Fancy Goldfish

[theurge33]

Quick question about stocking a 75 gallon tank. How many fancy goldfish would be a comfortable amount with some smaller fish tankmates and how many would with just goldfish. Assuming proper cleaning, water conditions etc??

[Rue]

I have 4 goldfish and 3 Dojos in my goldfish tank...

I won't be adding any more...

I think you could get 4-6 fancies...and maybe a couple of others, but there are not many fish that 'go' with goldies...

[theurge33]

yea I might do some zebras or something. Maybe some corys.

[jbeining75]

I'd say 5 or 6 fancies also. As for tankmates you might want to leave it all goldies... Goldies are kept around 60-70 so it limits what else can go in the tank... Good luck...

[Ellen4God]

How do you keep the water so cool?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

No heater and keep the room the tank is in at about that temperature.

[shalafi04]

you need 10gallons of water per goldfish as a general rule, so we will say a little more than that. So Id say 5 or 6. 7 might be pushing it. :) keep that tank nice and cold and super clean. you may want to run double the suggested filtration because goldies are sorta dirty fellows. :)

[hockeyref88]

hockey ref WIFEY here,

make sure to post pics of your gold fish when you get them, cuz me WUVS GOLDFISH the MOST:malelovies: .

my MOST favorite gold fish died last week and i miss her very much.
my Frannie, was the most regal, most beautiful fan tailed comet you've ever seen. she swam with nobility and lady like class. i think about her every day and miss her so much.

i wish you all the best with your fancies...

[hockeyref88]

hockey ref WIFEY here,

make sure to post pics of your gold fish when you get them, cuz me WUVS GOLDFISH the MOST:malelovies: .

my MOST favorite gold fish died last week and i miss her very much.
my Frannie, was the most regal, most beautiful fan tailed comet you've ever seen. she swam with nobility and lady like class. i think about her every day and miss her so much.

i wish you all the best with your fancies...

[hockeyref88]

oops multi posted again....

[cocoa_pleco]

id go with 6 fancy goldfish and 3-4 weather loaches for cleanup

[Fishguy2727]

My 75 has 11 fancy goldfish, 4 axolotls, and a stable population of wild type (feeder) guppies, but they will not all be staying in there. I would keep a maximum of six in a 75. Their body alone (not counting the fins) can be the size of a man's fist (about softball size).

I do not think bottom feeders are needed if you have enough filtration/flow and sand, which would be my recommendation. Not just because in general I have found sand to be the best substrate in general, but in this case also because some goldfish have died because they swallowed gravel and it blocked everything up.

I do not have any bottom feeders in my tank and it stays clean, I do not even need to vacuum. Goldfish themselves are really a bottom feeder. They love to sift through sand in search of food.

[theurge33]

Thanks guys...gf are the best haha. I think im gonna go 4 or 5 and get the whole spectrum of colors and species!

[Rue]

That's what I did! Our goldie tank is the overall favourite!:41: