Hoxinator246
Aquarium Advice Newbie
So I need a bit of help, friends. I have a 10 gallon tank with four comet goldfish (young), a large calico fantail, a mystery tadpole, and I recently added a large black moor to buddy up with my fantail.
(Please don't chastise me for having goldfish in a 10 gallon, I know they need a lot of room, but the 10 gallon is all that I can afford right now, and I didn't realize these 19 cent feeder fish would grow into foot long beasts if given the opportunity. So my bad, but the 10 gallon is still roomier than the crowded tanks or bowls.)
Anyways, ever since I got the fantail, about a month or so ago, he's always been nudging and chasing after the comets. I figured it was because they were single finned, so I gave the fantail a little bit of time in the 10 gallon then put him in a bowl for the rest of the time, because I didn't know if he was trying to nibble the fish or not.
Thinking he was just lonely, I got him a large black moor so he wouldn't focus on the comet goldfish, which are now about his size. However, my fantail is relentlessly nudging and pushing and chasing the poor black moor! I've been studying up and I'm thinking the fantail wants to mate? I don't know what to do... I feel bad for the rest of the goldfish in the tank, and even in a 10 gallon by himself, this fantail still seems anxious to breed. Advice?
(Please don't chastise me for having goldfish in a 10 gallon, I know they need a lot of room, but the 10 gallon is all that I can afford right now, and I didn't realize these 19 cent feeder fish would grow into foot long beasts if given the opportunity. So my bad, but the 10 gallon is still roomier than the crowded tanks or bowls.)
Anyways, ever since I got the fantail, about a month or so ago, he's always been nudging and chasing after the comets. I figured it was because they were single finned, so I gave the fantail a little bit of time in the 10 gallon then put him in a bowl for the rest of the time, because I didn't know if he was trying to nibble the fish or not.
Thinking he was just lonely, I got him a large black moor so he wouldn't focus on the comet goldfish, which are now about his size. However, my fantail is relentlessly nudging and pushing and chasing the poor black moor! I've been studying up and I'm thinking the fantail wants to mate? I don't know what to do... I feel bad for the rest of the goldfish in the tank, and even in a 10 gallon by himself, this fantail still seems anxious to breed. Advice?