| Common Name | Gold fish
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| Keeping | These are the hardiest of the gold fishes. These are the native
wild form of gold fish, which are still available today. These fish are single tailed flat bodied fishes that are
ideally streamlined for
fast swimming and to live in streams that have strong currents. These are excellent competitors for food and
should not be kept with their slow moving fancy relatives. These are easy to care for and also grow to
the biggest size. They are ideal for ponds rather than indoor fish tanks. Life expectancy is 5 to 10 years.
The young are bluish and colour and change to metallic orange as they grow. Common Gold fish is tapered at the
head and caudal penduncle is flat bodies and is wider in the middle. It is deeper in height and wider in
width than Comet gold fish. Its fins are classic, erect dorsal fin, single forked tail, well proportioned
pectoral and ventral fins. Extremely fast swimmers and very competetive. They do better in ponds than in
in-door aquariums. They can withstand wide temperatures and are ideal for outdoor ponds
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| Breeding | Hard to breed in a home aquarium.
Easy to breed in ponds.
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| Origin | Temp | Water | Temper
| Size | Tank | Food | Breeding
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| China | 40-80°F | 7.2-7.6 pH
| Very Peaceful | 12-14 inch | Ponds
| All, worms | Egg layer
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