goldfis in a tropical tank ?

hi there ,

I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up ! Would this cause any serious problems ?

p!nkforpresident wrote:


hi there ,

I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it
seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up !
Would this cause any serious problems ?


How big and how small? goldfish need space and are big waster producers, do
they can make the water conditions worse for others. They need different
food as well. And many tropicals tend to eat their fins...

Better not to mix, but then you need to get the goldfish out of a small
tank. They need a bigger tank than tropicals...

Originally Posted by amosf © Tim Fairchild

p!nkforpresident wrote:


hi there ,

I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it
seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up !
Would this cause any serious problems ?


How big and how small? goldfish need space and are big waster producers, do
they can make the water conditions worse for others. They need different
food as well. And many tropicals tend to eat their fins...

Better not to mix, but then you need to get the goldfish out of a small
tank. They need a bigger tank than tropicals...

thanks for your advice the large tank is around the size of your average coffee table and the golfish are at the moment only one inch. They came from a golden carp that bred with a tench so they are very unusual ! Compleltly gold and absolutely stunning !

I have very few tropical fish in a very large tank (about five) so i will look to rehome the tropicals (though i will keep the pleco in with the goldfish in cold water conditions)

Can you send me some pictures of this unusual carp-tench mix? It's a great
combination...



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amosf © Tim Fairchild Wrote:
p!nkforpresident wrote:
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hi there ,

I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it
seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up !
Would this cause any serious problems ?-


How big and how small? goldfish need space and are big waster
producers, do
they can make the water conditions worse for others. They need
different
food as well. And many tropicals tend to eat their fins...

Better not to mix, but then you need to get the goldfish out of a
small
tank. They need a bigger tank than tropicals...

thanks for your advice the large tank is around the size of your
average coffee table and the golfish are at the moment only one inch.
They came from a golden carp that bred with a tench so they are very
unusual ! Compleltly gold and absolutely stunning !

I have very few tropical fish in a very large tank (about five) so i
will look to rehome the tropicals (though i will keep the pleco in with
the goldfish in cold water conditions)




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p!nkforpresident

here is the one that is a carp - tench mix, apologies for the poor photos they really do not do the fish justice.

carp tench mix (for ease i'll call him fish A) and top tail section of the other fish of an unknown mix, (for ease i'll call him fish B)

tail section of fish B

fish a at the top of this pic and fish B at the bottom.

fish B is very strange he has a tail similar to that of a comet but there were no comets in the pond at the time. He has also remained very small even though he was in a very large tank for a good amount of time. I would suspect he was possible tench plus shubunkin .

GF are very dirty fish and trops usually cannot stand the levels of nitrate caused by
GF. GF eat anything fits in their mouth. Ingrid

p!nkforpresident wrote:


hi there ,

I have a really vbig tropical tank and a tiny coldwater one so it
seemed to make sense to add the two goldfish to the tropical set up !
Would this cause any serious problems ?



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