Introduction:

Gold fish is most renowned type of fresh water fish. It is the small member of carp family. They also belong to cyprinidae family. It is native to East Asia. It is medium maintenance pet fish. It is live in fresh water it is excellent pet at home easily but need of care.

Life span:

Gold fish life span is recoded 43 years.

Types of gold fish:

Here are some types of gold fish breads such as:

• Comet goldfish
• Shubunkin gold fish
• Fancy fantail goldfish
• Oranda gold fish
• Globe eye goldfish
• Ranchu goldfish
• Celestial gold fish
• Pompon goldfish
• Veiltail goldfish
• Japanese Ryukin goldfish

Facts about gold fish:

Here are some facts about gold fish that is needy for knew it of you take as a pet.

• 23 inches length is measure to gold fish.
• They can’t close their eyes.
• Their teeth are on their thoughts.
• They have ears but not like another specious. They have ear on their internal bone and called otolith.
• They feel vibration.
• Their maximum weight is 5 lbs.

Diet:

Goldfish eat animal and plants. They also live 2 weeks without food so it is best pet choice. Wild gold fish eat aquatic plants, insects, larvae, fish eggs, other small fishes and crustaceans. If you keep as pet they eat omnivores and change your gold fish diet at home as pet. Their foods have less protein and more carbohydrates. Here is best treat of your pet goldfish. Boiled vegetable in tiny pieces like pears, carrot, oranges or blood worms, dried or frozen food are treats for your pet gold fish.

• How to care of your gold fish

Gold fish requires much care and convenient equipment for living. They requires maximum size aquarium. Here we bring some instruction how to make your pet fish happy and healthy for long time.

• Large rectangular tank
• Add water filter
• Provide right gravel bedding
• Tank scenery, lights and plants
• Change the water

Large rectangular tank:

If you keep gold fish as a pet then required large size aquarium for your pet fish. Large size aquarium is guaranteed to their happy and good life. When you buy a goldfish then must keep in your mind their size is 10 to 12 inches and provide large size tank of 20 gallon. If you having more than one gold fish the add 10 gallon more. It is best instruction about care you will provide large aquarium for their long life.

Put the water filter on tank:

Gold fish requires filter. It is essential for their good and healthy life. This filter keep water cleans in fish tank. It may also clean fish wastage, remove odor, organic and discoloring of water. It also filters old fish food on this tank.

Types of water filters:

There are three types of water filters are sued on fish tank.

• Canister filters
• Wet/dry filters
• Hang on back (hob) filters

Hang on back filters is most commonly choice of pet owner to take care of their pet goldfish. It can hold on the back rim of your fish tank and bring water in or out. Canister filter take on beneath on the aquarium it is more effective as hang on back filter. If you having a large tank of your gold fish the wet/dry filter is best because it is larger than hob or canister filter.

Right gravel bedding:

Gravel bedding provides your gold fish good environment to flourish. When you arrange you aquarium with gravel bedding then must keep in your mind gravel or rocks are not too large or not to small. Fish are like to float and fallen to the bottom so if your gravel are too large then your fish are injured when they touch on it or if gravel pieces are to small they bite and swallow and stuck on their through. So keep right gravel bedding in fish aquarium for their healthy life.

Tank sceneries, plants and lights:

In wild setting gold fish lived in natural setting so when you keep at home in aquarium then must provide natural environment on their fish tank for hiding place and best respiratory system. Take sceneries on your fish tank with natural rock or wooden centerpiece. Natural or artificial plants are also attractive for your gold fish. If natural plants then its best for absorbing nitrates and ammonia. Gold fish not requires the light for surviving. You must have natural or artificial light on this tank for seeing natural coloring or movement of your gold fish.

Change the water:

Water changing is beneficial for your fish healthy life. Water changing in tank is not too hard.  Gold fish tank need to change water every day.  If you have single gold fish as pet then need 15 to 20 gallon. 30% of water change every week so you will drain out the upper third part of water and add same amount of clean water for your fish tank.