Can you mix tropical fish and goldfish?

[mattfraser]

Hi

I have a 55g tropical tank. Some rock, bogwood and lots of real plants. Fish i have:

2x Blue Gouramis
2x Mollies
2x Bristlenose Catfish
3x Corydoras
4x Penguins
5x Neon
4x Guppies
1x Platy
1x Cavefish

I also have another tank with 2 goldfish in it. They have grown up now and could do with a larger tank which i dont really have room for. Can i add them to my tropical tank?
My tank is very peaceful and the temperature is about 5 degrees warmer than what the goldfish are currently used too.

Any ideas, thanks

 

[greenmaji]

its not adviseable.. gold fish are big polluters and are even worse when the water is a little warm.. not to mention.. there really isnt room in your 55 for them anyway..
are they fancy goldfish or common comets?

 

[mattfraser]

Not sure exactly what they are, not the common goldfish. I already realized about the mess they make but thought with the Corydoras in my tank they may cope.
Thanks for the advice!

 

[Bubble_B0y]

NO !!

but you can keep other coldwater fish with goldfish -

white clouds
danios
hillstream loaches

 

[greenmaji]

it will likely overload your bio-filtration capasity.. it has little to do with dirt as it does with NH3.

 

[mattfraser]

Ok, thanks everyone. Guess i will have to look for a larger tank.

Cheers

 

[greenmaji]

you might want to find out how big those goldfish are going to get..
and no problem!

 

[mattfraser]

One more question, slightly different subject.
Would any of my tropical fish enjoy live earth worms? Been reading that they are very good for tropical fish diets!

Cheers

 

[jrp1588]

They LOVE them. If the fish are small you have to chop the worms up though.

 

[Puriti]

isn't it also not good to mix them because other fish will eat the goldfish's slime coat?

I should try earthworms some time, do you have to wash them a certain way or just rinse and chop?

 

[jrp1588]

I rinse and chop. Never had a problem before.

 

[Puriti]

Just wonderin I just might go get down and dirty and dig some up...YAY! DIRT! *tackles*

 

[greenmaji]

if your worried about getting the mud from inside of earthworms in your tank you can set them out on corn meal before you put them in your tank.. I would think after chopping them up would work best.. it should draw the mud out.. rinse then throw in the tank..

 

[jrp1588]

Well have fun gettin down and dirty.