Hello,
I have approx ~29 G tank with two goldies male and female both big more than 2 years old, recently the female orangina gave eggs, male was happy to chase her and do his thing.
Now i thought and read on internet that goldfish only breed once in a year, when the temperature are idle/perfect and water conditions are good and when goldfish are fed different types of tasty food.
So after i saw orangina spawning eggs 2 weeks ago, i reluctantly agreed to add another Goldfish to this tank, its barely 1 yr old i think and I thought he was MALE (thats why i didnt want him in tank, but i was forced to take it by someone i know v good, i took pity and accepted).
After 3 days of this new Goldie in tank , today I see the male CHASING her for past 4 hours basically, he takes break for sometime but if she comes across , he again chases here, if she gets stuck in bushy wisteria, he wiggles his tail rapidly alongside her tail , till she somehow escapes again. Its kinda awkward to see this in front of family, i must say. cause i have to explain and i end up giving vague answer.
I first thought my male popeye was chasing this new goldie as he is male and he doesnt want to share tank, but after much time, i saw him nuzzling this new goldie under her tail and when cornered in wisteria bush, rapidly wiggled his tail along side her, i knew that mating..not chasing (awkward moment there in my mind, cause i thought, is that gay action or what?)
how long will this male keep chasing this girls? is his libido unusually high? does he detect eggs in female or is he unnecessarily harassing this girls? is it true that goldies only spawn once a year? or this can happen as many times as they want? is there any way i can lower his libido? like feed him something that acts like anti-viagra (lolz... i cant believe i have to think like this now). I kindof think, lowering temp. might lower their metabolism and all goldies will slow their activities, but that wont happen, normal temps. in my region are always in 30's c in day and its always sunny and nice. I cant afford fish tank refrigeration (they come around USD 500-1000) . Although i will be moving this fish to second tank in another room which has AC and temp is maintained at 22 - 24 c during summer.
I want to leave this goldies on their own, whatever they do , their business , but they are rapidly wronging all my assumptions about goldies, i expected them to be monogamous and breed_once_a_year type of fishes.
Note: I want to make sure that new goldie is female, will post some vid or pic later.
I have approx ~29 G tank with two goldies male and female both big more than 2 years old, recently the female orangina gave eggs, male was happy to chase her and do his thing.
Now i thought and read on internet that goldfish only breed once in a year, when the temperature are idle/perfect and water conditions are good and when goldfish are fed different types of tasty food.
So after i saw orangina spawning eggs 2 weeks ago, i reluctantly agreed to add another Goldfish to this tank, its barely 1 yr old i think and I thought he was MALE (thats why i didnt want him in tank, but i was forced to take it by someone i know v good, i took pity and accepted).
After 3 days of this new Goldie in tank , today I see the male CHASING her for past 4 hours basically, he takes break for sometime but if she comes across , he again chases here, if she gets stuck in bushy wisteria, he wiggles his tail rapidly alongside her tail , till she somehow escapes again. Its kinda awkward to see this in front of family, i must say. cause i have to explain and i end up giving vague answer.
I first thought my male popeye was chasing this new goldie as he is male and he doesnt want to share tank, but after much time, i saw him nuzzling this new goldie under her tail and when cornered in wisteria bush, rapidly wiggled his tail along side her, i knew that mating..not chasing (awkward moment there in my mind, cause i thought, is that gay action or what?)
how long will this male keep chasing this girls? is his libido unusually high? does he detect eggs in female or is he unnecessarily harassing this girls? is it true that goldies only spawn once a year? or this can happen as many times as they want? is there any way i can lower his libido? like feed him something that acts like anti-viagra (lolz... i cant believe i have to think like this now). I kindof think, lowering temp. might lower their metabolism and all goldies will slow their activities, but that wont happen, normal temps. in my region are always in 30's c in day and its always sunny and nice. I cant afford fish tank refrigeration (they come around USD 500-1000) . Although i will be moving this fish to second tank in another room which has AC and temp is maintained at 22 - 24 c during summer.
I want to leave this goldies on their own, whatever they do , their business , but they are rapidly wronging all my assumptions about goldies, i expected them to be monogamous and breed_once_a_year type of fishes.
Note: I want to make sure that new goldie is female, will post some vid or pic later.
.