115 gallon goldfish tank

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well after my experience in singapore i desided to convert my oscar tank into a goldfish tank,

well rite now ive decided ill have
1 oranda
1 lionhead
2 black moors
2 ryukins
3 fantails
1 shubunkin
3 comets
1 ranchu
4 pearlscales

i know im overstocked but the comets will move to my pond later on
ill post pics during and after:drool:
 
That is far toooooo many goldfish for your 115 gallon tank.
 
That should be a nice-looking variety. You'll probably get some concerns regarding the overstocking (as you know), though I'm guilty of a bit of that myself.

I'd also be concerned about combining so many "differently abled" fish. The more agile comets, shubunkins, and ryukins might be a problem for the fish at the other end of the spectrum such as pearlscales.

You'd also have to choose carefully for tank decoration to prevent injury. Do you have any plans decorating the tank? Honestly, with that many fish there wouldn't be much room for anything else.
 
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I agree. I also would hesitate to keep the pearlscales with the others as they are slower moving and may not be able to compete for food, and may get picked on more.

Kristina
 
o ok =[ so ill have the pearlscales alone then

for decoration implanning on some plants even if goldfish love to eat em ill c how it goes and thts about it
 
I am currently using a barebottom setup for all my goldies to make maintenance easier. In time, I will decorate it with plants but the plants will be planted in fancy porcelain pots. This will make cleaning the wastes and food leftovers for me much easier.

Of all your goldies, the pearlscales are indeed very slow. You need to make sure they get their fair share of foods. I had refused to mix my previous pearlscales with my orandas, ryukins and lionhead as they keep bowling them over during feeding frenzy. My ranchu is pretty feisty so I am confident he will easily compete well with the others.

The comets and shubs are pretty fast. The fantails and ryukins certainly will have no problem eating together with them as both fancies are also agile. I mixed my watonai and fantail with the fancies before but time came when I am beginning to realize how much the first two grow and had to move them out of my tank to give others a chance. Eventually the rest caught up.

What are the dimensions of the 115g? Looking forward to your pics.:)
 
I give all my goldfish plants in the belief that it supplements their diets. I would keep fancy goldfish in it (sounds like you've decided that anyway). Their space requirements are less and they don't need as long a tank as the fancies do (though don't think that means fancies need much less space!) Working on 15G per fancy, you could fit 7 comfortably and 8 at a stretch. You could have at the very most 5 of the more able varieties working on 20G a fish...but I know a lot of people think this is too little for a full grown one. It is much easier to buy fewer and not have to suffer the heartache and hassle of getting the ones you don't want good homes.
 
Corrie, the plants are indeed excellent supplements. They are natural foods and should be added in the goldfish's diet. Duckweeds and Egeria densa are fast growing plants that you can readily provide anytime. You could also try green hair algae. I did before and the goldfish stripped them down quickly. They actually eat almost anything they find. Crushed snails, shrimps, mosquito larva, earthworms, plants and many others are eaten readily.
 
I put all the spare duckweed from my endlers tanks into the goldfish tank...it takes them about five minutes to eat two handfuls of it :D
 
ok thnks for the replies the tank is 120 com long by 60 cm wid by 55 cm high

thts around 48 inches long by 24 inches wide by 22 high
 
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