Okay, then my questions now is, Why is it stunted? It's been in this tank since I've had it. Over 8 years. It was a baby Comet Fish when bought.
Has the tank been maintained by water changes back from the beginning? If not, that could be why the fish never reached its potential. Build up of nitrate can stunt the fish aside from making them vulnerable to old tank syndrome where fish are shocked from the sudden changes in environment when you suddenly change a large portion of their dirty water.Okay, then my questions now is, Why is it stunted? It's been in this tank since I've had it. Over 8 years. It was a baby Comet Fish when bought.
The tank has been maintained by water changes. I can only think of one thing that could have possibly caused it. About 5 years ago, I had to put in a tropical fish into the goldfish's tank as I had no where else to put it at the time until I called the LFS to see if they would take the rainbow shark. It's a big no no to put tropical fish with goldfish, but I had no other way to do it. This goldfish has not really gotten any bigger since I put the shark in there with it. Regardless, the shark is no longer alive, but That's the only thing I can think of that made the goldfish stunted.Has the tank been maintained by water changes back from the beginning? If not, that could be why the fish never reached its potential. Build up of nitrate can stunt the fish aside from making them vulnerable to old tank syndrome where fish are shocked from the sudden changes in environment when you suddenly change a large portion of their dirty water.
Unfortunately, you will be unable to enjoy the goldfish around which is the point of having the hobby as solitary ones will never be able to interact with anyone and enable them to remain physically and mentally active. At this point, their immune system drops and they eventually become vulnerable to health issues. Why not build a pond for them or sell the current one and upgrade?Okay, It wouldn't stunt the fish though right? I just measured the aquarium its in and it comes up as a 30 gallon, not a 55.