Is it ok to keep a common goldfish by itself in a one gallon tank?

Question

i got a common goldfish at a fair at the beginning of this month. since then he has been living in one of those tiny "critter carrier" things and he's been great so far! but i want to get him into some thing bigger that i can keep at my desk at work... would a one gallon be ok?

Answer 1

no thats to small get a betta they nice

Answer 2

http://cellar.org/2002/recordgoldfish.jp...

this is bruce

bruce is an oranda

in this picture he is only 2

all goldfish can get to be to 6 inches or more in proper conditions (20 gallons for each goldfish and 10 for each

additional)

no goldfish can live very long in a bowl and In my opinion it is very cruel to keep an animal like that in a bowl

oops I was wrong a common/commet/feeder needs a bigger tank because they can actually grow to be twice the size of a fancy!

Answer 3

NONONONONONO! NO! NO! fair goldfish are commons-they produce loads of waste and can exceed a foot long! you will need 50g+ tank for the fish when it is young, but when it gets older, it will need a pond/180g+ tank! also, it will need a strong filter. kept in a 1g tank/bowl, the fish will die within months of stunting/ammonia poisoning/a combination of the two. pleeeeze get the poor fishy a big tank

goldfish aren't supposed to live a year! they will easily make 15 if you care for them right

Answer 4

Yes.  

Answer 5

yeah i dont see why not. i had a one gallon tank for a goldfish and it lasted 1 year

Answer 6

1 ...I think that will b okay...

Answer 7

Absolutely.

Answer 8

common goldfish will grow big 10 gallons would not be enough a partner would be great but he will live by himself.

Answer 9

no 1 common needs 50 gallons

Answer 10

yay, I love bruce the giant fish!! lol. Keep in mind, he's an oranda. Commons get a lot bigger then fancys such as orandas and fantails.

Goldfish create three times the amount of amonia a regular fish does. They need SUPERIOR filtration and a very large tank. For a common, they would need a 75 gallon minimum for a full grown one, although a pond would be preferable.

That myth about being stunted and staying the size of their enviroment is just that, a myth. Thats like saying you could put a human baby in a box and it wouldn't grow any bigger. It's stupid when you really think about it. True, it won't grow to it's full size, but only because it will die.

I see a lot of people say "Yeah, they do fine, my goldfish lived in a bowl and lived a long healthy life!" Usually, these "long" lives are only about a year or so. Yeah, a year may SEEM like a long, healthy life, but goldfish can live to be over 20 years old, and the oldest goldfish ever was 43. So is 1 year for a fish that can live over 40 really that healthy of a life? I don't think so.

Answer 11

I tried this before I knew anything about fish and lots of goldfish died from my ignorance. As said previously, they might live a year but you will have a h**l of a time keeping the water clean and in balance.  Seriously, it's not worth the stress. 1 gallons are totally useless. Get a much bigger tank and make sure you learn about the nitrogen cycle. 10 gallons is not so bad, it might fit on your desk!

Answer 12

A one gallon tank will be fine..

Answer 13

A 1 gallon is too small, but yes, he can live in a tank by himself.

Goldfish should have 2 gallons of water volume per inch of body length (not including fins) to live comfortably. Personally, I consider a 3 gallon tank to be a bare minimum, no matter what the size of the fish is, and no matter what filtering methods you use.

He might be able to survive in a 1 gallon tank, but he probably wont be very happy in it, and you would need to be very careful about changing the water; His waste and excess food will decay into ammonia, and with that little water volume, the water can become toxic to your fish very quickly.

At the very least, you should plan on upgrading as soon as possible. While it is technically possible that he could survive in such a small tank, it is unlikely he will last in there in the long term.  

Answer 14

Yes, that's fine, except you might want to get him a buddy since it's a big tank for 1 fish.