Common goldfish
The long-bodied, single-tailed goldfish, including comets. It reaches a foot long and belongs in a very large tank or a pond.
Care at a glance
| Minimum tank | 75 gallons (284 L) |
|---|---|
| Temperature | 60–72°F (16–22°C) |
| pH | 7.0–8.0 |
| How many | Fine on its own |
| Adult size | 12 in (30.5 cm) |
| Temperament | Peaceful |
| Where it lives | The middle of the tank |
| Type | Fish |
Things to know
- It produces a lot of waste and eats most plants. Size the filter to turn the water over about eight times an hour.
Good tank mates
Possible with care
- Neon tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- Chili rasbora
- Zebra danio
- White cloud minnow
- Guppy
- Platy
- Molly
- Dwarf gourami
- Bronze corydoras
- Pygmy corydoras
- Otocinclus
- Tiger barb
- Fancy goldfish
- Nerite snail
- Black skirt tetra
- Glowlight tetra
- Black neon tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Serpae tetra
- Bleeding heart tetra
- Diamond tetra
- X-ray tetra
- Scissortail rasbora
- Celestial pearl danio
- Giant danio
- Rosy barb
- Gold barb
- Denison barb
- Rainbow shark
- Red-tailed black shark
- Hillstream loach
- Swordtail
- Endler's livebearer
- Honey gourami
- Sparkling gourami
- Paradise fish
- Bolivian ram
- Cockatoo dwarf cichlid
- Convict cichlid
- Jack Dempsey
- Electric blue acara
- Panda corydoras
- Peppered corydoras
- Dwarf chain loach
- Common pleco
- Rubber lip pleco
- Pictus catfish
- Dwarf neon rainbowfish
- Golden wonder killifish
- Bala shark
- Japanese rice fish
- Mystery snail
- Ramshorn snail
- Assassin snail
- Dwarf orange crayfish
- African dwarf frog
Do not mix with
- Cardinal tetra
- Ember tetra
- Betta (male)
- Bristlenose pleco
- Kuhli loach
- Angelfish
- Cherry barb
- Cherry shrimp
- Amano shrimp
- Rummynose tetra
- Congo tetra
- Green neon tetra
- Marbled hatchetfish
- Lambchop rasbora
- Siamese algae eater
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- Three-spot blue gourami
- Female betta
- German blue ram
- Kribensis
- Firemouth cichlid
- Oscar
- Severum
- Discus
- Electric yellow lab
- Peacock cichlid
- Shell dweller
- Sterbai corydoras
- Clown loach
- Yoyo loach
- Clown pleco
- Glass catfish
- Chinese algae eater
- Boeseman's rainbowfish
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Clown killifish
- Pea puffer
- Ghost shrimp
- Bamboo shrimp
- Crystal red shrimp
Open any pairing to see the reason.