Goldfish | Red and White Sarasa Comet

Scientific Name: Carassius auratus Common Name: Comet-tail Goldfish, Sarasa Comet, Pond Comet Adult Size: 14 inches Life Expectancy: 14 years Habitat: Asia Minimum Tank Size: 15 gallon Ideal Tank Conditions:  Temperature Range: 65.0 - 72.0° F pH Range: 6.0 - 8.0 Water Hardness: 5 - 19 Temperament: Peaceful Diet & Nutrition: Omnivore; will generally eat all kinds of fresh, frozen, and flake foods. To keep a good balance, give them a high quality flake food every day. To care for your goldfish, feed brine shrimp (either live or frozen), blood worms, Daphnia, or tubifex worms as a treat. It is usually better to feed freeze-dried foods as opposed to live foods to avoid parasites and bacterial infections. Breeding & Spawning:  Egg layers that spawn readily in the right conditions. They can be bred in groups as small as five individuals, but they are very social animals and likely to breed in larger groups as well. Spawning generally begin when the temperatures are between 68° and