i dont need them to live a really long time,but i want them to be healthy and have a fairly long life(at least 5 years)i dont know their genders,theyre about 2 inches long and ive had them for months,it looks they havnt grown,i feed them goldfish flakes and freeze dried bloodworm larvae, i feed them 3 times througout the day.i know what kind of filter i want and where to get it,i want a light.the aquarium has no lid.


WHAT CAN I DO?

i'm not sure what you're asking exactly. do you just want to keep your fish alive and healthy? there are great resources all over koko's, but i'd definitely start with this:

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/tensteps.html

it's the ten steps to keeping a healthy goldfish. follow those and your fishies will grow and be healthy for a long time to come!

Hi,welcome to the forum.Can you tell us about your tank-what size is it?I see you have no filter.Do you at least have an airstone in there for them?Do you test your tank's water params and do weekly water changes and gravel vacs?
These may not make sense to you when you're asking about your fish growing,but believe me-it all makes a difference.

um,i want my fish to be healthy,i think its a 20 gallon tank

i vacum the gravel once a week

I really still don't have much info from you,but I will say that pickles gave you a link to ten steps in keeping Healthy Goldfish,so that should help you out somewhat. Goldfish definately need a filter though-especially now while the weather is being so very hot as they need all the oxygen that they can get,plus the fact that they're very dirty fish and this will help to keep their tank clean. You want to purchase a filter that filters 10 X's the filtration of your tank.So if you have a 20gal. tank you'll need a filter that is at least 200gph(gallons per hour) or stronger.
A test kit is a must too. Without a cycled tank,your water can become toxic very fast especially when feeding three times a day. It's good that you gravel vac,but the water will be needing changed out constantly too.If you have any more questions,please feel free to ask.

Hi Devs...Looking and reading around to find out more and got to this one....I've looked at what pickles recommended to read about the ten steps to keeping a healthy gold fish. But the "cycle or cycling" issue is no longer there....Never heard this before and was wondering if I was doing it already or is there something else I should do.

Just for your info...I feed my GF twice a day since the day I had them...can I change it now to once a day? Or will they feel the difference? Also found that plastic plants are preferred as they eat the live ones and just found that out this evening after their "home" renovation.

If you don't mind....can I ask questions that has probably nothing to do with this?

1. Black Moor (just found out this evening on this site) are not supposed to be with Orandas and the butterfly tail beauty that I have....I've only got one black moor with one butterfly beauty (sorry don't know the actual name)...and I believe to be 4 orandas...not sure....the biggest one in the aquarium is the black moor. He used to be a bully but seemed to have calmed down. But not sure now if I should remove him to another aquarium....is it necessary?
2. I did not know that I had a 20 gallon aquarium for 6 GF and that it is too small for them!!!! I actually thought it was big because the small ones started growing and that they were growing according to the size of the tank they have...I used to have an even smaller one before this which I just changed to the one I have now earlier this year. Should I change my tank asap? Or can it wait a little longer....I probably need another filter too...after reading what's been said.

Thx