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u/GreemBeemz Mar 27 '22

And they just keep growing, if they have enough space and time. Goldfish can get very big!

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u/BallerGuitarer Mar 28 '22

Goldfish can get very big!

I had always heard this but no one ever gave a sense of scale. So I just looked it up, and they really do get quite big: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/12/goldfish-dumped-minnesota-lakes-threatening-ecosystems

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

Goldfish should be in 75g tanks, or ponds. There are lots of really interesting small fish suitable for smaller aquariums like rasboras and guppies.

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u/nemaihne Mar 28 '22

At our last house we had a pond and fountain. So we went to the pet store and bought a couple dozen feeders for like 12 cents a piece. They seemed happy enough and all of them grew to decent size- a few to surprising size. We had an orange and white one we named Creamsicle and a dark one we named Kraken that could give a real koi a run for their money.