Fancy goldfish
Carassius auratus
Coldwater and very messy. Never a bowl, and never with tropical fish.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 20 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 150 L, at least 90 cm long
- Temperature
- 18 to 23 °C
- pH
- 7 to 8.4
- Hardness
- 8 to 25 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 2 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 15 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether fancy goldfish fit the tank you have.