What plants are best suited for a Goldfish Tank?

Answer 1

Low light plants with no algae issues:
Anubias - many varieties, very slow growing, thick rubbery leaves, fairly expensive, plant the roots but not the rhizome or attach it to driftwood or rocks

Crypts - many varieties, slow growing, prone to melting after a move (some leaves fall apart, it may look dead for a while), a root feeder so use root tabs around them.

Java Fern - several varieties, very slow growing, easy to find, best tied to driftwood or rocks

Java Moss - good spawning place for many fish, must be tied to driftwood or rocks, slow growing

Medium light/no algae issues:
All plants listed above +
Wisteria - fairly fast growing, many fish like to eat it, can be floated or planted.

Water Sprite - similar to and often confused with wisteria, can be floated or planted.

Compact Sword - stays about 6-8 inches tall so a good sword for smaller tanks, propagates by growing little plants on stalks that can be cut off and planted when large enough, root feeder.

Amazon Sword - can get very large so more suitable for large tanks (55g+), root feeder.

Madagascar Lace Plant - grows from a bulb and has unique lacy leaves, can get fairly large.

Answer 2

None, really. Goldfish are herbivores and will eat most live plants. There are a few they won't eat, but goldfish have a habit of rooting through the gravel to look for food, so what they don't eat, they uproot.

If you want to have living plants, get a heavy piece of driftwood and attach some Java moss, Java fern, banana plant (sold as Anubias), and onion plant (Crinium) are probably the safest with them. You can attach the plants using thin fishing line - you'll hardly notice it.

If you would rather not risk the fish eating the plants, you can use silk or plastic, take off the base that you sit the gravel in to weight them - this won't keep a goldfish from getting them out anyway - and attach a suction cup which will stick to the bottom glass. It's not perfect, but you won't have to "replant" your fake plants every day. That's a trick I learned working in a fish store - with netting the fish and cleaning tanks all day, the suction cups makes it easier to keep the plants where they belong!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

iwouls really just go with artificial. So many pet stores now will sell you plants, but then you end up with a snail infestation...Plus, they don't stay at the bottom of the tank like you'd want them to.

Answer 5

Gold fish are also none as gutter fish and will eat your live plants Use a another source of plants that will look soft and real.

Answer 6

Java fern, they won't eat it. Any other plant they will make quick work of.

Answer 7

Be careful of using driftwood. It leaks tanin which will color your water and lower your PH.