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Regarding goldfish in the tank.

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Question
I have one Black Moore , Ryukin And a beautiful calico oranda goldfish . Now my question , is it ok with them being together in a 20 gallon tank ? . I never was a fish person til I laid eyes on them i really am amazed on how beautiful they are . If you can please reply . theres no chasing eachother or bad behavior but i feel like they are a bit shy with eachother. except for the ryukin and black moore , the calico is a bit to itself. do you have any suggestions?

Answer
Hi Leemarie,
  I do not see any obvious reason why they could not be together in the same tank.  That might change as they get larger and one or more of them gets territorial.  At that point, you will have to strongly consider separating them.

-- Ron
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