Lionhead goldfish

DojoQueen

DojoQueen

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I just 'adopted' a tiny lionhead goldie today!! He was the smallest in the tank, a faded orange color with black tipped fins. Very cute. Any tips for caring for the little guy?? Anything they esspecially like? I know stuff about goldies in general, but nothing special or anything about lionheads in particular..so any advice would be nice!!! =D
 
jm1212 said:
your goldfish is going to need at least a 30 gallon long by himself because even though he is small now, he has the potential to get to over 8 inches long.
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No you dont need a 30 gallon for one Lion head goldfish thats bad advice. You just need to get a 10 or 15 gallon tank with some sort of adequate filteration. IT'S A GOLDFISH!!! Lion heads are a very inactive species of gold fish so they do not require that much space. I have been breeding them for 5 years now in ponds. I house the adults which are about 6-7 inches indoors over the winter. you can fit 4-6 fairly large fish in a 20 gallon if you do your water changes. The other reason you can get away with this is because they are a cold water species. It's nice because they do not require a heater. They also do not require as much food with cooler tempatures. You can actually make gold fish or koi go dorment over the winter if you keep them cool enough. I have never tried this but I know people that do it. Gold fish are the easiest species to keep in my opinion thats why they are so popular. It dosent' matter what variety it is it's still a gold fish.
 
Psuedofire said:
No you dont need a 30 gallon for one Lion head goldfish thats bad advice. You just need to get a 10 or 15 gallon tank with some sort of adequate filteration. IT'S A GOLDFISH!!! Lion heads are a very inactive species of gold fish so they do not require that much space. I have been breeding them for 5 years now in ponds. I house the adults which are about 6-7 inches indoors over the winter. you can fit 4-6 fairly large fish in a 20 gallon if you do your water changes. The other reason you can get away with this is because they are a cold water species. It's nice because they do not require a heater. They also do not require as much food with cooler tempatures. You can actually make gold fish or koi go dorment over the winter if you keep them cool enough. I have never tried this but I know people that do it. Gold fish are the easiest species to keep in my opinion thats why they are so popular. It dosent' matter what variety it is it's still a gold fish.
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LOL :laugh: I'm gonna enjoy myself when I see replies to your post.:dance2: A 10 gallon LOL. Water changes LOL. A 6-7 inch fish LOL
 
Psuedofire said:
No you dont need a 30 gallon for one Lion head goldfish thats bad advice. You just need to get a 10 or 15 gallon tank with some sort of adequate filteration. IT'S A GOLDFISH!!! Lion heads are a very inactive species of gold fish so they do not require that much space. I have been breeding them for 5 years now in ponds. I house the adults which are about 6-7 inches indoors over the winter. you can fit 4-6 fairly large fish in a 20 gallon if you do your water changes. The other reason you can get away with this is because they are a cold water species. It's nice because they do not require a heater. They also do not require as much food with cooler tempatures. You can actually make gold fish or koi go dorment over the winter if you keep them cool enough. I have never tried this but I know people that do it. Gold fish are the easiest species to keep in my opinion thats why they are so popular. It dosent' matter what variety it is it's still a gold fish.
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I'm still trying to figure out if this is a joke or not, but considering today isn't April 1st, I'm betting not. Unfortunately this statement is what is wrong with many fish keepers today. That fish will need to be in the 30G that was previously suggested. They do get rather large and because they are a goldfish, they will need MORE space and waterchanges...not less. Goldfish are very messy as far as fish go. They are right up there with plecos, also a commonly abused fish often kept in the wrong conditions. The fish isn't "Just a goldfish" It is a living creature and deserves the best treatment it can recieve. Putting it into a 10G would be sentencing it to a life of suffering.
 
Psuedofire said:
No you dont need a 30 gallon for one Lion head goldfish thats bad advice. You just need to get a 10 or 15 gallon tank with some sort of adequate filteration. IT'S A GOLDFISH!!! Lion heads are a very inactive species of gold fish so they do not require that much space. I have been breeding them for 5 years now in ponds. I house the adults which are about 6-7 inches indoors over the winter. you can fit 4-6 fairly large fish in a 20 gallon if you do your water changes. The other reason you can get away with this is because they are a cold water species. It's nice because they do not require a heater. They also do not require as much food with cooler tempatures. You can actually make gold fish or koi go dorment over the winter if you keep them cool enough. I have never tried this but I know people that do it. Gold fish are the easiest species to keep in my opinion thats why they are so popular. It dosent' matter what variety it is it's still a gold fish.
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The problem is, most people don't do regular water changes especially those new to the hobby. For someone who has been breeding as long as you I find your advice to be very disheartening. Six seven inch fish in a 20 gallon.....That's sad.
 
i hope your doing water changes daily with that 20G, because it's literally how much you have to do to keep those waste levels down with over 4-6 lionheads in there. the fact of the matter is, your putting them in there temporarily over the winter whereas the OP wants to properly care for them over a lifetime (which in a lionheads case is about 8 years). and although fancies don't get as large as their pond goldfish cousins, they still get pretty big and not mention wide. whats so bad about suggesting a larger tank than is necessary? (btw, i don't agree with the fact that 30G is too large for a lionhead, if anything that size is the perfect for them and shouldn't be any smaller). a larger tank means room for your lionhead to swim and rummage in the substrate (lionheads are quite active fish and although i don't have them, one of my friends do and it's incredibly fun to just watch them swim around) not to mentions waste doesn't build up as fast as they do in an inadequate 10-15G tank.

i've done a lot of research on ranchu's (japanese variety of the lionhead) since i want to keep them one day.
 
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