keeping goldfish?

Question

i've kept oscars , catfish ,and all the predators now i would like to kept goldfish.a nice show tank for my livingroom.any suggestions?
i like the fancytails,and ryukins does nyone know how many i should keep in a 55 gallon tank? thank you

Answer 1

Having raised, breed and show gold fish there are many myths about the amount of space a fish needs.

It is a myth that different types can live together. Yes, you have to watch the fancy's vs. the longer slender comets etc. however nothing a veggie clip with lettuce attached won't cure. You can comfortably house 6-8 full size full bodied goldfish, that is to say you have a good filter and maintain a routine maintenance schedule.

you will find a number of sites that will tell you a number of different fish you can safely keep in an aquarium of any given size. It always boils down to maintenance and set up. Remember goldfish need a well balanced diet consisting of 48% or higher proteins and veggies with less than 5% fats.

Keeping the dissolved Oxygen levels high with power heads also helps in a goldfish tank. It takes a number of years for your goldfish to become full grown and your tank with 6-8 smaller fish will seem empty. There are a number of cooler water fish (sorry to say that will not live quite as long) that can be housed with them to add fullness.

Feel free to email and I will send you the list as well as a number of household foods that add to the health of your fish.

Unfortunately the webpage listed above me is from a single person's point of view and not based on scientific fact. There are a lot of mistakes in the web page with regards to raising gold fish and really should not be taken as fact.

Answer 2

Fancies do well in 10 gallons each. With a 55, you could get away with up to 6 if you have great filtration (NO undergravel filters!). Think about your oscars and the bioload :) It's kinda like that.
Make sure if you're getting goldies that you follow the simple guideline to give them thawed, shelled peas a couple of times a week and sinking pellets. The fancy bodied ones are very susceptible to swimbladder issues from constipation, gulping air at the surface while eating and sometimes (like the golfball pearlscale ones), just due to genetic abnormalities.
I'm wanting to set up another goldfish tank, too :) One daughter LOVES the orandas and lionheads and the other loves the celestial and bubble eyes. Still trying to decide which ones I'm going with :)
Never giving up my cichlid tank though :) haha

Answer 3

They need a filter. If you have a 55 gallon tank, it would be good to get a 55-70 gallon filter. If you have a 10 gallon tank, it is good to get 10-25 gallon filter, etc. They should have rocks/gravel and a few plants but don't over crowd it. Just a little decoration. You should let the bag float in the water for at least 15 minutes to let the temperatures become the same so you don't put them through shock.

Answer 4

Actually, your experience with oscars, catfish, and predators makes you the perfect person to determine how many goldfish to keep in your 55 gallon. These all are very messy fish (yes, even the oscars, mainly due to their size). Just decide what kind of goldfish you want first and then figure out what your tank can safely handle. Just please do not mix fantails with non-fantail varieties. They just aren't very compatible. The non-fantail are much faster and not only cause competition for food but are more prone to nip the fantails.

Answer 5

Depends on what type you get. In a 55 gal tank, I have what started as a feeder fish that survived and now its about 6 inches long in less than 18 months. What I have in with it are angels, red tailed sharks and other larger community type fish.
If you have a tank that is all goldfish, remember that they put out a lot more ammonia than your other fish and pay close attention to nitrite and ammonia levels. You may want to put an ammonia absorber in your filter.

Answer 6

I just set up a 55g for my fancies. I have 4 in the tank and one dojo loach.

Recommendations vary from 10g per fancy goldfish to 20-30g for the first goldfish and another 10g for every other goldfish.

Be careful with your water temperatures. Goldfish don't take prolonged heat spells well.

Answer 7

With fancies and GOOD filtration, you can go up to 6 as adults.

User "I Be" brought up the point of not mixing certain kinds because of competitive ability for food (and is correct on that), but I'd suggest three groups not to be mixed: single tailed varieties (commons, comets, and shubunkins), double-tailed with out vision impairment (ryukin, fantail, lionhead, ranchu, pearscale, oranda, etc.), and double-tailed with vision impairment (black moor, celestial eyed, bubble-eyed, and telescopes).

Answer 8

Adult: about 6" goldfish- 6 goldfish in 55 gal.

Small: about 3" goldfish- 20 goldfish in 55 gal.

This goes along with keeping good filtration, water quality, diet, etc.

Answer 9

it depends how big you buy them, i would start out with 3 of either kind, but do not put the goldfish int he same tank as the oscars, they will eat the goldfish

Answer 10

3 with a school of white clouds or a paradise fish
you could get away with 4 but it would be pushing it