Common goldfish help

[FishN00b83]

I have had this common goldfish for a little while now but I am running into a problem. I have a 20 gallon or possible 37 gallon tank if I take my friends and I want to do a live plant setup. Right now I have Spade (the common goldfish) in a 5 gallon tank (I know it's too small for him), and I don't know what to do. I feel bad for him because I know he should be in a bigger tank, but I want to have more fish in the bigger one. If I give him to a pet store I know they'll probably put him in the feeder tank, and I don't want that to happen. what can I do for him?

 

[tarpon]

You can put him in the bigger one and maybe get some cory catfish or a small species of pleco or some shrimp with him if it was 37 gal u could get another goldfish. You can also find someone who has a tank and will take good care of him. Someone on here might even do it.

 

[HN1]

You could try posting him on craigslist or a local site as "free to good pond".

 

[FishN00b83]

I would like to find him a good home. I want to put a decent amount of fish in the bigger tank. I don't want to over stock it by any means, but I do want to have some life in there. If I put him in the 20 gallon that would basically be all I can put in there right?

 

[HN1]

Yes. Properly filtered and maintained you could push it, but that leads to trouble longer term. The other issue is that goldfish eat plants pretty voraciously from what I've seen.

 

[FishN00b83]

I really don't want em to be food. I need to find someone to take him. I feel horrible having him in the 5 gallon right now