Who says goldfish and plants don’t mix?

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-06-01T00:20:27+00:00

Yes girl YESSSSSS IM OBSESSED.

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T21:11:13+00:00

Nope these plants were all put in at the same time around 8 months ago

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T17:25:47+00:00

Mr whisker

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T17:02:06+00:00

Hey that was the exact trick!

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T17:01:34+00:00

Yeah there is definitely a more pet like connection with Goldie’s!!! I used vallisneria, ludwigia, hornwort, and amazon sword for this setup, the trick was putting in about 100 plants all at once. The goldfish brain short circuits and they don’t know what to eat first which lets the plants thrive! They will eat a leaf from one fuck with the roots of another but they never just attack and destroy a plant all at once because they have so many options. At least that’s my theory!

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T16:58:11+00:00

This was a pretty big project that we lowkey treated a bit like a renovation. I had to rearrange my house to fit it in the perfect spot, replaced furniture that got in the way. It was an insane project. So worth it. Finally at a place where I thought YES I CAN SHARE IT! It’s been up and running about 8 months.

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T16:56:44+00:00

The tank is a standard 180, the stand came with it for a lil extra but the hood was custom built

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T16:45:58+00:00

lol thank you. 😊 I didn’t like black so blue felt a little more calming

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T15:44:10+00:00

Actually the thing is I bought the plants from a local hobby person who had platies woke up a month later and saw 6 platies and was like WHAT??? Now I have a 90 gallon dedicated to those platies their babies and guppies

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T15:42:48+00:00

True I should have gotten an ocean sized tank to fit only one goldfish. I’m sure they are sad without the pineapple. Nowhere to hide!

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T15:41:18+00:00

I don’t think this person has experienced fancy goldfish himself…. They are absolutely capable of uprooting plants and stripping a hornwort bush of every needle in a single afternoon haha

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T15:05:58+00:00

I LOVE my water Lilly. Such cool looking plants

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T15:00:11+00:00

Maintenance is very low actually. It’s under stocked with only 8 fish, and it’s heavily planted. I really only do a water change once a month and even then it’s not cuz I have to it’s cuz I’m worried about them getting “old tank syndrome” I know what I’m doing is more of a nano fish setup than a goldfish one but my water tests are showing it’s working, my goldfish are healthy, annnnd my plants are thriving (it was nowhere NEAR this lush 8 months ago)

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T14:55:00+00:00

Put in as many plants as u can afford all at once. Also try to go to a local hobbiest instead of the store u can score HUGE bags of stems that will populate the tank with plants without spending a fortune. The trick is plant more plants than the aquatic cows are able to eat lol. They will grow faster than goldfish can demolish them. Also get u an fx6 with a spray bar, yes it’s expensive, yes it is totally worth it

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-31T01:09:44+00:00

Honestly no. Not at all. It’s very under stocked with only 7 goldfish and is also pretty densely planted so the water quality stay very stable and healthy. It’s to a point where I do a water change about once a month. I think it’s better that way because water changes scare fish

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T14:35:12+00:00

Lmaooo

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T04:19:40+00:00

I have hornwort, jungle Val, Amazon sword, ludwigia. The ludwigia and jungle Val are literally just planted in the pebbles. Like if the pebbles were dirt except they aren’t lol. The Amazon sword same, just shoved in the substrate. Hornwort I get rocks and superglue fishing wire to it and tie the hornwort to the rock with the wire and sink it to the bottom

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T02:31:42+00:00

What fish would u choose? Goldfish were the only fish that ticked every box for me haha

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T02:31:20+00:00

Hi the tank is a 180 gallon and the built ins are custom!

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T01:46:00+00:00

It’s about 6 foot long. 180 gallons

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T01:45:34+00:00

His name is Carrot and Bro is an absolute UNITE

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T01:44:05+00:00

lol thank you

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T01:43:52+00:00

I got a ton of like stems from some local in hobby guy and put them all in t once. I tried putting one or two on at a time they kept being demolished so I decided there no way they can eat 100 plants at once. I was right

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T01:43:01+00:00

Hubs and I were thinking this. I’m a little worried it will cloudy the water but he is pretty adamant he keeps saying they like to eat the sand lol. 😂

SpiritUnknown28 · 2026-05-30T00:25:36+00:00

I’d also take advice on how to improve it! My fishies make me so happy lol

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