FireDroplet

pinkfloydpuffer

Hi, welcome to fishlore
Dragon gobies are actually brackish fish, and they are slowmoving and very docile. They wouldn't get a chance to eat anything before the goldies get to it.

FireDroplet

Okay, thanks. You wouldn't happen to have another sugestion as to what would, would you.

pinkfloydpuffer

The problem is that goldies are coldwater fish, and there aren't very many coldwater fish available. Many if you could find white cloud mountain minnows (I think that's what they're called ) or a hillstream loach... those are the coldwater fish I can think of at the moment.

Lucy

I imagine 10yr old goldfish are pretty big, they may try to eat the minnows.

Congrats on getting them to that age and in a big tank.

pinkfloydpuffer

Oh, I didn't notice they were that old! lol. Maybe commpensate for the lack of other fish with neat-looking decor?

Beeker

Hehe.
Sounds familiar.
With goldies, even the decorations will get knocked over and damaged, but that is an idea worth trying. Also, the Hillstream Loach or another larger Pleco might be worth a try.
Can you find any other goldies close to the same size of yours? Once I let saved some fry and when they were big enough, I introduced them in with the adults, they got along great. Now they are 8 yrs, and the adults are 11 or 12, and all is well.

One thing is certain. Goldies aren't easy, but they are worth the effort.

FireDroplet

I started with 22 little feeders intending on using them until i had the money to get better stuff. in two weeks they ate eachother down to four. they lived for a good five years, eating whatever i added, then i bought some more feeder fish thinking that maybe they prefered that to flakes and that it would be cheeper. They ate all but one that was born deformed. He was M shaped, and never grew any bigger. Three years later while it was my sisters tank the M one and other two died so now that it is mine again only two are left. They really like their new pirate ship and treasure chest decor though.

i have a little castle that they move to a different corner each friday on there own like clockwork. i always found that humorous.

pinkfloydpuffer

Haha, that is adorable! They are such smart fish

FireDroplet

Sorry my computer is super slow today i keep answering you guys slowly - them surviving ten years was a shock in the first place. I had a two year old in my house when the fish were around six and he dumped a box of 500 yellow paintballs into the tank which dissolved and i couldn't even find the fish to get them out. He had done it in the middle of the night too so they were in there a good 8 hours- but they lived. Then a a few years ago one got his head stuck in the filter pump after pulling that cover off and now he is blind - but completely healthy other than that and has survived that for about three years now. I swear they are superfish.

pinkfloydpuffer

Wow, those are some lucky fish!

Beeker

They certainly are smart fish.

I've seen my fish hunt. It is amazing. They grab the head and snap it off with a hard wag. So, if you want to add tankmates, just make sure that their heads do not fit in your goldfishs' mouths.

Lucy

Oh! Welcome to Fish lore

They sounds really cute. How abour sharing some pics?

FireDroplet

They dont kill them like that, they hunt together. They will follow it around biting at it whenever they can. If it fights back like my plecostomus they will leave it be but nothing else ever does.

I am trying to load them. My computer is rediculously slow.

Beeker

Wow. I haven't seen my babies hunt like that. That sounds very interesting. It sounds almost like they are defending their territory, like a pack of wolves.

pinkfloydpuffer

Lol, a pack of ravenous bloodthirsty goldfish!

Beeker

FireDroplet

Exactly, that is why I named one Hannibal. And Kazule is a dragon in one of my favorite books.

pinkfloydpuffer

LOL! Hannibal Lecter... and a dragon... I see a theme here

FireDroplet

Now that I am not ten I can apreciate the humor in the fact that the other two (I started with four and one small one later) were named after disney characters. Oddette - that one is pinkish and has a big tail - and Girgi after teh monkey thing in the Black Cauldren movie. The deformed one i named Frankinfish - this was before the movie but now that there is one my movie theme has played out nicely

gremlin

Depending on what type of goldfish you have (fancy or common) you could try either a bitterling http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...02&pcatid=1602 or an american flagfish http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...76&pcatid=2776 The flagfish is quite colorful.

fishlover78

FireDroplet, just out of curiosity are they fancy or common, I was assuming common.

FireDroplet

common i believe

flagfish dont really get bigger than 3 inch and my fish are a good 6, they will definitely eat it, the bitterling is about 4

gremlin

How about a bluegill or a sunfish? Bluegill can be pretty fish - and free (you can catch your own).

FireDroplet

I haven’t tried to add anything new since there were four and since they would always gang up on whatever it was I think it my be a little easier now. Especially with one of the two being blind. I think something fast would be just fine. Any suggestions on fast fish, being such a big tank I would prefer something at least 3in. But I could always get a couple of something smaller as long as they don’t mind a group.

Red1313

Weather loaches could be an interesting addtion, they're fast from what I understand. I don't know if they're the type of colorful that you're looking for though.

FireDroplet

They are snaklike shape wise arent they?

Red1313

yeah here's a link.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index...guillicaudatus

FireDroplet

Neet - i like it. i have always wanted snakes. one white and one black and i could name them venom and antidote. this will be a worthy supstitute

FireDroplet

It says at least three - i want them to be comfy so how many should i get?