Can anybody guess what this guy is?

[king2005]

Not a problem!

There are many different kinds of Jewels, also if its mixed with a Jack Dempsey, it could loose some of its colour & get larger.

DO you know how old it is?

[Flatcoatluver]

well he's been their for atleast the beginning of 9th grade, but probally longer. Now I am in 10th grade. He is so tiny because he was in a very small tank, he is afraid to death of me and I am very proud he came that close to me for pics, high school students would try to grap him with their bare hands. When he was in the smaller tank he was very agressive to the other fish, now that I have a huge tank he is as happy as could be. Is it ok to still feed him goldfish flakes or should I change to a differnt type?

[king2005]

well he's been their for atleast the beginning of 9th grade, but probally longer. Now I am in 10th grade. He is so tiny because he was in a very small tank, he is afraid to death of me and I am very proud he came that close to me for pics, high school students would try to grap him with their bare hands. When he was in the smaller tank he was very agressive to the other fish, now that I have a huge tank he is as happy as could be. Is it ok to still feed him goldfish flakes or should I change to a differnt type?

Dear god!! That poor fish is gonna have health issues!! IF its a year old it should be about 6 inches long. Goldfish food is a horrid diet for the poor guy

If you give me a bit I'll go onto Big Al's fish store (usa) online & give u all the links to the foods he'll need.. It'll be costly at first but if you feed him every 3 days the food could last a year.

[Flatcoatluver]

Dear god!! That poor fish is gonna have health issues!! IF its a year old it should be about 6 inches long. Goldfish food is a horrid diet for the poor guy

If you give me a bit I'll go onto Big Al's fish store (usa) online & give u all the links to the foods he'll need.. It'll be costly at first but if you feed him every 3 days the food could last a year.

can you understand why I rescued him and the 3 others?

[king2005]

can you understand why I rescued him and the 3 others?

ya! I'm not sure if he'll live a long life (about 10yrs is normal), as his growth is horribly stunted & the stress he went under was quite bad.. How did you get ownership over them? DO you know what the others are?

[Flatcoatluver]

I know the other two are goldfish for sure.But one of those goldfish died all ready. Well what happened was the teacher was looking for homes for them and I didn't want them going to bad homes, some high school student you never know. He got guppies instead which is still not a good thing. Is it ok for him to be with the goldfish, is it ok if the goldfish might eat his food?

[king2005]

I know the other two are goldfish for sure.But one of those goldfish died all ready. Well what happened was the teacher was looking for homes for them and I didn't want them going to bad homes, some high school student you never know. He got guppies instead which is still not a good thing. Is it ok for him to be with the goldfish, is it ok if the goldfish might eat his food?

the goldfish will be just fine eatting his food. The only thing with Goldfish is that they are very dirty & can make tank mates ill... But the biggest worry is, is that when the Jewel matures & becomes healthy & happy, he will more then likely start to kill the goldfish.

It might be best to find someone with an outdoor pond & donate them to them. Its not right to keep goldfish in a tank as they do get VERY large. OR you can buy a nice pond & put them in your backyard. If the pond is more then 5 feet deep, the fish can live in there all winter long.. Just add a heater to keep the ice thin, so when u need to feed them, you can break the ice & pour in some sinking food,

[king2005]

this

this

this one you'll have to break it up for him if hes too small to eat it

just a couple a week

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The reason you use several different kinds of food, as that not all foods have what the fish needs.

Here is Big Al's site

I'm lucky, I have one of the stores near by, but they are not a huge chain store so they are hard to find..