Top pic is the new babies  in tank with Kissy, She's loving them so far  its working on being together. Waiting on another big move.   The white 1 is Gabby, 2 "blues" are Suede & Cocoa.


Bottom pic   2 front runners are white - Dottie,  orange-Cadabby  coming up from back of tank with sweet white nose is Ms. Abby   They're cohabiting with Monster & the boys.

Thanks, Nossie.  I will definitely take care of em.   They're a great addition. Love the blue as you can tell from the last 2 batches I'm getting partial to the white lol.   

Thanks for adding your intellect on the other topic. Thought I'd start new thread to share what shop owner told me to help others if possible. I know I've searched the web numerous times & love this forum the best. Of course I've checked out every book on fish keeping our local library has as well lol  but I enjoy reading. Its a nice escape from the real world to  dive into any book isnt it?  I'm wondering if what we call feeder fish is different.    My 3 baby comets   in the pic are what is called feeder fish here but I've also read of a clear fish being a feeder.      I asked the shop keep before  placing the babies with Kissy & he said with her being "small" &  docile  they'd be good tank mates  but  not to place them in with the big boys or they'd be food.   

Yeah, and our petshops here do not waste their time or energy on treating them.
They are in and out of the shops so fast.  Turtles, snakes, and bigger fish eat them.
In fact when I went to the shop to buy a few feeders for my pond this summer they advised me not too as they are disease carriers.  I treated all my feeders with methylene blue and an antibiotic fish food when I got them home and quarantined them in a bigger tank.  One feeder is still only an inch long...hasn't grown at all...  His buddies are triple the size of him now!

Minde, you're such a good soul, I wish I'd have the room and space for a big feeder-rescue tank.... I'd do the same

Oh Hanna, You are such a softie too!

Hey fantailer, You would need a big old pond for 10 goldfish or a 100 gallon tank!!!

Every shop I've been in around here has either just feeder on the goldfish tank or it says Comet (Feeder)  on all the baby goldies.  Only the bigger ones like 3 + inches are labeled  as a  Goldfish:( 

Does that mean my 3 babies won't grow up?   Bless their little hearts they want to be big girls they're so spunky.
The shop keep I met this weekend says he  only sells top quality healthy stock in all his animals.  He seemed genuine &  said  his feeders can get large & advised me on appropriate tank size. I liked him he was the 1st live person  I've heard say  they need 10 gallons or more per fish.    & he  did say  he recommends  feeder fish 4 cycling a tank only to people that will either properly care for them long term or  ( this made my daughters cry)  has a  carnivore  to feed them to

He strongly discouraged me quarantining them  stating I'd destroy  my established tanks using salt water as most folks here never salt right.   He also told me to only shop  within  my local water source in order to avoid shocking them by a dramatic change.    Luckily  our areas are both feed by the same river. 

Maybe I'm just too excited. After all he was the 1st  person I've met that seem to know what's what  the other shops didnt know any more than I did & I had to come to ya'll for the best advice.

Minde, I'm not actually sure.  I assumed he meant cause of all the recent flooding a lot of the water treatment places  around here are contaminated  &  I was likely to get sick fish.   I know several towns have added some harsh chemicals to the water & people can only use bottled water until its worked out. I should've questioned that more & I will when I go back next week. I'm already keeping a journal with my lists of questions  lol.    He said  if I didnt have an established tank yes do the salt water tank  but not to put salt water into an established 1 cause it would destroy the beneficial bacteria that was in it as well as the bad.  With my bad luck using salt water I jumped on the idea of not using it.    I'm taking him a sample of just my straight tap water  to test  for ph & hardness & some others I've forgotten.   I'm assuming he wants to check because of the flooding.  He did say  he preferred salt water treatment for some illnesses over  using chemicals  but he told me several times  that's based on his experience.   
So far things are going good in my tanks without using it. All my fish including the 6 new ones I bought from him are doing well  & thats much better than the last 2 attempts at getting newbies.   I've had them 3 days  & no  change in the water quality other than ph  & hardness  ( not sure 100% why  but that's the tank that's having serious current issues & the intake is too short)  but weekly water change is in the a.m. 

**  Please keep in mind when I'm talking in person  I "hear" what others say thru a translator so communication errors are  likely to occur.    I have very limited hearing.

They are lovely little babies. And now that you know how to look after them, testing the water quality, doing water changes, they sure will grow to be nice, stunning fishies

I always feed my fish with pellets twice a day and give them either veggies or live foods once mid-day They like

When I kept guppies I just fed them flakes and some live foods, they're fine with that They'll probably have some issues eating veggies with their tiny mouths, so you might want to buy some dried seaweed for them