Talk:Common goldfish

In the U.S., comet goldfish appears to have been bred extensively as a feed fish, i.e. as live feed for larger fishes. Are there articles providing data on Comet's growth rate, breeding mechanism, ect for such a purpose?

Peter Ong


 * Try comet (goldfish) --βjweþþ (talk) 19:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

About the taxbox: It may not be needed, but isn't it informative for somebody who stumbles upon this page? Why not leave it?

Stellatomailing 18:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I see the reasons for keeping it and so I think it would be good for there to be a taxobox.--Bjw e bb (talk) 20:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The sickness section of this article needs a definite revision. It seems quite far from neutral, especially the plea at the end to help a sick goldfish, and the grammar and wording in some parts is atrocious. Also, I highly suspect that most of the research used to compose this section is original. I'll work on the grammar and some of the wording myself, but something has to be done about the general quality of this section. - 206.116.28.142 13:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps a note about how inexpensive gold fish are (twelve cents in the United States) should be put here? EarthGuardian 16:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I have done a cleanup of the article and i think that the banner could be removed now. The article isn't great and there's plenty more to add but I dont think there is a need for a banner now--Bjw e bb (talk) 14:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Image of Goldfish reproducing
I don't think the image contributes anything, the colors are grainy and the motion is erratic. Can someone replace it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.1.185.102 (talk) 18:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree, however, I think that it should be removed primarily because it doesn't even look like it even portrays breeding at all. I see one fish swimming underneath another fish. Look at the jpegs that this gif image was made from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.131.218.108 (talk) 08:31, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Seriously?
"With proper love, care and good breeding a Common Goldfish can live to be of great age." Okay, is the "love" part necessary? Really? I'm not asking to take it out, and I won't edit it, but it just doesn't seem like something that's common to see in Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.29.143.156 (talk) 23:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Lifespan
Goldfish can live "long periods of time." Seriously? What does that mean? 20 minutes? Or 300 years? It makes more sense to just remove the section entirely until it contains actual numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.65.2.249 (talk) 03:53, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

"simple breed"?
Quoting the article: "Common goldfish or hibuna are a type of goldfish with no other modifications from their ancestors other than their colour. Most varieties of fancy goldfish were derived from this simple breed."

Can someone explore the term "simple breed"? If not, I think it should be deleted.

CBHA (talk) 03:38, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

In good faith
I made some adjustments in the very beginning and added two credible sources. It is do with as you wish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.17.194.1 (talk) 19:24, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I am unfamiliar with wikipedia eediting so I am sorry I didn't knew how to start my own thread. And I don't want to have my own account, so.. I am sorry for parasiting this last one. By the way I think that, while the article is quite nice, it's wholy unenciclopedic. I'd like as a user and biology-fanatic to see a proper taxonomic explanation, first of all in the side as it is common usage in Wikipedia. And, besides that, there should as well be a good explanation of the internal anatomy and body functions of the animal, putting the less interest into domestic details and more in historic ones: where was it and how was it domesticated? As well as it's ties to other species. The biological information is, simply, lacking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.20.217.205 (talk) 04:51, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

also known as feeder fish
"Feeder fish" is not a name of for the common goldfish. Feeder fish are just any fish that are used as live feed for other fish. Common goldfish are used as feeder fish, as we mention in this article, but are only one of the types used as feeder fish (see Feeder fish). I'm removing this from the lede. Meters (talk) 19:02, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * And removed again. Feeder fish are sometimes common goldfish, but that does not make "feeder fish" another name for "common goldfish". That's like saying that "pet" is another name for "pig" because some pigs are kept as pets. Meters (talk) 02:16, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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Optimum conditions
An elaboration on what conditions allow them to live longer would be a good addition. Mackenziebehm (talk) 03:58, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Wakin listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wakin. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. HighFlyingFish (talk) 19:21, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Most of this information pertains to goldfish in general
Only things that relate to the common goldfish in particular should stay here; many things here at the moment are nonspecific and should be only at the goldfish article, and not this breed's. SaltySemanticSchmuck (talk) 07:58, 12 May 2019 (UTC)