Common Goldfish

The common goldfish is usually metallic orange-red. They are hardy and easy to look after. They don't need any specialist equipment.

The goldfish is not fussy about what it eats and will try to devour anything dropped in its tank. Since they are omnivorous, they will generally eat all kinds of fresh, frozen, and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food everyday.

They can grow up to 15-20 cm in length.

Goldfish are very social animals and thrive in a community. Not only are they a great community fish but they are great scavengers as well. It is really not necessary to add other scavengers or other bottom feeders to the aquarium when you have goldfish.

Although is it impossible to sex Goldfish when they are young and not in breeding season, the male is usually smaller and more slender that the female. In the breeding season the male has white prickles, called breeding tubercles, on its gill covers and head. Seen from above the female will have a fatter appearance as she is carrying eggs.