golfish(common),black skirt tetra,emperor tetra,pleco,mollie.can they live together.
2007-03-08 07:37:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
yep, they are all cold water tropicals. Even so, a gold fish can live happily in 75 degree water if you choose to have a heater.
Go for it.
2007-03-08 07:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
No! It is not okay. Goldfish are cold water fiah and need a much cooler tank, while the others are all tropical. Also, I hope you have a big tank because plecos and mollies can get big. And goldfish get even bigger--they can max out at a foot long and are very dirty fish. The fish other than the goldfish need tropical temperatures between 72-82 degrees, and one inch of fish per gallon. Make sure you calculate using the maximum size of the fish. Also please remember that tetras need to be in groups of 5 or more since they are schooling fish. So even if you only had the two tetra types, you'd need a tank larger than 10 gallons. For all the fish you're looking at, you'll need a very large tank.
2007-03-08 07:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can keep gold fish in a tank with tropicals, but it is not recommended.
Goldfish do well in a range of water temps and are best suited to large tanks and ponds as they will grow large, as well as ,the pleco will grow large. The gold fish will produce a larger amount a amonia then the tropical fish and you will want to watch the level in the tank. Gravel vacuum once a week will help keeps these levels down.
Although live plants are recommended to for tanks, they will not do well. Plecos dig nests in the gravel, and under orniments looking for a place to hide. Mine rearranges the bottom of my tank regularly and has grown to 8 and 1/2 inches in a 55 gallon tank. Your other fish will not grow much bigger then they already are.
keep and eye on the mollies, they will have live babies about once a month depending on water temps, and reach sexual maturity with a month to 8 weeks of being born.
Good luck with you tank.
2007-03-08 08:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by genetta807 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any tetra, pleco, and mollie can live in the same tank, as they are commonly called tropical fish, which perfer warmer water. As for the goldfish, it perfers cooler water. Also, depending on what type goldfish it is and how big it will get, it may eat the smaller fish once it grows.
2007-03-08 07:49:39 · answer #4 · answered by Çåŗőľîņẫ§ħŷġĭ®ł 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gold fish are cold water fish, as had been said. Plus, unless you have a BIG tank, the pleco will get too big. Try otto cats instead. They stay small, are really cute and do the same job as the pleco. Get 4 or more of them b/c they like to live in groups.
2007-03-08 07:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by timesdragonfly 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
All but the goldfish will be fine together. The goldfish need a temp no higher than 72-75. All the others need a temp no lower than 77.
2007-03-08 08:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by fish guy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not a good idea to mix goldfish with tropical fish - it always leads to trouble eventually. The rest of the fish will live fine together.
2007-03-08 07:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
not for very long, goldfish are cold water fish, and the others are tropicals. mollies are brackish water fish, meaning they need salt in the water, though most fish can tolerate small ammounts of salt, everyones ideal envoirnment would be comprimised by the needs of other fish.
I would say no
2007-03-08 09:21:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goldfish need to be kept in cooler water than the rest of the fish you mentioned. Goldfish are not tropical fish. The rest of them go together, but not the goldfish. He won't survive long in such warm temperatures.
2007-03-08 07:40:28 · answer #9 · answered by true blue 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Wow what a bunch of hogwash here.
YES they can all live together. They are all COLD water fish and can live in either warmer or cooler water.
They all get along.
2007-03-10 05:55:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋