Fish Stunting

[Tula]

Fish Stunting - Fish Vet

How can you tell if your fish has enough room? You may be causing fish stunting by limiting their resources, including room and food.

cafishvet.com

Good article on fish requirements for space from the fish vet. I was surprised to read minimum space requirements for goldfish....I remember as a child having a gold fish bowl........ now I realize how they thrive in ponds !

 

[Stephen Noble]

On a cross country trip, I stopped off at a friends house and went diving from their lakeside home. I was astonished to encounter several enormous goldfish in the shallows. They get big.

 

[Mmathis]

And I think it’s already been brought up that the 1” of fish per gallon rule applies to tropicals in a tank, not goldfish! Since tropical fish (not including marine fish, because I think they have an entirely different set of requirements) won’t grow beyond their genetically determined adult size, this rule makes more sense for them. Thanks for sharing!

 

[AlyssaFish]

I always like to point out a human child would stay the same size of the container if you threw them in the trunk of a car. They'd die before reaching adulthood.

I'm kinda morbid, it seems.