I have six comets in my 2000gl pond and they have been there for about a year and a half and are 6 to 7 inches long some of them are super dark red/orange in color and are absalutely beautiful. I also had an oranda and a ranchu but unfortuanatly our neighbors cat wanted them for dinner....they just don't swim fast enough to escape. I would love to see pics of your gold fish though that would be nice!
How Big Can Goldfish Really Get?
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Here is a photo of the 75 gallon tank with my Goldfish in it the two big ones are about five and six years old and the two little ones where bought about three months ago. This is like the Feeder Goldfish lottery. But I only pick out the feeder goldfish that have the longest tails or strange color paterns on them. I plan to add maybe some fan tails or some blackmoors if I get a larger tank.
I used to do the goldfish thing too...certain species can get really large and fat and live for decades...it was big trend in Japan at one point, and it's still big there.
I haven't filled the tank to the top do to it resting on a wooden dresser that was built in the 1920's. The 75 gallon tank ending up top of this dresser was a bit of a freak event in that I had stumbled a upon the tank very suddenly when the owner of it said he wanted to orginally take it down ot the dumps to throw it out. But instead we ran into him and he said we could have it if we removed it from our house. Putting it on top of this thing was the only place we had room. I plan to buy it a new stand when I move out. The old 75 replaced a over loaded 20 gallon fish tank. The wooden thing has been holding up the tank for over 12 years.
Ocean Railroader;4345406; said:
I doubt another 40 pounds would hurt it... But You could always build yourself a stand, DIY'ed stands are usually cheaper and better than store bought stands.
