what kind of fish live nicely with gold fish? And what not to have?

Question

I made the mistake once on adding these to fish with my gold fish and betta fish and when I woke up the next morning my betta fish was still alive but only had a body left? I felt so bad for days.

Answer 1

Try guppies, they're small, colourful, and will generally eat the same things as goldfish (well my ones do).
Avoid most types of catfish, umm aside from that just ask the person at the petstore, they should know...

Answer 2

If it's one of the fancy varieties (fantails, bubble eyes, etc), then only passive algae eaters/bottom dwellers. The small catfish varieties are best.
If a regular goldfish, fish of about the same size that can swim quickly are ideal. Catfish are good companions for these too. Watch out for cichlids and gouramis/betta fish though, they will nip.

Answer 3

5 gallons is only super adequate for a single betta. yet they're eye-catching and somewhat extra handy to look after. yet you won't be able to purchase fish a similar day you purchase the tank. The tank desires to be set up first. it would quite be cycled fist too. Bettas are very tropical fish that desire a minimum of a 5 gallon tank heated to a comfortable temperature between seventy 8 and eighty two with a comfortable clear out and stay or silk plant life and comfortable edged decorations. Feed them a sort of ingredients inclusive of betta pellets and frozen thawed frozen blood-worms. Very small quantities like 3-4 pellets or an equivalent quantity of frozen or different food as quickly as an afternoon or chop up up in 2 feedings two times an afternoon. Use a gravel vacuum to alter 25% of the water as quickly as a week mutually as sifting gently in direction of the gravel and replace it with comparable temperature water and remember approximately to function a dechlorinator, or maybe extra desirable, a de-chlorinating rigidity coat product, like API rigidity-coat with Aloe. bettas are anabantoid fish, they have a particular organ that helps them to get oxygen from the air, so the would desire to consistently have get right of entry to to the water floor.

Answer 4

Goldfish have a bacteria on them that keeps them extra slimy.. and it can pollute a tank or even kill tropical fish.. the slime is what makes the tank need to be cleaned so often compared to other tanks... try different kinds of goldfish.. there are tons of neat ones.. but stick with goldfish..alge eaters and catfish suckers...


was the betta a tube of fish.. like no fins? that happened to me too...

Answer 5

Choose a coldwater fish to match the temperature requirements of the goldfish. A paradise fish is a possible choice.

Answer 6

Guppies will do okay with gold fish but I wouldn't recommend it. Gold fish are cheap and pretty filthy and really should be kept by themselves. Tropical fish generally need better conditions and a controlled environment than gold fish.

Answer 7

gold fish should be kept by themselves due to the fact they like to nip at fins and will normal kill weak fish. Even a pleco though they have a very thick skin can be nibbles enough were they will die. Gold fish also are very dirty fish they will raise the ammonia level in your tank to very dangerous levels requiring more tank maintance

Answer 8

ummm small koi lives very well with goldfish. Other than that not many other fish, probably a pleco but because goldfish are messy and don't require a heater whereas tropical fish are the complete opposite, just stick with goldfish

Answer 9

Almost any fish live nicely with goldfish except fin nipping and aggressive fishes like piranhas or barbs. I recommend that you keep normal goldfishes and not fancy ones as they are much more hardier.

Answer 10

When I had goldfish I also had the following in the same tank:

Danio's, White Cloud's, Plecostomus'(Sucker fish), Koi's, Snails... we even had this small green eel.