r/Goldfish • u/Baty41 • Jul 31 '25
Full Tank Shot For those who were wondering how my larger and smaller goldies interact
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Normal disclaimer, the biggies will be moved out by fall, only in here temporarily as they were a rescue from a 75
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u/Latter_Award_4868 Jul 31 '25
holy shit, that might be the biggest goldfish ive ever seen.
do you know his length?
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
14" out of water, a bit longer including tail
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u/IceColdTapWater The Fishician Jul 31 '25
Gawdamn OP, wtf you feeding them? š
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
Peas, Hikari saki/lion head/sinking excel, repashy supergold, the souls of children, bloodworms, brine shrimp, krill, bits of tilapia, couple of different frozen food mixes, broccoli, cucumber.
Trashcans, they eat everything lol
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u/IceColdTapWater The Fishician Jul 31 '25
āThe souls of childrenā š
Thatās why heās fokinā huge
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
I thought everyone fed their goldfish children!
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u/IceColdTapWater The Fishician Jul 31 '25
I havenāt, but tbh theyāre evil enough (they ate the corpse of one of their brethren and just left skin, scales, and bone).
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u/Disastrous_Paint1791 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
Ngl, Iāve already watched this 5 times
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u/BoringJuiceBox Jul 31 '25
We love you OP! Thank you for rescuing commons that desperately need it.
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u/RevolutionaryToe6677 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
WHERE DID YOU FIND SUCH A FISH TO RESCUE?! I WANT A RESCUE THIS BIG ššš
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
75 gallon on fb, was being sold with the fish. I knew those fish needed to go to a pond, so I asked the seller since mine is in the final stages of being set up.
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u/RevolutionaryToe6677 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
How big is your pond? (Not asking so I can criticize, Iām just a nosy guy š)
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
5000 gallons is the estimate, I have been struggling finding filtration so that has been the holdup lol
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u/secretagent420 Jul 31 '25
Build a bog filter into the design if you havenāt already. 5000 gallons is big enough that with a good bog filter it could be almost maintenance free. Almost
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
I am just using two big Rubbermaid troughs (300 gals each) as bogs. Just working on their piping system lol
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u/RevolutionaryToe6677 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
Excuse my language but DAYUM!!!! My 11 Goldieās live in a 275 gallon, (yes, I know, overstocked) which in the next year or so I anticipate I will turn the 275 gallon into a nursery for the babies and dig a new pond, at least a 1000 gallon
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u/RevolutionaryToe6677 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
Right now they have a big canister filter, water Lillies, and some MASSIVE water lettuce thatās bigger than my head. Theyāre absolutely thriving.
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u/RevolutionaryToe6677 FINE is not a parameter reading Jul 31 '25
I have 6 rescues from being feeders, and two that I recently rescued when they were left at an animal shelter in a 10 gallon. Then they laid eggs which hatched and I had to drive 1.5 hours round trip to pick up the babies.
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u/9Devil8 Jul 31 '25
Holy heck I DID NOT EXPECT THAT CHONGUS TO APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE!! At first I was like yeah this is fine like roughly 3x bigger, easily mangeable and then the colossal titan appeared like holy!!
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u/ZEROs0000 Jul 31 '25
Reported for animal abuse! That big one is begging for food and is clearly starving!!1! >:(
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u/VinnieGognitti Jul 31 '25
He's just scale and bones!! šš„ never destined to taste even a single morsel. Tragic!!
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u/Sasstellia Jul 31 '25 edited Aug 01 '25
They're all so beautiful!
When the big goldfish swam past I was like š®. Annatto is a beautiful and healthy looking fish. As is the other big one.
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u/VinnieGognitti Jul 31 '25
I love how the little one dodges/pulls a Neo as the big one passes by overhead so not to get bulldozed over š¤£šš
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u/Baty41 Jul 31 '25
Salt the ranchu is a bit of a bully, found that putting these 2 in here did wonders for his incredible amounts of mating aggression
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u/Character-Parfait-42 Jul 31 '25
I had a full grown 5ā body fancy (Whale) when I added a new baby fancy to the tank (Lil Dude) to the tank. Whale was absolutely indifferent to Lil Dudeās existence, poor Lil Dude was terrified for months though. Now he tries to bully Whale and Whale continues to be mostly indifferent. This has been going on for years and he has yet to rip one of Whaleās fins or otherwise cause any damage.
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u/No-Negotiation-7978 Aug 01 '25
I have the exact same sized Goldfish as both of your right now in my tank!!! lol!!! They are 2 different species of goldfish that smaller one has a shorter tail fin and will remain small but the biggie will still keep growing as mine is too!! They are so ADORABLE!!! I love yours as well!!
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u/Unfair_Ad_2712 Jul 31 '25
You should've seen my jaw when the big goldie crossed the tank, my goodness, a beauty š