What tropical fish are compatible with gold fish?

Answer 1

None, tropical fish need warm water in the range of 72-78 degrees and goldfish are coldwater fish and need temps in the range of 60-65 degrees.

If you regulate the temp for one of them, you are stressing the other. If you keep the temp in between, your are stressing both of them.

Here are some fish that can live in cooler water, though:

Barbs - Several readily available species of Barbs are tolerant of temperatures into the mid sixties, or even lower. All are easy to care for, and are suitable for a community aquarium. They include: the Gold Barb (Barbus schuberti), the Green Barb (Barbus semifasciolatus), the Rosy Barb (Barbus conchonius), and the Two Spot Barb (Barbus ticto).

Bloodfin Tetra - Both the standard Bloodfin (Aphyocharax anisitsi), and the False Bloodfin (Aphyocharax dentatus) tolerate temperatures as low as the mid sixties.
Bloodfins are offered in many pet shops, are easy to care for, and are quite hardy. They are active top dwellers and are best kept in schools.

Buenos Aires Tetra (Hemigrammus caudovittatus) - Easily found for sale, they will tolerate temperatures into the mid sixties. Standard varieties, as well as albino variants can be found. Like the Bloodfins, they are undemanding and easy to care for. They are suitable for a community tank, but will eat live plants voraciously.

Croaking Tetra (Coelurichthys microlepis) - Not often found for sale, they are an attractive fish that is worth shopping around for. Like other coldwater tetras, they are easy to care for and are suitable for community tanks.

Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - As readily available as any fish, there are many attractive variations of this popular fish.

Hillstream Loaches - Although they are not often seen in pet shops, some species can be found for sale from time to time. Not all of them prefer cool temperatures, but most will tolerate temps that fall into the mid to upper sixties.

Native Fish - A variety of North American native fish are now being sold in the aquarium trade. Virtually all of them tolerate cool water. Availability varies from state to state, as do laws regarding which species may be legally kept in home aquariums. Keep in mind that some will become too large to keep in a standard aquarium.

Pearl Danio (Brachydanio albolineatus) - Like the zebra danio, this fish is very hardy and easy to care for. It will tolerate temperatures into the mid 60's without difficulty, and is easy to find. They are larger than zebras, but need not be kept in schools.

Weather Loach (Misgurnus angullicaudatus) - Readily available, this loach is one of the easiest to care for. Couple that with the fact that it will tolerate temperatures into the fifties, and it makes an excellent candidate for a coldwater tank.

Wimple (Myxocyprinus asiaticus) - Also known as the Freshwater Batfish. Not commonly found, it is an unusual fish that is worth tracking down if you like to have something unique. It will tolerate temps into the mid sixties.

White Cloud Mountain Minnow (Tanichtys albonubes) - One of the easiest fish to care for, a new gold colored variant has become very popular. They do best in cooler temperatures, although very low temps will lessen their attractive coloration.

Zebra Danio (Brachydanio rerio) - Outside of goldfish and the guppy, the zebra is the most readily available of all coldwater fish. They tolerate temps that fall into the mid sixties, and are very easy to care for.

Answer 2

Compatible Tropical Fish

Answer 3

As the goldfish are cold-water fish, and the other tropical fish need higher temperature, they need a heater in the tank. The goldfish is fine without a heater, it can be kept even outside in a pond, even in mild winters can stay outside.
On the other hand the goldfish can grow pretty big, so it may eat the other fish, as some of the tropical fish are small. There are smaller sort of goldfish, that can be kept with tropical fish like Xiphos or Guramies, as they are bigger, but you need a heater.

The best solution would be to put the goldfish with koi fish, as both are cold-water fish. There are a large variety of both, koi fish have different colors (white, red, black, yellow, orange, blue and mixed), goldfish have different colors, body shapes, fin and eye configurations, so it would look great all together. They can live at lower temperature (50-70 F).

Answer 4

Absolutely not any! Well, maybe White Cloud Mountain minnows. And possibly some of the cold stream loaches.But that's really all. Except you might try some native fishes like Bullhead Catfish,or maybe Channel catfish,but size and tankmate eating could become a problem. And that's for sure all,well maybe Blue Gill or Red-eye Sunfish but that's really all.(that I can think of)

Answer 5

Other goldfish! Most tropical fish need warmer water than goldfish do! No other fish will make a good tank mate! Sorry!

Answer 6

Why do you need tropical fish added to your goldfish tank? There are so many interesting varieties of goldfish, you could fill a tank easily and not have two the same. I have several varieties, from Black Moors to Butterfly Koi to everyday "feeder" comets and more, and everyone thinks my tank is beautiful and interesting.

Answer 7

None - it has nothing to do with getting along - it has to do with temperatures. Goldfish don't like heated tanks, and tropical fish need a minimum temperature of 70 degrees - most are happiest close to 80.

Answer 8

Some will say Pleco. Problem with a Pleco is that like a gold fish, it needs a large tank. A couple of gold fish and a pleco would need over 100 gallons.

Answer 9

None.

Goldfish produce too much waste for tropical fish to handle.


ßübblëš

Answer 10

In the Stores I have seen Betta Males in with the goldfish and they looked like they get a long. I know they say Betta's don't need a heater and gold fish are cold water fish. So in that respect they would get a long But if you get a Betta Male You can only have 1 if you get more than 1 they well fight till one is dead.

Answer 11

That 8 guy posted basically what I was going to post. Pretty funny that my buddy who keeps goldfish asked me for a list of fish he could keep with them. I generated a list much like 8's post.