Common goldies have long fins too, and they do not do as well as
ryunkins and orandas and lion heads do......get a clue, comets need
to be in a larger tank as they grow fast....If its one of these
ornamentals then you can get by with it in a indoor tank to some
degree. Being laone is not a concern with them, its mostly a human
inhibition and trait. They school up and they also stay by
themselves.....either way it will be fine......
If the smaller ones are actually goldies it wil not take long until
they get large too......do a few searches on google and see if you can
identify what type of goldfish th elarger one is, as well as the
smaller supposedly goldies.....



..On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:40:41 -0500, wrote:

Hi:
My uncle just gave me 2 small aquariums. The first has a single
3-4 inch (body length only) goldfish in it that has always been alone.
(At least 1 year old.) Its just a plain orange one, with very long
tail fins.
The second has two very small goldfish, each about 1/2 to 3/4
inch long (body length only.) I'm not sure how old they are. They
look like they are a different species of goldfish. Just a little
orange, with small fins.

I would like to buy one large 50 gallon aquarium and put all 3 of
them together.
My question is, is the big goldfish apt to go after/attack/kill
the two small fish? Like I said, he/she has always been alone, and is
much bigger than the 2 small ones.

If I can't keep them together, I was thinking about getting another
3-4 inch goldfish to put in with the big one.
But again, my question would be, would the current fish attack
the new one, even though it was about the same size?

I know very little about goldfish, but I've learned a lot in the
past 3-4 days about the care and feeding.
What I don't know about is the social patterns of goldfish,
especially one that has always been alone most/all of its life.

Thanks a lot.
Dave



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