Fish question, PLEASE click here!!!???

Question

Okay, Here are my questions.......

Can Fantail, Common, Comet, Shubunkin, Ryukin, Tosakin, Telescope-eye, Jikin, Veiltail, Moor, Oranda, Lionhead, Ranchu, Pompom, Celestial, Bubble-eye and Pearlscale Goldfish all live together in peace?

Can all tropical fish live together (for example: Neon Tetra, Cichlids etc.)?

How many gallons EXACTLY can ONE goldfish have and how many gallons for ONE tropical fish?

And in Goldfish and Tropical fish tanks, can oh-so-called "Bottom Feeders" live in their enviroment (tank)?

Fish experts, Vets and fish enthusiasts PLEASE give me answers! :o

Thanks!:D

Answer 1

so many questions in one --

goldfish are usually divided into 3 groups based on their abilites to swim which determines how evenly they eat and if they get picked on when they are sick. male goldfish tend to chase and pick other goldfish so a bubbleye wouldn't be very happy with a male comet. the commons and comets and shubunkins are in one group. the ones with eye deformaties make up another group (telescopes, bubble eyes, moors and celestials) and all the rest in the last group.

as a very general rule plan on 10 gallons per goldfish. i have done smaller and the bio-load is very hard to take care of. plan on cleaning every few days in a smaller aquarium.

most tropical fish are not compatible no matter what people try to tell you. fish live off of making food out of each other. no such thing as a vegan fish. fish of smiliar sizes tend to tolerate each other more.

different bottom feeders are extemely different in personalities. the cory catfish are best in groups. they will live longer if they have others to scavange with.

the fish called "algae eaters" (chinese, siamese, etc) are a mixed bag. unless you are skilled in separating them please avoid them. they are usually hostile toward each other and the true "chinese" will attack other fish when it grows up.

in general you can get away with 1 inch of tropical fish per gallon. please keep in mind many fish do grow larger than what they are sold as -- you want to use this rule for adult sizes not juvenile sizes.

Answer 2

Most all goldfish can live together, but it's not always a good idea to mix the longer body shapes with the round body shapes. The fatter ones will have a hard time competing for food against the quicker long bodied fish like commons and comets. Pom-poms, Celestials and bubble eyes are often best kept in single specimen or at least species tanks due to their restricted eye sight and special needs.

Tropicals are such a mixed lot there is no way to even begin to say what will and won't live together. It's even not correct to say cichlids can live with other fish, there are many that can, or to say plecos can go with anything is also wrong. You have to take it on a fish by fish basis and compare specific fish to each other.

EXACTLY is a word that doesn't belong in fish keeping, there simply aren't enough absolutes. Same way with NEVER and MUST, there are simply too many variables for those words to apply to much of anything in fish keeping. No one that has kept fish for over a few years will apply that word to anything to do with fish. One common gold fish needs far more space than one Moor for example. In tropicals a 24" pacu certainly needs more space than a 1" neon... and those are both tetras so you can't even apply a rule to tetras, much less all tropicals.

There are many different "bottom feeders". Their needs are as varied as any other general group of fish. Some would work with goldfish, some not. Some would do well with neons, some would eat them.

You will really need to be more specific with your fish choices or your tank size for us to give you reasonable advice and suggestions.

MM

Answer 3

Not all tropical fish can live together. Neons are not aggressive fish and Cichlids are. Whenever you go to the pet store ask the guy what fish go good together. Cichlids should really stay with Cichlids because they are really aggressive and will kill other fish. Of course you can have bottom feeders they usually don't mess with them. I'm not sure how many gallons to a fish but I have a 55 gallon and have 4 chichlids, a catfish, and a bottom feeder (plecostomus). They seem to be happy that way. You don't want to many fish in there or they get over crowded and tend to start fighting.

Answer 4

Usually most goldfish can live together in peace. But no, not many tropical fish can live together in peace. You NEVER want to put cichlids with peaceful and smaller fish. The key is 1" of fish per gallon, but it varies by species. For example, a golden severum (Heros severus) needs at least 75-gallons, whereas a guppy only needs 20-gallons. Plecos can live in goldfish tanks fine, but because of variations of water stats like pH you need to check into what type of fish can go with another. I would check out sights like liveaquaria.com for water stats, but don't trust their tank sizing or feeding types(I've found out that a lot of their guidelines for gallons per fish are off, plus they have a highly omnivorous fish listed as a carnivore). Hope this helps- I'd be happy to help out in any other way that I can with more questions :-)!

Answer 5

Not all tropical fish can live together. For example, Cichilids and Tetras can't live together.

To answer your question, freshwater fish need 1 inch per 1 gallon of water.

Goldfish need 1 inch per 2 gallon of water becaus they make a lot of feces.

~ZTM

Answer 6

can cows fly? exactly