Fantail Gold Fish

Description:
The Fantail also comes under the egg shaped variety of goldfish.The Tail is split and it gives a triangualr stucture and thus got its name.The Breeding quality can be identified from the split of their fins.The Average growth size is 6 inches.It is the one of the easiest gold fish to breed.We have to keep the fish in a varied diet so that it will attain the spawning conditon.Feed your fishes nicely otherwise the parent fish will itself eat the eggs and the small fishes.Pebbles and small plants may help in saving the eggs and the small ones.These are also cold water fishes.

History:
Goldfish with split tails (the original Fantails) were first seen during the Ming Dynasty in the 1400s.

Variety:
Comes in different Colouration and in metallic,matt scale or nacreous types

Food:
It accepts most of the food types like the flake foods and pellets.But the amount of food is important

Suitable Condition:
Temp : 65 - 72° F (18°- 22° C)
Hardness : 5 - 19° dGH
Ph : 6.0 to 8.0

Neighbors:
The Fantail Goldfish, along with the Ryukins, are some of the only egg-shaped goldfish that can readily compete for food with the elongated goldfish such as the Common or Shubunkin Goldfish,
so they can be grouped in the same tank.