How to care for Goldfish Fry: from Eggs to 1 Year

How to care for Goldfish Fry: from Eggs to 1 Year
My carnival goldfish had babies unexpectedly. I have had them for four years and right before I moved them into the pond, they laid eggs.
This video is my experience with taking care of the goldfish fry. I did keep some and they will join their parents in the pond this summer!
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[@scatz4994]

you can also feed them boiled egg yolks. has a lot of protein that helps them grow.

[@FerretTails]

, I actually tried it, but they would eat it, but I have heard of a lot of people who had success with boiled egg yolk.

[@foxesproject5031]

I love how you care for your fish! Most carnival fish are doomed to a bowl for the 2 weeks they will be able to survive in it . The pond is gorgeous! I one day hope ( if I can get my parents approval) to have a mini pond made of a large storage bin for some fancy goldfish! I hope your fish live long!

[@FerretTails]

Thank you! I am so attached to my fish now. I’ve had the big ones for almost 5 years and I would be so sad if anything happened to them.

[@foxesproject5031]

@@FerretTails maybe they will live 30 years? Some have

[@kierstinl3787]

This is so cool! I love how you matched the proper size tank for the fish as they grew! I grew up with goldfish in my nursery and still love watching them in ponds or at people's houses. Your pond looks so nice!

[@Arpitzzz.gaming]

My fish layed eggs yesterday. So now i will try to care for them.

[@elissadaronco3083]

I’d LOVE to have a goldfish pond. As soon as I get a permanent place to stay, that’s one of the first things I’m gonna do, lol.

[@elissadaronco3083]

Also I love their fat little bellies after they eat 🥰

[@FerretTails]

I loved watching them grow. It was pretty cool.

[@unionjackjohn]

Thank you for sharing! May Jesus bless you and your loved ones.

[@SilverSkyCloud]

how much water do you remove per water change? i have about 20 fertilized eggs in a 25 litre tank 7 have hatched so far today, there might have been more but their spawning was so unexpected a lot of the eggs probably got eaten, i was told they were too young to spawn

[@FerretTails]

I really didn’t do any big water changes until they got a little bigger. When I put them in the tank by themselves I filled it half full with the already cycled water from my main tank. And then I added a sponge filter and did water changes as needed.

[@jaschafulgar6036]

Hello, I have a question so I bought 2 goldfish a week ago, Seller told us its 2 male. To cut the story, After I water change the Tank I see some small circle I assumed as eggs. Then when I saw the tank there is a lot of eggs there. So please let me know what to do next, Do i need to separate the 2 goldies in another tank? And what do these eggs need?

[@pablogarciadesantos2926]

how many gallons have the acuarium tath you uses for the fathers????

[@Number77baby]

Help!!! I have a baby who just hatched tonight, I found her during a water change and I think I stimulated a hatch by moving her, her name is Regina George and I want to know how to care for her, I know the basics, keep her fed, keep water quality good. Is there anything else I should know?

[@mohammedshakeelurrahmansha7821]

How u cared that parent gold fish when u bought

[@hannahgibson6473]

Hi ! I have a question! My goldfish have layed eggs for the first time and I noticed that 4 of them have babies in them, I don't want them to die and would love to attempt to raise them and either buy a tank for them or put them in my pond, however I don't have another tank for them right now, only a bowl. I don't want to keep them in the tank and have them get eaten, but I dont have another tank set up. My only options are the bowl or another large container, what do you think I should do? I hope you'll answer!

[@FerretTails]

I would take them out and put them in a bowl for now. They take about 4-7 days to hatch. You may want to get some baby brine shrimp. You can get them frozen at petco or you can order a bribe shrimp kit off Amazon and hatch them yourself. You should probably get a sponge filter. They babies can’t get sucked up in it and it will help keep the water clean. I would also fill your bowl with water from the tank (at least half of the bowl) the other half can be new water. I’m out at the moment but if you have any other questions let me know and I will answer them as soon as I can! Also, if I think of anything else that may be help I’ll add to this response. Congrats on your babies and good luck!!!

[@hannahgibson6473]

@@FerretTails thank you so much !! I've moved them now and put them in a bowl with new water and a couple scoops of the tank water. I have a stone air pump right now that I'm making use of so I hope that will be okay in the mean time. I'll definitely look into the advice you gave me, thank you again!

[@FerretTails]

@@hannahgibson6473 the air stone is perfect for now! They won’t really get the water to dirty until after they start eating. And the won’t eat until about 48 hours or when they become free swimming (not stuck to the side or bottom of the bowl). I attached a link to an excellent article on raising baby goldfish. This is what I used to guide me, since my goldfish surprised me with babies and I had never raised baby goldfish before www.about-goldfish.com/raising-goldfish.html

[@youtubekj5074]

Do they also need a heating system in winter or do can they handle the cold?

[@FerretTails]

I don’t use a heater with the adult goldfish. I actually have them in a pond outside and right now it’s snowing. But the babies I did use a heater with until they got a little older

[@amandadonegan2137]

So my Young Shubbies caught me by surprise spawning in my 50g long tank! I put them out to the pond the next day.....lve just counted around 20 newborns!!! 10 days from spawning theyve hatched. My Tanks a mud live planted tank with loads of Daphnia and Cyclops and Asellus.....so lm not going to even have feed them its all established!

[@prathul7324]

Bro what do you feed your goldfish when they were medium sized .pellets?And how many times a day.

[@FerretTails]

Yes, I feed pellets and regular adult size brine shrimp. These are the pellets I used, I did crush them up some when they were transitioning or when they seemed to small to eat these. amzn.to/3dbcksX

[@prathul7324]

@@FerretTails ohh thanks 👍🏿

[@infiniteviberz1595]

How long do comet goldfish grow? Because I bought 15 and they might get to big for there tank

[@FerretTails]

They can get as long as 12”. They will not grow bigger than the space they have, so if their tank isn’t large enough they won’t reach their maximum length. However, by not allowing them to grow as they should, they will not live as long as they could, which about 5-15 years, some have lived longer.

[@Kosong521]

So big. I ve never seen a class of goldfish with this big size

[@FerretTails]

They are beast 😂. Their parents are carnival goldfish that I’ve had for about 5 years. They were the size of a quarter when I got them and now their about 7-8 inches long.

[@davebrittain9216]

That pond is ripe for a heron to come and eat up everything. Really makes it a bad day!

[@FerretTails]

We keep it covered with a net, so far between that and the dogs they have been ok!

[@davebrittain9216]

@@FerretTails Oh good! I kept African cichlids in my pond for a summer and really had to watch. I would never do that again with chichlids, only gold fish. They ended up bringing all sorts of issues into my tank when I moved them back in at the end of the summer. Little small critters travel with water bugs and can really be a disaster.

[@javzshak]

Hi which soil is best for aquarium for plant grow pls tell me

[@FerretTails]

I personally love Eco-complete. It doesn’t turn your water foggy when you add it and you can add it straight from the bag. I use it in all 3 of my tanks. Two of my tanks are heavily planted. I also use Seachem products, like Excel (a liquid co2 and Flourish (a nutrient supplement for planted tanks). The two heavily planted tanks require very little maintenance. The goldfish tank is different. Goldfish in general are much dirtier than other fish. They eat and poop a lot, which leads to a lot more maintenance even when using a fluval fx4 canister filter.

[@superbassbreaker]

That fish did have fill plates - you can see his gill colour through his gill plates because he is white in that spot.

[@YS-lk4ek]

yh

[@DY54HTS]

Hello what was that thing stuck on the side of the tank?

[@FerretTails]

It is a brine shrimp hatchery that releases the baby brine shrimp directly into the tank instead of having to hatch them in a separately and move them to the tank. I think I got it from eBay, but I bought my brine shrimp eggs from Brine Shrimp Direct. They are the best eggs I’ve ever bought. They had a really high hatch rate.

[@justten3243]

What if they're transparent in the 1st day?

[@FerretTails]

That’s normal. They may stay transparent for the first. Some look black when their born and it can take up to two years for a goldfish to fully develop its color.

[@justten3243]

@@FerretTails thank you so much for answering. My goldfish eggs already hatched and so far so good! This video helped alot!

[@sneakzmeatz9821]

Can you move the eggs or fry instead of moving the fish? Also do you have to have a pump and a filter?😁

[@FerretTails]

I moved the eggs. They were originally in my 100 gallon with my big goldfish who now live in the pond I built them out back. But I moved all the eggs I could find into the tank in the video. And I didn’t add the filter until the babies stopped hanging on on the glass. The first day or two after their hatch they stick to the glass. But as long as you keep the water clean you probably wouldn’t need a filter. And when you change the water I would just do small partial water changes. They are so little the biggest mess will be any food they don’t eat. And sadly, if you don’t move the eggs out of the tank with your big fish, they will eat them.

[@sneakzmeatz9821]

Thank you for that now I will be able to have lots of baby fish.

[@heangkim1794]

After 2.3 days, do we change the water and feed it several times a day?

[@FerretTails]

You should feed them about 3 times a day. I used a sponge filter until they were big enough to not get sucked up in a regular HoB filter and I did partial water changes as needed. They are so small in the beginning the tank didn’t get dirty as fast as it does with adult goldfish.

[@heangkim1794]

@@FerretTails thank you so much bro

[@jenniferp8035]

There are a lot of baby fishes or fry in my backyard pond. I am worried if they survive. Do i need to bring some inside in an aquarium. I do not have any aquarium. Please help

[@FerretTails]

The bigger fish will absolutely eat the babies and they will eat the eggs so if you want them to survive, you’ll have to take them out until they’re big enough and fast enough to get away from the larger fish/their parents. I ended up with close to 300 baby fish and I had to take some of them to the pet store because there was no way that I could keep them all. There’s no way for me to give that many fish proper housing long term because they end up getting so big. I waited till they were about an inch long and then I picked 10 that I wanted to keep and gave the rest to my local pet store. It was so hard to pick the ones I wanted. I wish I could have kept them all. The ones I kept and their parents are doing amazing! I built a pond and they love outside year round. 🥰

[@jenniferp8035]

@@FerretTails Thanks for your reply. I have two parts in the pond like two pits. Can i add some kind of net between the two parts so that the big fish in one side will not go to the other side. Big fishes are mostly seen in one side and other side has most of the fry now. If i add the net will it work

[@jenniferp8035]

@@FerretTails i am not seeing any eggs. May be all got hatched. I have 4 gold fishes only. All got big soon last month. I think some more eggs are on the way.

[@FerretTails]

That would definitely work I think unless they were small enough to swim through the net but in that case, they may be able to swim back through and get away from the bigger fish. Yoyr pond sounds amazing! I really really want to expand mine. The coolest thing is we have frogs that have also taken up residents in the pond and now every year since we built it, we get tadpoles. It’s the coolest thing. It’s likes its own little ecosystem out there. I could sit out there and watch them for hours.

[@noobmaster-sf9mo]

do you use filtration in baby fry?

[@FerretTails]

I used a sponge filter, it helped keep the water clean, but they didn’t get stuck in it or fury by it. I added a few days after they were born

[@Finflare220]

Can fry eat brine shimps on day 1 ??? I have heard some ppl saying its better to feed them egg yolks than baby brine shrimps because the fry mouth cant swallow baby brine shrimps ???? Could someone pls guide me

[@FerretTails]

They normally won’t eat until they start swimming where are no longer sticking to the side or bottom of the tank. I tried egg yolks with my babies as soon as they were swimming but they wouldn’t touch it, so I went with the brine shrimp and they went right for them and didn’t seem to have any problems eating them

[@Finflare220]

Yeah sorry that's what I meant to ask you. Once the gold fish fry starts swimming. What to feed . Okay I read your reply and yes I Wil feed them bbs. I was told to feed them egg yolk for the first 3 days n the. Brine shrimps. And you are right they show no interest eating egg yolks and that creates a mess in tank. .....

[@Finflare220]

​@@FerretTails also I would like to know about the water change. So how often should I change fry fish tank??

[@FerretTails]

@@Finflare220 once they were all swimming I added a sponge filter and didn’t keep the air up real high so they wouldn’t get stuck to it. I would carefully do partial water changes, like 20% at a time when the tank got dirty (when there was food or baby poops on the bottom of the tank. They are so small they really didn’t create to much mess until they got to be a bit bigger and the sponge filter really helped control the mess and keep the water parameters good.

[@Finflare220]

@@FerretTails thanks a ton for taking time to clarify my doubts.

[@Jun127]

What happened to your aquarium seed planted tank?

[@FerretTails]

I still have it, but unfortunately most of the plants ended up dying. I did try adding Co2, but found out later on that almost everyone who used those seeds experienced a similar problem after about 4 months. The tank was beautiful for the first few months though.

[@Jun127]

@@FerretTails Interesting. I was able to find one person who live-streamed himself cleaning/trimming an overgrown tank full of these "small leaf aquatic seeds" kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHrbl3xurduGeJY I guess his tank is already over 4 months in this video, but I'm curious what the ultimate fate of his tank was as well. Hopefully I won't run into the same issue. I'm several months into the experiment and my fishbowl is already overgrown. I haven't had any problems so far except overgrowth and an initial bacterial bloom, but it will be interesting to see what happens. Considering they produce seeds, it's possible they "go to seed" under certain conditions and die off under certain conditions. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there is much information about this plant so it's hard to say why some people are having more issues. The lack of people showing old tanks with aquatic seeds probably means most people aren't successful.

[@Jun127]

@@FerretTails Do you think it's possible to replace the aquatic seed plants with better carpeting plants as they die off? For example, pulling them up and slowly replacing them, or are they hard to get rid of once established? I just started another tank with seeds and if it's too hard to fix I'm wondering if I should just pour boiling water on them now to destroy the seeds and start over with regular plants.

[@jenniferjoseph2437]

Hi. Do fries need filter ?

[@FerretTails]

Not in the beginning, they don’t really create a lot of mess, it’s mainly the food that they don’t eat that causes the water to get gross. If you don’t add a filter you will prob need to do partial water changes every few days to ensure the levels stay good and prevent the ammonia and nitrates to get to high.

[@jenniferjoseph2437]

@@FerretTails ok thank you for your reply. Day before yesterday they started chasing and mating and yesterday when I came back from college i found eggs in the aquarium. I was surprised because 1st time I'm seeing eggs of fish then i transferred those eggs from main tank to another bucket. So there are totally 60 eggs. And now i can see theri 👀 eyes inside the. They are looking emojis... I'm feeling happy to see them so i was seeing about caring them after they hatch.. anyways thank you for replying 🧡☺️

[@shaw_xo]

Great video! Very informative, subbed 🙂

[@FerretTails]

Thanks!!

[@crexkiepomarn8205]

This looks like a hybrid of koi and goldfish

[@FerretTails]

I always wondered if they were mixed with koi, but honestly the fish that made these babies were from the Carnival, which presents them as goldfish, but they definitely have some Koi traits.

[@richardpowell4850]

Rasing goldfish be like

[@marcangelomicoy6779]

omg majority of the eggs looks white T_T

[@marcangelomicoy6779]

*talkin abt the ones that i own

[@FerretTails]

@@marcangelomicoy6779I had a lot that were white too. I just removed the ones I could. But honestly, I ended up with about 150 babies.