I've had Goldfish for around 20 years now, never had babies though. In October i found what looked like some sort of fungus splashed all over the inside of the lid of my tank, having never seen fish eggs before i was i bit concerned so i scraped some off, put it in a little pot with some water and took it to my local fish shop. He took one look and said "they're eggs!", and not only that, but some had actually hatched in the time it took me to drive to the shop! We had babies!! So i rushed home, carefully scraped the rest of the eggs off the lid and watched as on by one they all started to hatch. Months of meticulous care, attention, maintenance, time and money ensued! Daily water changes and cleaning, learning to hatch baby brine shrimp etc, we didn't lose a single fry from the eggs that hatched which i am quite proud of.
However we now have between 55 and 60 baby goldfish and there's no way in the world i can house all of them going forward. The parents and one other goldfish plus two Weather Loach all live in my 465L tank which i still think is too small just for them to be honest, and they now have around 12 of their biggest babies in with them, plus another tank with around 30 mediium sized fish in, and a smaller tank with around 15 of the tiniest ones in. I'm doing my absolute best for them and we love every single one of them, but can't keep them all which is quite sad actually. I just want the best life for them, hence my trying to rehome them responsibly. They are such beautiful fish, i REALLY don't get why Goldfish are seen as second class fish!!!
There must be some Goldfish keepers on here
Here's a pic of my main tank before the babies went in...
