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"Do they get bigger?
Gave mine a new home last week and seems to have grown...Maybe less meat in his diet..."
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Goldfish don't grow to the size of their environment, that is a myth. What happens is they will become stunted and deformed. A standard goldfish should grow to be around 1ft long given the correct living environment, feeding etc. They can also live into their 40's. |
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"Goldfish don't grow to the size of their environment, that is a myth. What happens is they will become stunted and deformed. A standard goldfish should grow to be around 1ft long given the correct living environment, feeding etc. They can also live into their 40's."
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"Goldfish don't grow to the size of their environment, that is a myth. What happens is they will become stunted and deformed. A standard goldfish should grow to be around 1ft long given the correct living environment, feeding etc. They can also live into their 40's."
Captive fish release a hormone in their urine (yes fish do wee, kind of) and when this hormone reaches a certain level in the water, growth inhibitors are activated and they don't increase in size. That is why many fish in well-filtrated aquariums with regular water changes will 'out-grow' the size of the tank.
Goldfish are members of the carp family and can indeed live for 40 years and beyond! |
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"Goldfish don't grow to the size of their environment, that is a myth. What happens is they will become stunted and deformed. A standard goldfish should grow to be around 1ft long given the correct living environment, feeding etc. They can also live into their 40's.
Thanks all will tell Robert not to worry and keep on showing him fishy porn at night."
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Yes I know its a late answer but forgot about this thread....Robert is his name cos he likes to Bob about on the surface...There thats peaches answered cos she is scary if you do not reply... |
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I had a mate at school who accidentally put his fish in a bowl with a tiny residue of bleach in it when he cleaned its tank one day.
The poor fish's fins and tail disintegrated and it spent several weeks bobbing around on the tank bottom furiously thrashing its tail stump to move around in erratic and random directions.
The fins and tail gradually regrew and it was fine for many years afterwards. |
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