Re: Can tank size limit fish size? (Or why are my friends fish so small?)

Don't get me wrong I don't crowd my fish.. My fancy gold fish has a 20 gallon tall 
mostly to it's
self.  But the comets are the ones that get huge with the right size tank.

I hate seeing overcrowded fish and would never keep a goldfish in a 5!  I can't got to 
my oil change
place anymore because it makes me sick to sit and look at their goldfish tank.. I 
offered to manage
it for them but no luck.  I did have better luck at the local Veteran's home though.  
After seeing
their fish die and called and complained about the conditions and offered to volunteer 
to take care
of the tank.

I only wish I was well enough to go take care of those fish more often.. :(




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>> ARe those fancy gold fish or Comet goldfish?  I think the Fancy ones only
>get about 6 inches..
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>Guess again.
>I have an 8 inch Ryukin- and that's just length. If we start figuring total
>mass you would be astounded at their size- these fish are huge bodied waste
>machines.
>I currently have two Ryukin this size, a six inch Ranchu, and three smaller
>Goldies in 90 gallons and feel that they are terribly overcrowded- at 15
>gallons each.
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>Again we are talking the difference between surviving and thriving.
>I would like to think that my fish are lucky to live with me- not condemned
>to a substandard hell that they just barely *survive* in.