Stop! Don't put your Goldfish in with your Tropical Fish
Tropical fishing 11 years ago 38,182 views
Bit of a rant/good information on why not to mix tropicals with goldfish. I have seen this a lot lately or have seen too many people asking if they can do this. Really the answer is no if you care about all the fish involved.
10. comment for Stop! Don't put your Goldfish in with your Tropical Fish
Just with the water leaking down the back hope it wasn't near the electrics ;-)
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30. comment for Stop! Don't put your Goldfish in with your Tropical Fish
Hey
I have a 15 cent feeder fish in my 55 gallon HEATED tropical tank
SHOTS FIRED
However, I have a jungle of plants in my tank with a lot of 2 forms of filtration as you said it, goldfish poop and create a lot of nitrogenous wastes.
In my tank, I only have anacharis, tiger lotus, foxtails, anubias and Java ferns that are tough and fast-growing.
Other ornamental goldfish do not mix with most tropicals because they are slow moving and their flowing fins. Comets and shubunkins are able to stand on their own with certains barbs (cherry barbs) and probably not with tetras and cichlids (maybe angels).
Having said all this i think before you put goldfish and tropicals together do your research.
can I keep them in there for a week while it gets fully scrubbed down?
Research some more.
50. comment for Stop! Don't put your Goldfish in with your Tropical Fish
So please stop saying how you HAD some goldfish with gourami or platy etc Because they wouldn't have been happy.There body would have adapted to their environment but they wouldn't have been happy with it. Also keep in mind goldfish can live for. 30 + years and if you only had yours for 0-5 years... Well therefore they obviously weren't okay. More than half of you guys probably keep yours in a tank under 20 gals which will stunt there growth if kept in the small tank for life and it will just be such an uncomfortable living space especially how fancy goldfish get up to 6-8" as explained in video and single tailed goldfish can grow to 45 cm! Whilst also produce alot of ammonia it would be like living in just a bedroom with having poop everywhere. Disgusting.
So please. Stop harming these amazing animals!