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what about gold fish in a tropical tank?


lpiasente

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Hi everyone hope you are all well. As the title says what do you think about gold fish in warm water??? I have seen this before in some lps and thought it a little strange but as I thought about it more gold fish living in hotter parts of australia would be in warm water without the use of a heater as would gold fish living overseas in hotter climates. Has there been a study of any kind done??

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Leanne

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They do best in cooler water but will do well in temperatures upto 20c.

It does shorten their life span plus unless you have a monster tank for some goldfish then they are best left in ponds. By keeping them in a confined space such as a tank you are stunting their growth. When this occurs They may appear to stop growing externally but their internal organ continue to grow until cardiac arrest.

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I've also heard that goldfish don't survive as long as they should in warmer waters. I used to have them with some tropical fish, but was a bit worried that the warmer temps would cause problems in teh long run, so they're now in a cold water tank and seem just as happy in there :)

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It does shorten their life span plus unless you have a monster tank for some goldfish then they are best left in ponds.

No problems there they are in a 450 litre. I did have them in a smaller tank but of course they out grew that so that is why I put them into the heated one.They stripped the back hair alge from my plants within 2 weeks they seem to just love it. I have been fighting the black hair alge for months

Waves G'day to Leanne

Hi Lisa

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