What sorts of fish are good tank mates for gold fish?

Question

My little brother has five fish and a huge tank. We are looking for more fish to go along with them. What sorts of fish could we safely stick in the tank with them?

Answer 1

Goldfish are coldwater, so not many fish are suitable to go with them but other goldfish. Depending on the variety of goldfish, they may get to be 4-18 inches (each) as adults, and because of the amount of wastes they produce, each fish should have at least 10 gallons of tank volume, so at the least, they'll need to have a 50-55 gallon tank by the time they're fully grown. You may want to consider this before adding more fish, then needing an even larger tank.

Answer 2

Goldfish only go with other goldfish. You can put together these types of goldfish
comets, shubunkin, wakin, jinkin, koi (don't put koi in a tank) ryukin all can go together
Ryukin, oranda, ranchu, lionhead, pearlscale can go together.
Moors, demekin, celestials, bubble eyes can go together.
You don't want to mix some goldfish together because they need to equally be able to compete for food. Single tailed fish are faster and can see better than the fancier varieties. If you mix comets and moors together you will have huge overeating comets and small unfed moors. Its hard to get every body fed in that situation.

Answer 3

Plecos are omnivores, they'll consume lifeless fish. The Pleco did not kill the Molly, it extremely is basically getting a protein kick, very generic. Your tank is small, i could verify water high quality, which could kill if it is going undesirable. A Bristlenose gets too great for a 10g, they choose 15-20 gallons or greater, they're very messy fish. Columbian Tetras could desire to be in a shoal, and are too energetic for a 10g, they choose over 20 gallons.

Answer 4

Goldfish and goldfish only my friend, goldfish are coldwater fish and only get along with other goldfish, you can put in some ghost shrimp though! There are many types of goldfish, comets, commons, fantails, shubunkins, wakins, jikins, pearlscale, oranda, moors, telescope, pompom, demekin, veiltail, eggfish, lionhead, celestial, and bubble eye. Try them out but you need a big tank if you want goldfish cause they can grow pretty big. Look at this link it gives you info on each one!

Answer 5

if your existing fish in the tank are gold fish putting in carnivore fish would be a no no cause your goldfish will just become food tetras, angelfish , tiger barbs,silver dollars redhooks,archer fish,even discus would be ideal as add ons to your tank eccept that discus really require very clean water. you can also put in a pleco or two which will act as cleaners and you wont need to clean the inside glass of your tank as much

Answer 6

There are many types of goldfish, so those are your best choices. If you have to have something different, channel catfish are sometimes sold in pet stores, both regular and unleaded, uh, I mean albino. Other types of North American catfish, such as bullheads, would also be okay if legal in your state.

Answer 7

other goldfish and you cannot mix cometsand commons with fancys.

the comets will out compete them for food b/c they are too slow.

goldfish are very dirty and have too different water conditions for tropicals and others.

no plecos. theyre tropical and will suck on the fish and give them sores.

Answer 8

You may get a Japanese koi fish. its not a treat to your goldfish. both of them are usually kind so you may put them together..

Answer 9

suckers, snails, some plants. a crab would be just cute, but might not be the best idea. not much of an expert i'd stick with goldfish.

Answer 10

Don't get a fiddler crab because they are really hard to maintain. Mine died because it kept on trying to get out and they need air and water.