Fantail Goldfish Growth & Full Size?
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Published 2020-08-25
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Wild night at the fair. While my friend and I were waiting for our boyfriends to get off one of the fair rides, she pointed out a bag near the fence. Neither of us thought it would actually have a fish in it let alone two. We waited for two rounds of the ride to see if anyone would claim it but no one came around and I couldn't leave them there. So now I have two baby comets in a 5 gallon quarantine tank.
A nice 75 gallon in the future would be a good permanent home for these guys. Best of luck with them! Do you have a tank size in mind,for when they are done in quarantine? They will be good in that 40 gallon breeder for a long time. Sounds like you got a good plan going on and I wish you the best of luck! (I also have fair fish and it took,them a week to eat due to being stressed. They also bottom sat a lot but were just used to doing that in the bin.
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Good luck! Hoping for success with yours!
I won 4 at a fair last year. They were so bad off health wise they all ended up dying.
I have come to utterly hate the practice of this. As the people handing them out don’t even care. They remind me of backyard breeders.
Arriving home from work I almost cried. We're finally showing some progress! Sure he still gets all wonky, but a week ago he was side floaty 24/7! Thank you to everyone who gave me their suggestions on previous posts. He'll probably be in his hospital tank for several more weeks but I wanted to share this happy news. Also, I'm a huge fan of Repashy for sure! Its so easy on his gut that he has an easier time pooping.
About two weeks ago I posted a photo of my tank to A different goldfish group here on Facebook. A lady commented on my photo saying that my tank looked “disgusting” and that she thought I was going through “a bacterial Bloom”. Well my house has filtered pond water, so it’s never clear. There is always a hue to my tank water. She didn’t know what she was talking about.
But her words didn’t sit right with me, she called my tank disgusting! I caved. Long story short I cleaned my filter, media, and did a 50% water change and these are now my water parameters. Not good! I had perfect water before her comments and before I cleaned everything. 0 ppm if ammonia, 0 ppm of nitrite, and 10ppm of nitrate. And now I’m scared to post this. But I really need help.
I’ve used almost a whole 16 ounce bottle of ammo lock, And nothing has changed. Please try not to leave anything rude in the comments, or anything mean. It’s mean comments Got me in this situation in the first place.
A quick background about me, I do understand how the water cycle works.
I’m pretty sure I stripped my tank of all good bacteria when I cleaned my filter and media. Please please please don’t leave hate. I’m searching for good honest people who can help me.
First off, ease up on the AmmoLock. It will lower your pH and doesn't eliminate ammonia. The only way to eliminate or control ammonia is through frequent and large water changes. It looks like you're starting your cycle again, so with fish-in, I would do water changes daily, or at least every other day, monitor your levels daily, and add Prime and Stability. Prime add every other day. Again, Prime will NOT get rid of your ammonia, but it will bind them to make it harmless to your fish. Also, I like Prime because it doesn't interrupt your cycle. Stability and StressCoat will help your fish deal with the fluctuations in parameters until you've completed your cycle. I've passed this around before, but it might be helpful.
Do a BIG water change to clear out all that ammonia, and start dosing with stability. Use the whole bottle, It doesn't matter if it says to only use it for a day. Dose with prime every other day.
First So sorry u crashed ur cycle from overcleaning because of an uneducated comment. Fish in general don’t live in crystal clear water anyway so if ur fish r healthy and parameters are on point with a strong cycle keep up what u were doing before. The less cleaning the better. Algae is good for our piggies and a healthy environment. Once in a while a bacteria bloom happens from disrupting the colony with a new fish or overfeeding or disturbing substrate or media ect ect.
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Your opening statement made me laugh, as it's currently 1.40am and I clicked on your video because I can't sleep and was researching fish aquarium topics 😂😂😂
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Such a shame to hear that some folks get concerned with the growth rate of their fish instead of just sitting back and enjoying them as they are every day. If they are going to grow they will...just don't get hung up on it. Thanks for this!
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I have a 8 inch long Comet Goldfish and a 9.5 Inch Calico Ryukin Goldfish. Both are very entertaining with a Voracious appetite for insects, pellets, live food and veggies
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Very lovely and adorable fish you have... Also your aquarium quit bige enough to make you fish happy.... I realy love them...i want be friend with your fishes,
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They really going after that girl haha
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Hey had a question about decor about my 80gal... It's mainly stocked with angelfish buuuut I also have quite a few plecos... My smallest is about 9.5 inches and have destroyed just about everything that I've put in the tank. I bought some spider wood pieces and with there massive sizes they just tore it apart. But I'm too scared to put dragon stone or really any kind of stone decor due to there sensitive mouths... Any recommendations on decor?
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I had a fantail for 5 years and it barely reached 6in, had it in a 400 gallon pond, sadly it froze and busted while I was at school and I lost him. R.I.P. Tubby.
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I keep 4 in my 75 gallon. Frozen brine and blood worms with Hikari’s pellets are part of their diet, i also give them unshelled peas for extra nutrition.Ps love the content.
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Why are all the fish going after the orange fish in the first video ?
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I own 4 huge fantail they are good pets but need alot of care they are very messy fish mine are in a 4ftx50cmx50cm and with 3 double filters and I need to do two 50 percent water changes a week.
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I just rescued a single fantail goldfish yesterday he looks in great shape! I need an Idea of what to feed him! Because I have not had a goldfish in years! And I feel horrible for him!
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I accidentally bought 5 feeder goldfish and I have them in 30 gallon they are happy I have many filtration and I change there water every couple days so I cycle another 20 gallon to divide them but at the moment they are happy together I don’t want to separate the I wanna know how long I can keep them in the 30 gallon together.
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I have a breeding pair of orange fan tails in a 100 gallon tub.they are about 5 inches each
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Is there a simple.device to dump and fill a tank, simply?
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I have three "two fin" goldfish in a tiny pond outdoors that produced three fish one of which has a single tail...is that common?
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I have 2 tanks a 55 gallon and a 75 gallon and there both stocked only with two fancy goldfish each I like to under stock my tanks both tanks have big fluval canisters on them and 2 big sponge filters each and my water is clear always but my fish are big there all 6 to 8 inches I feed veggies and sinking pellets think it’s ok what I’m doing
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My fancy goldfish is about four inches long and is very happy
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Love these fish. Thinking about getting a Black Moor and Calico Fantail. Maybe in a 20 or 30 gallon. Do goldfish need a lid? Can't find a definite answer online.
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Hey I got two and one is male one is female 9 months old right now. Is it possible for them to breed in a tank? Thanks Casey
