This is our resident goldfish. Bought it when 1in. Now about 8in. and growing! Can anyone tell what kind of Goldfish and If male or female? Thanks,guys!!

   

Its a rectangular 10 Gallon Tank With Petco 20 Gal capacity outside filter.Also an undergravel filter.

10 gallon tank

Does it even have room to turn around ?

multiply you tank size by ten, and you will have a suitable home for this fish

Before I set up my 10 gal tank I researched what I needed and found that for 1 goldfish a 10 gal was adequate.  I also, spoke with many fish departments in the local pet stores and they also agree since I only have 1 goldfish.  There is plenty of aeration & more than enough filtration along with regular water changes up to 2x per week if not more often.  Ziggy is very happy and content.  He is robust very active and loves to be hand fed and pet.  I am happy with your concern however, I have a very happy and healthy Ziggy who is loved very much.  The tank he was photographed in was just the tank I use when cleaning his regular tank.

Many thanks,
Ziggy's best friend

Hi hansnaughty, I can see that your fish is well cared for.

Whilst I understand common advice of 10 gallons/40 litres, being the suggested minimum tank size for a goldfish, with the stocking rule normally quoting 20 gallons for the first fish and then 10 gallons for each additional fish. This is supposedly what's 'adequate' but I would use it for stocking fancy goldfish, not the single tailed variety like our commons.

May I ask how old and how big Ziggy is? When did you first carry out research?
I ask because fish keeping and the information available to us has changed over the years.

If you take a look at the link I showed you, about the post I made about commons, it mentions a stocking rule that I am currently trying to follow for my own common goldfish, which is having a tank that is 6x the length of the fish, as my goldfish Lucky is only around 3 inches, she currently lives in a 3 foot tank and will be upgraded to a pond once she has reached 6 inches.
This rule I feel applies to goldfish because as you know, they are very active! The more space to swim, the better!
Have you ever considered the possibility of having a pond and some friends for Ziggy?  

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Holy conoly scrivens! Are you okay!!

Well, pretty sure we won't be seeing this one again...

I too hope hansnaughty comes back

Haha oh Scrivens   We still don't know when hansnaughty did his/her research, so it could have been when 40 litres was acceptable for keeping a goldfish. Judging by the size of the fish it must be quite old?

It is unfortunate though when we have people come here, who then don't listen. But at the end of the day when they come to a fish forum, where the fish keepers care for their live stock, they aren't always going to hear what they want to hear   It's a fact of life that you aren't always going to hear what you want to hear.
But what's worse is when the owners then preside to put their hands over their ears and run off, I very nearly did the same thing in all honesty when I first joined, but it was more through shock of 'holy cowfish I need a tank that size?!' I asked for advice in other places and did my own research which is how I learned perhaps we should encourage people to refresh or do their own research? As sometimes it feel's like they just won't listen to us, but if they found things out on their own? Hmmm....

Hansnaughty please let us know how Ziggy is doing!

Pff. I think everyone should simply strive to know as much as they can about things they're interested in. I mean, why get an animal that you don't even care about?
It would be much like me getting a lizard (no offense lizard-owners!), I'm not interested in them, so I wouldn't bother with research and would most likely end up making the poor thing really miserable. None of us would enjoy that.

I also think that you shouldn't be getting all cranky and feel offended when someone says "you're wrong, sorry but you need to change this and that", in such a nice way as you people do! When I joined this forum I actually was treated pretty harshly because of the small tank I had. Particularly one member was acting all angry with me, but luckily for my fish that helped me learn and motivated me to take better care of them. Much like Skwishee I guess

Most likely Sometimes all you need is a wake-up call! And ain't nothing that does that better than feeling guilty...

nah! I keep water..the fish are a bonus

Yay we could have a cheer!

Nossie I don't really want to hijack this thread but do you know why my fish could be stressed after a 505 water change?

Okay good thanks scrivens.