Is it safe to have a gold fish and a black axi in the same tank?

[Catherine1]

hi everyone.
my school's marine class is doing an asighnment and the teacher is giveing us fish to look after that will stay at school until the end of term, then we get to keep them (if they don't die). can i keep it with my black axi or is that not a good idea?

 

[Boo Penguin]

Bad idea... either your axi will eat the fish or the fish will nibble on the axi's gills... not good either way

 

[Catherine1]

Bad idea... either your axi will eat the fish or the fish will nibble on the axi's gills... not good either way

ok thanks

 

[Boo Penguin]

No problem

 

[mamatoulouse]

IMO goldfish produce a lot of ammonia, which can burn/ irritate other living beings gills and skin... at least that's why i know they shouldn't be kept with other types of fish

 

[Minniechild]

Maybe get a cheap tank so you can keep your goldfish as well? I know that I'm glad I kept Stowaway away from the axies (Even if he did swim into Bertie's bag himself...Once Bertie was in the axie tank, Stowaway went to the Goldfish tank and has been doing excellently since). If you want to do fish with axies, guppies are a good one as they don't gill nip, although you need to have plenty of plant cover (As I discovered when all my plants went belly-up...the population went downhill very quickly *sigh*)

 

[melfly]

IMO goldfish produce a lot of ammonia, which can burn/ irritate other living beings gills and skin... at least that's why i know they shouldn't be kept with other types of fish

The main reason is to do with the axie eating the fish, and the fish nibbling the axolotls gills...
Mel

 

[Minniechild]

Originally Posted by mamatoulouse
IMO goldfish produce a lot of ammonia, which can burn/ irritate other living beings gills and skin... at least that's why i know they shouldn't be kept with other types of fish

Axolotls put out just as much poop as goldfish, if not more (Seriously, have you SEEN the size of the poops they put out??), and their diet doesn't have the plant buffer aspect that goldfish do (Leave a goldfish with a few plants and no food for half a week, and expect no plants...), so I'd expect their excrement to be much more of a concern that the goldfish. Example? Put a baby axolotl in a 5L jar for a week, and a goldfish in another, leave it 48hrs and see who's got the higher readings...(well, don't coz it's not exactly fair to either of them. Maybe just let them to do a single poop and send them home?)

 

[Kaysie]

Both gill nibbling and ammonia secretions are valid reasons not to keep goldfish with axolotls.

Beyond poop, both species excrete ammonia waste products through their skin.

 

[memojo1979]

Both gill nibbling and ammonia secretions are valid reasons not to keep goldfish with axolotls.

Beyond poop, both species excrete ammonia waste products through their skin.

Ewww I didn't know that. I guess that's an extra reason not to handle your axie - it'll effectively be weeing on your hand, LoL!

 

[horsyqueen]

you cant get a cheep tank to keep a goldfish propebly thats the mistake loads of people make. 50l for one gold fish 60L for 2 100l for a group. goldfish are social animals and grow large. they are also intelegent. filters are needed and need as much sometimes more then tropical fish.

 

[ax]

Agree with horsyqueen, goldfish need a BIG tank.. if not a pond :happy: