Will these fish do well together?

Question

I don't care about any ph levels or any kind of that crap.
1 ryukin goldfish, 4 neon tetras, and a fish that cleans the tank, one of those that sucks stuff.

Answer 1

Okay. Well you do realise that neon tetras are TROPICAL fish and goldfish are COLDWATER fish, right?
No idea what your suckerfish is, i'm guessing a type of loach. Whatever the case, they are almost always tropical too.
I am guessing that you are keeping them in a heated tank, right? If not, the expect your tetras and sucker to die pretty soon.
I think that you really should start to take an interst in the Ph and water chemistry of your tank. It is the most vital aspect of fish-keeping. And what's more, it really isn't that difficult. You can buy an all-in-one test kit from most aquarium stores, that will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know.
All in all, I can't see why these fish will not do well together. just remember that your goldfish can grow up to 15cm, so I hope you have a fairly large tank, or are willing to upsize. When fully grown, the Ryukin could easily eat your tetras.
Goldfish are also EXTREMELY messy, and produce LOTS of waste, so it is very important that you clean the gravel regularly. I have a battery operated gravel cleaner, and it's brilliant.
If I were you, I would buy seperate, tropical tank for the tetras and leave the goldfish where it is. They all require different water chemistry to be happy. And whilst i'm sure your tank looks pretty, remember that these are living creatures.
Fish are NOT the stupid creatures with supposed 5sec memories that many people believe. They have actually been on this earth far longer than any other creature and have had MANY millions of years to evolve. They have been shown to have very high intelligence, and many are actually cleverer than rodents. There are websites that will prove this to you, just type in "fish intelligence" in the Google search bar.
Anyway. Just to let you know, when I first started in this hobby, I was just like you, and didn't give a crap about PH and all that, but after a year or so, i've begun to realise just how important it is.
Please don't be ignorant, and respect your fish. Their entire lives depend on YOU and they are far more than just display items.

Answer 2

The goldfish requires temps below 75 and the neon's require a temp over 80, if the temp is too low the neon's will die through one disease or other probably white spot as they get stressed out, if the temps too high the goldfish will spend most its time panting trying to get sufficient oxygen in a depleted system, so no they can't go together.

AND TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PH LEVEL AND THAT CRAP YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE A PET BECAUSE YOUR INCAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER IT IN A SUITABLE MANNER.

AJ

Answer 3

If you don’t care about the condition of the water, the fish won’t live that long anyways, probably not even 6 months…
But anyways, the goldfish is a cool water fish, the tetras are tropical fish, and there are many species of fish that “suck stuff,” so I can’t help you out on that one, since I don’t know which kind you have.
In my opinion, if you are going to bother having an aquarium, why not try to do your best to make it a healthy environment for the fish? They are more likely to live longer, less likely to get diseases, and will show more natural behavior since they won’t be stressed from the poor water conditions. Just a thought.
Anyways, good luck. :)

Answer 4

They will get along fine together until the goldfish gets big enough to eat the tetras. But, they shouldn't be together, because tetras need warmer water than goldfish do...and, you should care about ph levels if you want to keep fish.

Answer 5

Hi My mom has neon tetra and goldfish together and there doing find. She don't have the algae eater but there is no reason Why you can't have one Just be sure to have a heater or make sure the water is around 72 and not over 80 degrees. Alot of people will tell you goldfish will not live long in a heated tank because they like colder water but My mom's are doing just fine. Also An otocinclus (oto) catfish would be a great Algae eater to get but make sure you have had your tank for a few months so you have enough algae for it to eat. And you will also want to feed it like Algae wafers or some kind of green food. I give mine algae wafers.You don't want to have them survive just on the algae in your tank in case there isn't enough. I put a couple links below about OTO. Have fun and Good Luck to you.

You do need to have good water conditions tho It will help them to live longer and much healthier for they fish

Answer 6

Goldfish can ONLY go with Goldfish. No matter what. They need different temperatures, huge tanks (each goldfish should have 20 gallons of space to themselves), strong filtration, different food, etc.

Neon tetras, corydora catfish (which clean up gravel), and a small algae eater (chinese or otocinclus) would go nicely together. If you want any kind of goldfish, koi, etc., they have to go by themselves or with their own species.

Answer 7

a ryukin would be happy in a 20 gallon -- try for something a little bigger than neons that could be lunch one day. the pleco would need about 50 gallons minimum. they grow to 18" unless you get a more rare breed.

Answer 8

goldfish are nasty and belong in there on tank I have seen a algea eater attack a fish before

Answer 9

no they won't plain and simple, and if you don't care enough to worry about what your fishes need then you don't deserve to be responsible for another living creature, human or not.

Answer 10

OK the gold fish likes cool water the neon's are tropical,76 degrees or higher.if it is a Chinese algae eater it is ok,.in either condition.