Goldfish can be great, medium-maintenance pets but they are not ideal for beginners. Although goldfish require a lot of care and equipment like most aquarium fish, an aquarium that is too small will eventually kill your pet friend.
If you are looking to breed goldfish , have one as a pet, or are simply curious about what it might be like, here's how to raise and care for goldfish, and some tips on how to keep your fish happy and healthy for years, maybe decades, stay tuned.
Goldfish housing requirements
In addition to having relatively high oxygen requirements, they grow to be very large and generate a large amount of waste, which can be harmful if allowed to accumulate.
Common goldfish, comet, and spunkin are excellent fish in outdoor ponds and are known to survive relatively cold winters.
Luxurious goldfish such as oranda, ryuken, moore, and others can also be kept in outdoor ponds, but they are more vulnerable to predators and should be brought in during the winter in harsh climates.
In aquariums, adult Common Goldfish, Comet and Spinken goldfish tanks should contain at least 20 gallons of water per fish, while adult deluxe goldfish tanks should
contain at least 10 gallons per adult, and the size of the filter should be slightly larger to accommodate the production of High waste and additional aeration is recommended when keeping goldfish in warmer temperatures.
Large goldfish will eat many types of live plants, although they may pluck these as well.
Avoid sharp-edged decorations and abrasive rocks such as lava and tufa, which may tear delicate fins, as well as
eye sacs on bubble-eye, space-eyed, marsh goldfish and telescopic-eyed goldfish. Goldfish like to feed in the substrate, so avoid jagged or powdered glass gravel.
Provide adequate water flow but avoid strong currents.
Goldfish water requirements
Goldfish can also be kept in heated aquariums since they are cold water fish, the optimum temperature for fancy goldfish is 20° to 23°C, while for comet goldfish and chinkin they should be
kept between 15° and 21°C, the pH Not critical, but ideally it should be between 7.0 and 8.4, and rapid changes in temperature or water chemistry can be harmful.
If not fatal to goldfish, 1 tablespoon of aquarium or sea salt per 5 gallons can also be used to help keep goldfish healthy.
Maintain good filtration and change 10% of the water weekly or 25% every 2 weeks using an Aquarium water changer or gravel cleaner, and don't forget.
goldfish behavior
Goldfish get along well with calmer fish of similar size. Scale-fins and noisy fish should be avoided.
If housed without a heater, they should be kept with other fish that can tolerate cold water temperatures.
They are very social fish. Goldfish are intelligent and have long memories and can They become very tame, and can be taught to hand-feed and interact with their owners, and they can also distinguish their owners from other humans.
Goldfish of different sizes can be kept together, however, common goldfish, comets and schinkin may become very noisy to smaller goldfish as they grow and may need to be separated. Always consult an aquarium expert before adding any new fish to your aquarium.
What do goldfish eat
Goldfish are grazers, and feed largely on crustaceans, insects, and plant material in the wild. Flakes and pellets will provide aquatic goldfish with a high-quality diet.
Frozen and live foods can also be given, including flowering plants as treats. Goldfish are naturally bottom feeders.
They may clump when feeding on the surface, causing them to lose balance and float upside down.
To avoid this, soak foods briefly before feeding and avoid using floating pellets. For best results, rotate fish food daily and feed only what they can consume within 2 hours.
Goldfish breeding
The male goldfish begins to practice mating rituals when he is ready to mate for several hours, as the male goldfish begins to chase the female and pushes her into her
stomach, and the female goldfish lays her eggs in groups with a total number of about 500 eggs, and most of the most fertile eggs are in the first group , The female goldfish lays her eggs, then
the male immediately goes to the eggs and starts spraying them with semen, after which the large goldfish must be moved to another temporary tank, otherwise they will eat the fertilized eggs.
Goldfish are egg scatterers and have been known to spawn in home aquariums. The fish do not care for the young after spawning. The eggs are sticky and
can be seen clinging to plants and other decorations.
To prevent the eggs from being eaten by adults or other fish in the tank, plants and objects can be moved the other connected.
To prepare for the hatching of the eggs and the emergence of the small goldfish, the eggs must be removed from the fertilized environment and the eggs should be rinsed in water with the same temperature as
the water during breeding, then the eggs should be placed in another small basin that can accommodate about 20 gallons of water, with a water height of six inches, knowing that the water level higher than
that causes More water pressure on the eggs, the water is treated with anti-fungal medication to protect the eggs, and goldfish eggs hatch at the optimum water temperature of 21°C.