OK to put tiny goldfish in with 1 four-inch one?

Well its nice to think on putting them alltogetheirna larger tank,
however those tiny ones will be large in short order, and to be
perfectly honest, goldifish really need to be kept outdoors or in a
tank much larger than a 55 gal setup. The small ones ought to do just
fine with the larger as they are not agrressive....and any tendency
for th elarger to eat smaller was when those smaller fish were much
smaller than they are now....

Why not lookinto getting a small prform and set it up outside, to
house them allin. 3 goldies would do fine outside in a 90 or so gal
preform for a long time.....Don;t know what area / zone your in but
godies in general do just fine outdoors most everywhere as long as
pond doe snot freed completely, but that issue is easy enought to take
care of as well......I'm sure Dr. Solo will be around this group in
due time, and she is the goldie guru..........

That said, yes foks keep gf in indoor aquariums al the time.Can it be
done, yes,is it the best way, no, but in general larger is better in
terms of aquarium size and there is no such thing as two large for
goldies. They gropw fast and make a lot of ,mess, so a good oversized
filter system is also important. As is proper water changes. Lots of
luck, but if possible consider a preform outside for best results and
then fill those other tanks up with some nice smallish tropicals.

Regards



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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