jlk
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Do some looking and see what you may be interested in! If your unsure where to start for various types, check out the Goldfish Connection's/Dandy Oranda's 'gallery'. Theres thousands of pics of various types of fancies.
Do some looking and see what you may be interested in! If your unsure where to start for various types, check out the Goldfish Connection's/Dandy Oranda's 'gallery'. Theres thousands of pics of various types of fancies.
Ok thanks what kind of goldfish would you guys recommend?
All goldfish can get huge. There's no such thing as a little adult goldfish, unless it's been kept in horrible conditions - water quality, tank size, type and quantity of food.
If you want a naturalistic look, then I'd definitely do live plants. There are quite a few live plants goldfish either don't like the taste of, or have leaves that are too tough to chew. Feeding your goldfish vegetables will go a long way toward satisfying the urge to much on vegetation and is very healthy for him/her.
Oh! Ok so I can pick any kind of goldfish? Thing is, I've never done planted before... Would I need sand for the plants?
I've planted in all sorts of substrates - small gravel, Eco Complete, dirt capped with sand, dirt capped with gravel.
And when I started putting live plants in my goldfish tank, I tied the anubias and java fern to driftwood and rocks (those are two plants they do not eat), and planted some others in little unglazed clay pots topped with gravel that I then set down on the gravel substrate.
Gradually, I moved those plants into the gravel with root tabs (crypts and swords). They don't seem to mess with the swords at all. The leaves on my crypts are very narrow, and they haven't touched it either.
I prefer sand but if you get gravel, just make sure it's large. Large snails are fine. Shrimp will be eaten, unfortunately.