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The Mosquitofish can consume large quantities of insect larvae in a pond so they are essential for backyard water gardens and ponds. They are related to the common guppy. I have them in my pond.

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Goldfish are gold fish that when you buy them you put them in a Glass Bowl. In the Environment they live in Slow-Moving Freshwater Lakes or Ponds.

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Besides GoldFish, they are also called Carassius auratus. It's the most commonly Aquarium kept fish.

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Goldfish and Mosquito fish are the same because...

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Traditionally female mosquito fish are larger than male mosquito fish.

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some live in ponds.

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They are found in Southern Illinois and Indiana through the Mississippi River and as far as the Gulf Coast.    Mosquito fish are related to the Common Guppy.

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They;re related the the common guppy. Female mosquito fish are mostly bigger then male mosquito fish.

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Goldfish live in slightly murky water and slow moving body of water.

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Goldfish can be as pets but only you take care of them very very very very very very well or they die

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gold fish you can buy pet stores and pets mart they give you them in plastic bags but you need to get them a glass bowl, fish food, room temp water, little pebbles, some sort of a little house or anything they can sleep and play in,and a fake or real fish.

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How'd you like to like to see my secret stash of mind-blowing facts about goldfish?

Well consider yourself very lucky...

... because today I'm going to pull back the curtain and share the absolute BEST ones with you.

Warning: You are not going to find anything about genetics (blah) or species history (yawn) here.

I'm bringing the noise.
1. The goldfish is the most popular aquarium fish in the world.
You heard it right, folks.

In fact...

They are one of the most popular pets EVER!

Goldfish (along with dogs and budgies) have been kept as pets longer than any other animal.

This is crazy:

Over 480 million goldfish are sold every year!

That's actually more than both dogs and cats combined.

But that's no surprise considering what great pets they make, right? 😉
2. You can tell how old a goldfish is by it's scales.
A tree and a goldfish don't seem to have a whole lot in common.

But get this:

For every year of a goldie's life the fish develops a ring on its scales! Those rings are called circuli.

Just count the number of rings (like you would on a tree stump) to determine the fish's age.

Here's the catch:

You'd need a microscope to see them.
3. Goldfish actually see more colors than humans.

Guess what?

Your eyes can only see combinations of three primary colors - red, yellow and blue.

Not a goldfish's eyes!

They can see FOUR different ones...

... which let's them see ultraviolet light.

This helps them see movement in the water and find food easier.

But don't feel too bad:

A goldfish's actual eyesight isn't all that great.

Their eyes are located on the sides of their heads, so they have a big blind spot right in front of their nose.

Plus, they can't see very far. And certain breeds that have special eye modifications (like the Telescope or Bubble Eye) have even worse vision than normal.

4. It's a myth that goldfish have a 3 second memory.
This is interesting:

Some scientists in Israel trained their goldfish to come to a dinner bell sound.

Then, they let them go into the sea.

(Psst - don't try that at home!)

Can you believe it?

FIVE MONTHS later they played the bell sound - and the fish all came back!
5. Goldfish are music experts (well, almost).
Japanese researchers used two pieces of classical music by different composers (Bach and Stravinsky) to test the goldfish's knowledge of the arts.

Half of the goldfish were trained to bite a red bead during Bach's music - and the other half during Stravinsky's music.

If they bit during their piece of music, they got food.

Granted:

It took 100 of these "music lessons" to get them to tell the difference. But come finals... 75% of the time they chose the right one!
6. Goldfish have a sixth sense.
You may have noticed a row of tiny dots down each side of your goldfish.

That's called the "lateral line."

It's an organ that actually gives a goldfish the ability to feel pressure changes in the water like vibration and currents.

What's it like?

Well, the best we can compare it to is hearing, touch, balance and sonar all in one.

So yes, your goldfish DOES have super powers 😀
7. There are taste buds on a goldfish's lips.
Goldfish don't actually have taste buds on their tongues - instead, they're located all over the lips inside and outside of the mouth.

That's why you see goldfish pecking at everything in the aquarium.

They want to tell how it tastes!
8. If you keep a goldfish in the dark it will turn white.
True story:

A "feeder fish" lived in a filter for 7 years to escape from the tank predators.

When it came out - it had turned completely white!

Why?

No light = no color.

That's because light helps the goldfish to produce pigment in their skin.
9. A goldfish will eat any fish that fits in its mouth.
The motto of life for a goldfish is, "If it fits in the mouth and can be eaten, it's food."

As gross as it sounds:

That includes their own babies.

So if you keep goldfish with other fish or much smaller goldfish, you might find that one day they're here...

... the next day, they're gone.
10. A president kept pet goldfish.
Grover Cleveland imported fancy Japanese goldfish for his ponds.

He owned HUNDREDS of them!
11. Male goldfish have breeding stars.
You might have noticed some white dots on your fish's gill plates or fin rays.

They're rough like sandpaper.

Nobody knows for sure what they're for - but some think they might be to impress females or even be used as weapons for spawning behavior.

Once in a great while a female has them.

(Read more about how to tell the gender of a goldfish).
12. Goldfish can recognize faces.
And not just faces, but also shapes, colors and sound!

So good news:

You're not jut a shapeless blob to your pet.
13. Goldfish can't blink.
So don't try to have a staring contest with it!

They don't have eyelids... so they don't even close their eyes when they sleep.
14. The goldfish lives longer than any other domestic fish.
Pretty astounding, right?

Most people think goldfish can't make it very long and die quickly. But just how long do goldfish live?

Well, the oldest goldfish (on record) made it into his mid 40's.
Yours can too.
But here's the catch:

ONLY if it is well taken care of will it live a long time.
15. Giving a goldfish as a gift was a sign of friendship.
This used to be a practice in Asia.

A husband would give his wife a goldfish as a present on their first anniversary!

That is, until goldfish got more common.
16. Goldfish (usually) get along fine with each other.
There are some exceptions to the rule - like if your tank is too small or it's breeding season - but for the most part, they get along with each other just swimmingly.

Matching in size seems to help, too.
17. You can train a goldfish to do tricks.
Some people think goldfish aren't very smart.

But get this:

Using food as a reward, goldfish can learn to do all kinds of tricks!

Pushing a ball through a hoop, playing soccer and go through an obstacle course are just some of what they can learn!
18. It's a rumor that goldfish are messier than other fish.
Goldfish DO excrete lots of ammonia into the water.

And more than, say, tropical fish.

But that's because they're so much bigger.

They don't produce more waste than any other fish of their same size.

And as scavengers...

... they are constantly cleaning up tiny specs of algae and food.
19. Goldfish don't have stomachs.
The goldfish may seem to be on the short end of the stick compared to, well, the cow (which has four stomachs!).

Instead, they have one long intestine that does the job of digesting in different areas.

Want to know something else?

Food moves through it - FAST.
20. Royalty is in the goldfish's blood.
At one point in China's past, only royalty could afford the luxury of pet goldfish.

They were even used as bribes by courtiers!

The yellow-colored ones were the most prized by them.

So if you were a peasant... you were BANNED from owning a yellow goldfish.

See, yellow was the imperial color.

And THAT is why we have so many orange-colored goldfish around today.

21. At night, goldfish DO go to sleep.
No, they don't close their eyes (because they can't!) while they rest.

That's why they appreciate having the lights off at night.

Their coloring may fade during this time, too.
22. Yuck! Goldfish will eat their own poop.
Gross, right?

Well, goldfish digest things pretty quickly.

(Sometimes a little TOO quickly.)

So every once in a while they eat their poop to get nutrients they missed the first go around.
23. A school of goldfish is called a "troubling."
There's no leader as they swim.

Here's how they do it:

When one veers off, the others follow.

Or if they don't follow, the runaway comes back to join the crowd.
24. Some goldfish are born albino.
Now:

Just because a goldfish is all white does NOT make it albino.

It will have pink pupils instead of black ones.
25. Goldfish have a longer attention span than people.
9 seconds is the average goldfish attention span...

... But yours is probably only 8.

Why?

Maybe because your fish doesn't have a cell phone. 😉
26. The largest goldfish is the size of a cat.
The Guinness record for the world's longest goldfish stands at 18.7 inches from nose to tail.

That's pretty big!

In fact, it's bigger than the average cat size of 18 inches long (without the tail).

An Oranda named Bruce used to hold it at 15 inches.
27. Breed a koi to a goldfish and their babies can't have babies.
Yep, just like if you breed a horse to a donkey...

The resulting mule (or fish) won't be able to reproduce.

In fact, you may have seen some of these new "black comet" goldfish on the market lately. Actually, if you look closer you'll see small barbels (koi whiskers) on their mouths.

They're hybrids too!
28. The goldfish is tougher than you'd think.
Temperatures in the 100's F.

Frigged winter ice.

Toxic water.

Yep, goldfish have been surprisingly able to tolerate all of that - and far more.

Granted, the fancier kinds are more delicate...

... but even some of them have made it through unbelievable conditions.

And while it's never a good idea to keep a goldfish in a bowl, varieties like the Common have been known to endure it (incredibly) for years.
29. A goldfish WILL eat itself to death.
Now don't blame them...

If you didn't have a stomach, you'd have a hard time knowing when you were full too!

They have one mission in life: eat.

And eat as much as possible.

Hint: something to remember during feeding time.
30. Goldfish have teeth in the back of their throats.
If a goldfish took a selfie, it would have a pretty gummy smile.

That's because they DO have teeth - flat ones, but in the back of their mouths.

Scientifically, they're called pharyngeal (far-in-jee-uhl) teeth.

Get this:

Listen closely at mealtimes and you may hear crunching as they grind up their pellets!
31. There are more types of goldfish than any other species.
The Chinese have numbered over 300 different varieties of goldfish.

It's taken many years and lots of hardworking breeders to get as many kinds of goldfish as we have now.

The US has only contributed one of them, though.

Which one?
32. During spawning a female goldfish can lay over 1,000 eggs at a time.
Think you have a big family?

Well imagine having over a thousand siblings.

But usually not all of them will hatch - some will be fertilized, some won't be.

Or some will be eaten.
33. Goldfish make sounds.
You just can't hear them.

If that doesn't shatter your perception of reality... I don't know what will.

Researchers using special technology found that goldfish make squealing and grunting noises through their noses while eating and fighting.

34. The goldfish is actually a carp in disguise.
The carp is actually the great-great-granddaddy of the goldfish.

How are they so different?

It all comes down to one thing:

Selective breeding.

It's just only taken about 2,000 years of it.
35. Goldfish do have brains.
In fact - all living animals have brains.

Contrary to popular belief, goldies also have good memories (NOT 3 seconds like the myth goes).

And in case you were wondering...

Fish such as the Oranda or Lionhead don't have brains on top of their heads.

Those are wens - fleshy growths of skin.
36. For up to 3 weeks a goldfish can survive without any food.
That's a long time!

See, goldfish (like carp) are great at storing fat for lean times.

So:

Next time you go on vacation, don't sweat about who's going to feed the fish. They'll be better off without food - especially because most pet sitters overfeed.
37. All goldfish have clear scales.
Betcha didn't know that one! 😉

The skin UNDERNEATH the scales is what gives each goldfish its own unique color pattern.

How shiny the fish is depends on the type of scales. And a goldfish's scale type will never change no matter how old it gets.

Goldfish can have metallic scales (shiny)...

... matte scales (not shiny)...

... or nacreous scales (mix of shiny and not shiny).

Black moors have matte scales. That's why they look so "velvety."
38. Goldfish don't have tongues.
Instead they have a little "bump" on the floor of their mouth that helps them eat.

It can't move around like a human tongue though.

(And it has no taste buds!)
39. Goldfish have a sense of smell.
Believe it or not, goldfish can smell. And they actually have a better sense of smell than humans.

Look closely and you can see two little flaps above your fish's mouth - these are the fish's nostrils called "nares." They use their smell to find food and other fish.

Bad smells (like from poisonous water) make them feel dizzy.
40. A goldfish won't grow to the size of its tank.
You may have heard otherwise...

... But it's a MYTH that goldfish will stop growing if they feel cramped.

Now:

They will stop growing in an undersized tank.

But it's because they get stunted (damaged) from bad water quality - not because they can just clap their fins and turn themselves into minifish.
41. Got a laser pen? Your goldfish will chase it!
Yeah, it's true!

Maybe some hunting instincts at work.

It's REALLY fun to watch a large group of goldfish in a tank all go for it at once.
42. Goldfish can hear.
They hear vibrations with internal ears called "otolith."

They don't hear as well as people though.

A word of caution:

Tapping on the glass of the tank can stress them out.
43. There is no such thing as a pregnant goldfish.
To be pregnant an animal (or person) has to be carrying live young in its womb.

Listen:

A female goldfish may have eggs inside her.

But she has to release her eggs into the water for them to get fertilized by a male goldfish. Then the eggs stay outside the fish's body until they hatch.
44. Goldfish can't live in bowls.
Putting a goldfish in a bowl for its home is a big no-no.

They are chambers of DEATH for just about every fish that lives in them!

How come?

Lots of reasons. But the main one is their water turns toxic really fast.
45. The fins and scales of a goldfish can grow back.
All is not lost for the goldfish who has been injured!

Given clean water (and some time) they can repair most damage pretty well.

Well...

They might not if the fins have been shredded all the way up to the base of the tail.

46. Entire lakes have been taken over by goldfish.
Some people (stupidly) released a few goldfish into a lake in Boulder, Colorado.

It only took 3 years before there were thousands of them!

How did the story end?

They eventually were eaten by herons and the lake was saved.
47. A goldfish will eat out of your hand.
It doesn't take long for most goldfish to learn where the food comes from.

With a little patience, you can have your goldfish trained to eat from your fingers at mealtime. They don't bite either as they nibble.

Cute, right?
48. To clear its gills a goldfish "yawns" backwards.
No, they don't yawn the same way as people.

But they DO take in water the opposite way to flush out their gills.

It's not because they're sleepy!
49. Goldfish get bored.
Life in a glass container by yourself with nothing to do all day... sound like fun to you?

Of course not.

Goldfish need amusement, too!

Here's a solution:

In the wild goldfish are foragers. Giving them fibrous veggies to graze on during the day isn't just good for their health - it's enjoyable for them as well.
50. There are infinite color combinations in goldfish.
Like snowflakes, no two are the same.

That's part of what makes them so much fun!

This is interesting:

In 3 generations of goldfish breeding back to carp, the babies will lose all of their bright colors.
51. In the winter goldfish kept outside go into hibernation.
Their heart rate slows down and they stop eating.

Then, they sleep.

After winter is over, they come out of their long winter's nap often ready to spawn!

What Do You Think?

Now I want to hear from you.

What do you think of this list?

Or maybe I missed an interesting piece of information.

Either way, leave a comment below right now to let me know.

And before I forget... don't forget to check out our book so you can become a goldfish expert!

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Susannah's husband asked if he could have a fish. She didn't realize he meant plural. 8 big fish tanks later, she knows too much about fish.

Goldfish are a common household pet. Although less popular than dogs or cats, fish come in a close third because they are relatively easy to care for and don't require a lot of attention, space, exercise, or training.

Because they don't leave their aquarium, they don't create a mass of housework, and they are also allergy-friendly for people who can't have a hairy pet.

However, something unusual can happen to goldfish. Over time, you may notice a change of colour. The most common change in color is from gold to white, although other changes can occurs as well. Read on to learn what may be causing the change.

Goldfish were one of the first domesticated fish. However, they did not always have the bright orange and red scales that we are familiar with today.

Goldfish, like koi, are a type of carp. And just like wild carp, wild goldfish are usually olive green. Red, black, orange, white, yellow and brown goldfish have all been created through selective breeding.

Because of the selective breeding process as well as environmental factors, it's not uncommon for a goldfish to change colour. The change can be to a similar color, a different shade, or even a pattern.

There are plenty of reasons that goldfish can change colour. Here are a few of them:

Change in environment.

Change in water type.

Water temperature.

Amount of light.

Introduction of other fish or goldfish into the aquarium.

Newborn transitioning into adult colouration.

Old age.

Goldfish have pigment in their skin that reacts to light. When their skin is deprived of light or they have less exposure, this impacts on their skin. Over time, they can lose their colour and turn white.

Think of it this way: When people go outside a lot, they get a tan. If, instead, they stay inside, they become paler. Sunlight works in a similar way on goldfish.

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Susannah's husband asked if he could have a fish. She didn't realize he meant plural. 8 big fish tanks later, she knows too much about fish. Goldfish are a common household pet. Although less popular than dogs or cats, fish come in a close third because they are relatively easy to care for and don't require a lot of attention, space, exercise, or training.