how many gold fish had u had?

just wondering how many gold fish had u had your whole life so far?

 

about 2 of mine 2 of sister but that was a few years ago now I kepp tropicals

Peace Out Callum!

 

oh I ahd like 20 so far all died yeah cause I forgot to feed them but now I keep tropical fish

 

oh boy... :'(

Don't forget this time!!

 

I have kept about 45 goldfish, and 5 koi so far. about 30 goldfish have died and one koi because they have many bad run ins with raccoons and neighbors cats. Now we installed a top pond full of cheap feeder goldfish so that they are easier for the predetors to catch and they ignore our koi. I had a beutiful shubunkin and an asagI koi killed by a few raccoons after they chewed apart our filter and pump and caused the water level to go down to about 3 inches. My neighbor has about 250 goldfish right now because she used to keep 6 huge 1 foot commons in her pond for about 6 years then suddenly one summer she had a couple thousand and slowly the number has dimineshed because of herons and other predation.

 

wow lots of fish u raise goldfish insted of tropical?

 

Nope, I keep goldfish, koi, native species and tropical fish. I have been trying to convince my neighbor that she also needs a tropical tank, she wouldn't have to worry about the predation and she could pay me to keep it healthy=money for me. ;D

 

is it an out door or indoor souds like a pond

 

Probably a couple of hundred over the last 27 years.
I have about 20 now.

 

I'm doing a great job with Goldfish. Goldfish is the fish that i've started this hobby with. I bought 2 Comets nearly a year ago, they r still doing fine.

 

I looove goldfish. I've only ever had one, though, when I was little.

 

ummm... I have had none and I always wondered if they can be with tropical fish? ( small ones)

 

They can't because of the different temperature requirements. Goldfish wouldn't be happy in warm water.

 

omG that's y my goldfish Died

 

ok so I guess without air conditioning or some way of chilling the tank in the summer the goldfish will ddefinetly die?

 

ok so I guess without air conditioning or some way of chilling the tank in the summer the goldfish will ddefinetly die?

u could a chiller chan ching (dollar eyes in the fish shops) there like 400-100 dollars my mum wants a Saltwater coldwater (yawn) until she found out how much

Peace Out Callum!

 

ok so I guess without air conditioning or some way of chilling the tank in the summer the goldfish will ddefinetly die?

Instead of buying the hundreds of dollars worth of chiller... this is what I do. You can put a little bag of ice in a bag and float it until they melt.. I do that when it gets really hot.. but make sure you get a thermometer so you can watch how much you cool it down. Sometimes I'll pop a few ice cubes into the filter and let it pump out some cold water for a few minutes. Keeping the light off will help. If it's near a window, cover it from the sunlight. You could also point a fan at the tank. It'll cool the water but speed up evaporation so you'll have to change the water sooner.

Good luck!

 

I had 5.

Goldfish do not like warm water. A temperature not to exceed 75 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal. They can, in fact, be kept outside in ponds that freeze on the surface for the winter as long as there is plenty of water beneath the ice. Goldfish are perfectly happy at room temperatures, provided it does not get too warm. They also eat quite a lot and make a mess. Therefore, they must not be crowded, and should have very efficient filtration and aeration of their tank water. They are not at all particular about the water parameters and will adjust to just about any pH or hardness as long as there is no abrupt change. They require a diet very high in vegetable matter, and should always have some form of vegetable like zucchinI or romaine lettuce, or sacrificial aquarium plants, available for their grazing. Of final but critical importance: give them plenty of room - at least two or three times what you would normally give to tropical fish. A good rule of thumb is to allow at least 5 gallons of water per inch of goldfish.

 

3 or 4 goldfish now into cichlids of all sorts.

 

thanks for the tip guys

 

4 so far & still learning.

 

Probably around 15 or so. Lost several to great blue herons, and a few had a run in with incompatible chemicals(wasn't my fault). Now I have about 5 14" koi, and maybe 3/4 fantail goldfish, one is black, though. Really hard to count the fish in the pond these days, with the amount of vegetative cover they have.

 

I have had 10...a sarasa comet RIP , 2 comet, fancy, a calico fancy, a marble one most white/silver, 2 black moors..one died....it was b/c I had too many in a 20 gallon that some died...I did some research & realized that you need a huge tank if you want happy healthy goldfish. So I sold them and turn the 20 gallon into a tropical.