So I have this 4" goldfish that I believe to be comet. When he was a baby a former fried had bought him from a pet store to feed to her salamander and he got lucky and grew too big for the salamander to eat him. So at four inches my former friend was desperate to get him out of her salamander tank and being the good pushover friend that I am got stuck with him. I've had him for about 6-8 months now living in a 10 gallon tank and he hasn't grown at all.
The other day I was talking with a friend that has a 55gal with some pretty huge ryukin goldfish in it and she said when she was a kid she had a 10gal with a couple little fantail goldfish that never grew and when I was a kid I had fantail goldfish in a 5gal and they never grew, I think I had them for about 5yrs before they died.
Is it possible that a goldfish will stop growing if the tank it resides in isn't big enough to support it's growth? I figured I'd find him a new home once he got too big but he hasn't grown and he fits quite perfectly in the tank. Thanks
The other day I was talking with a friend that has a 55gal with some pretty huge ryukin goldfish in it and she said when she was a kid she had a 10gal with a couple little fantail goldfish that never grew and when I was a kid I had fantail goldfish in a 5gal and they never grew, I think I had them for about 5yrs before they died.
Is it possible that a goldfish will stop growing if the tank it resides in isn't big enough to support it's growth? I figured I'd find him a new home once he got too big but he hasn't grown and he fits quite perfectly in the tank. Thanks