the same temperature as the old water. Add in the recommended amount of water conditioner according to the instructions on the bottle as well.

Also, check your PH to make sure that it has not crashed - the water change should help this as well.

Check for any sores, fungus, or wounds to research possible diseases and treatment options.

This will depend on the type of fish; many people follow a 1 inch per gallon rule, but this is an old practice. Goldfish for example actually need 15 gallons per fish regardless of how tiny they seem when you first buy them; they grow quite large.

It usually takes goldfish fry about 5-6 days to hatch out of the egg once fertilized. The egg-stage's length can range greatly depending on what temperature the fry are kept in. With fish, usually the higher the temperature the faster the eggs will hatch and vice versa.

They might eat the fry, but most fish will eat the fry. My dwarf puffer lives with a school of tetras and has never caused them any problems. Goldfish get big by comparison and are fiercely competitive for food. It is much more likely that the puffer is in danger of starvation by domination of the goldfish.

It depends really, in clean tanks and with proper feeding it can live years. If you forget about it then it won't last very long. But an average goldfish will not live past at the most of 2.5 years of age. If you have more than one goldfish it varies because one might eat the other(s).

It depends on the species. Wild type Betta Splendens and similar wild Bettas like smaragdina, imbellis and mahachai weigh approximately 1.2 grams

Domestic veiltail and halfmoon Splenden types are around 1.9grams while the new Giant strains of Betta Splendens are 8.8 grams approximately.

The weights will vary from fish to fish as well as depending on when they were fed last so this only a general idea of weight.

Multiply 36*12*16 = 6,912 cubic inches

12*12*12 = 1729 cubic inches per cubic feet

6912 cubic inches/1729 cubic inches per cubic feet - 4 cubic feet

4 cubic feet * 7.48051948 gallons per cubic foot = 29.90 gallons

7.48051948 Gallons per cubic foot

That is actually Excriment. It is him using the toilet.

If your goldfish is swimming upside down, that probably means it has swimbladder disease or something of the sort. To cure this, I suggest you feed your upside-down swimming goldfish the insides of boiled peas. I never tried it myself, but on the internet I saw the story of a person who fed his upside-down swimming goldfish some peas and the next day it was swimming normally! Try it! It will cure constipation too. But if your goldfish is floating upside down, there is a high possibility it is dead. Poke it or fish it up with a net. If it moves or thrashes around when you pick it up in a net, then it is alive.

No they do not. Goldfish can regrow fins just as you and I can regrow hair or finger nails and also like us they can not regrow organs like eyes

no! chlorine is a harmful and harzardess chemical, in order for any type or fish or any anphibian it need either sea water or fresh water. if you put a fish in chlorine it would die. dont reccomend doing it.

== == Your goldfish most likely has a swimbladder disorder/disease. This happens when the swim bladder, a gas filled organ that controls the fish's bouyancy by inflating or deflating, is unable to control itself and causes the fish to either stay at the bottom of the tank, float helplessly at the top, bob-around head first at the bottom, swim on its side, or swim upsidedown. A swimbladder problem can be caused by consipation, bacterial infection, poor water quality, physical damage to the swim bladder, or physical deformity of the swim bladder. This condition is sometimes hard to treat because its often hard to diagnose the cause before its to late. The first step to take with a fish that has a swim bladder disorder is to test the water quality of your tank. It is usually a good idea to move the affected fish into a 5-10 gallon hospital tank for observation/treatment to ensure that the other fish do not become sick also. A good first act of treatment for an unknown cause of a swim bladder disorder is to try feeding the fish a shelled thawed or cooked unsalted green pea (the green pea is a laxitive and will relieve your fishes swimbladder problem if it is constipated). If this does not help you may want to start the fish on a antibacterial medication. Do frequent water changes at this time because having good water quality will offer relief for the affected fish. Also lower the tanks levels so that is is about 1/2-2 inches above the fishes dorsal fin (this reduces pressure on the swim bladder causing the fish much relief).If the fish looks swollen that is often either the beginning stages of dropsy or a sign of constipation. If dropsy is suspected than you would want to start the fish on antibacterial medicated food soon! Often fish do not recover from a bacterial infection of the swim bladder. Bacterial infections will usually result in dropsy- which is almost impossible to cure.

It depends on what happened to the fins. If they have been bitten off by another fish, it will take time but it can regrow but if it was a fungal infection then it is unlikely to regrow at all.

To help with regrowth try using melafix or maybe put in an anti fin rot med in the water just in case.

anything that does not grow beyond 1.5 inches in length.

a ten gallon aquarium can support about ten inches worth of fish.

so full grown you can keep about 6 1.5 inch fish in a ten gallon

It depends what filter you have.... you can have external filters, internal filters, biological filters, canister filters and mechanical filters..... but basically water gets sucked up through a pipe and cleaned by being pushed through meshes, catridges, sponges..... then goes out through enough pipe and returned back into the aquariam.

Are they gay? meaning happy. Happy goldfish can coexist

No fish is best for a bowl, buy at-least a one gallon tank with filter, and you will clean it once every 2 to 4 weeks, a bowl will have to be cleaned every week. Also, your fish can swim better with more room, become less bored, and will be happier. If this is above your budget, fish is not for you.

I believe it is perfectly fine, especially when the fish origionally has a shy nature. It is probably afraid of you. You might want to put in some aquarium plants or things like that so it can hide in those.

If the end they are huddling at is a different temp than the rest of the tank, that may have something to do with it, too. Check that out. Also, if there is something in the tank that is harassing them, they may be trying to avoid it.

you should only feed it once a day unless it gets really huge (like mine did) and if it gets huge you should feed it atleast twice a day

Goldfish should not be fed everyday, goldfish do not have stomaches and have a very poor digestive system....when they eat this means the food will just pass straight through and of course will leave its back end into the water. They are basically swiming around in their toilet.

They may seem gutsy but they will eat and eat as much as you give them. This will then contaminate the water and may kill your fish.

Goldfish can go 2 weeks without feeding.....so feeding them everyday is way to much, especially if the tank is small. Feed them every other day at the most.