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Should i just get 1 goldie in a 10gl. or wait for a bigger atnk to get a few?

Bigger tank for just one. The 10 gallon per goldfish rule only really applies to much larger tanks - you an't keep one goldfish in a 10 gallon any more than you could one Congo Tetra in a 2 gallon. A good place to start is about a 55 gal, although a 75 is better. The 55 could safely hold a pair for a good long time - and you could get away with four, which is more or less how the rule works - 20 gallons for the first goldfish, then 10 for each additional. A 75 is a good tank for a trio but could perhaps hold 5 or 6.

Let me go on record here as saying I believe the 10 gal/goldifsh rule is scandolously low. I think we'll all agree that this goldfish, and many others anywhere near his size, deserve a lot more space than that:
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-Molly
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I do not know how it started that goldfish are great for small tanks, but it is a horrible rumor. Goldfish are such large fish that it is VERY suprising that they are sold so often for small tanks.

For your ten gallon tank, I would suggest maybe a school of six corydoras, and a dwarf gourami. That would be a nice tank for a ten gallon, as goldfish will not fit in there.

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Wow, littleMousling that a big oranda, I thought mine was quite big, but nothing compared to yours, she is alive in that pic isn't she.

Bruce isn't mine, sadly - he belongs to some goldfish breeders in China. And, no, he's very much alive - just easier to photograph out of water, since he lives in a large pond.

-Molly
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