I am planing on setting up my new 35+ gal tank soon and I'm leening towerds the 19 cents gold fish. I had 3 before the eck attaked my tank about 3 years ago... :( but they had gotten HUGE!! so I think i want them what number of them should i get and will they like the tank? :unsure::unsure:

I suggest getting fantails. They don't grow as long as commons, comets, or shubunkins. Feeder goldfish are usually common goldfish or sometimes comets. I have common and comet goldfish in my pond over 14" long. Fantails cost more ($3 or $4 versus a few cents; nothing compared to the costs of equipment) but stay smaller, usually half as small and are slower growing. If you got 3 of them for your 35 gallon tank, that would be about right. At first, the tank might seem sparse but hopefully, if they grow to adulthood, you'll have 8" fish in there, and the tank will seem pretty full. It think it's more fun to watch fish explore a tank where they have more room and more things to do instead of being jammed in with a lot of other fish.

Good luck!

YA that sonds good! But not to disagree I was thinking that i would raise them t'ill they were big a nofe to put in a pond and me not be so worried that they would get sick or eaten by one of the wild hawks that are around. and i need time to get the money to build a pound. :D If i can't get apound then i promes to get fan tails not commen.:)

P.s wow i did a search on koi because im thinking about geting a pound and they have lived to around 190-200 years!!!

Koi only rarely live that long. Most live less than 50 years especially if they don't have ponds that are large enough. Koi experts say to have 1000 gallons for the first koi and at least 100 gallons more for each additional koi so if you want koi, plan big!

Oh i'm not geting koi any time soon just looking...:) and i new that it was rare but i thought it was cool!


do you think a pare of common gold fish would live happily for a year or sooner t'ill i can afored a pound?

If you get the common goldfish when they are small, they should be fine for a few years before needing the pond.

cool, lol i think im going to set up a tank for fansy guppys, mospuito fish, platys, mollys and sword-tails but this is a list of ideas for the tank....


Im so sad my chicken just got killed by a dog!!

P.s dose it mean any thing that a feeder fish is black not gold?

I'm sorry about your chicken! We have five chickens right now. In the past, two were killed by a hawk and two by a pair of foxes that dug into the cage.

"Feeder goldfish" are normally common or comet goldfish. They normally start off life brown/gray/blah colored. After they are an inch or two long, they start to change to orange and perhaps some white and black. The colors may change a few times before settling on an adult coloration and pattern. Sometimes the young fish hold onto their natural color longer. Those are the "black feeder fish" to which you refer. They will most likely soon change to orange, etc. I've had at least one goldfish remain dark colored until over 8" long when he decided he wanted to be orange too!

<_< darn i like the black <_< .

ok now i like the beta fish... i would buy 1 male and 3 female 1 male since they fight and 3 girls i think he would love! what do you think?

dose any one know how many beta fish can live in a 35 gal tank? I want to put 1 male and 3 females in it but looking for more ideas first.

It's not really a matter of how many can fit in the tank as far as biological filtration and space goes. It's more how many bettas can get along in that size tank. Females are less apt to fight than males but do sometimes fight. It's really an individual thing. Males may also beat up females if they have a nest to protect. Certainly, you shouldn't have more than one male. As for how many females, I would start with two and see how they do. The more room they have to get away from each other, and the more distractions (other fish, places to hide, plants) that they have, the better behaved they should be.

ok and i have a 10 gal tank for the eggs and the male do you think i can move him and his kids?

The tank i was going to get got broken <_< so i guess the ten gal tank will be set up for sum small fishes... :(

Sorry about your tank. Good luck with the one that you have.

Since betta fry are so small, it's easier to remove the parents from the breeding tank than to try to move the fry. You can certainly move the fry with a cup or pipette but you'll probably miss a lot of them that way. Anyway, worry about fry when/if that happens.

yes, well i might just get my mom to let me buy a 20 gal tank hopfuly :D

Oh, maybe I'll get mosquito fish from my local creek.:)

Oh I found a fish like mosquito fish but much more color to it a green and yello. o.0