Are white cloud mountain minnows and fancy goldfish compatible?
Have 25 gallon marineland eclypse, filter in lid, tank (circulates water 10 times an hour). Contains low 1/2" of gravel and a lot of silk and plastic plants for hiding and landscape. Also provide two bunches of live anacharis plant at all times for eating. Change 1/3 of water every week. Feed both drop to bottom pellets and floating flake food.
With this environment for the last 3 years I have had 3 fancy gold fish-grown to 5 in., 12 now 10 white clouds-1 1/2 -2 in., and albino dojo-grown to 5 in. Have all seemed to be compatable over this period of time and I do not expect my fancy gold fish to get any bigger because of size of tank.
Tank is in a very visable elevated position in kitchen so wanted a variety of fish to be in the display. The mix of fish seems to have worked.
Fancy goldfish don’t get to be 12 inches so a 100 gallon tank should be plenty for 5 of them. White clouds are compatiable with them, however they are much smaller. Once the goldfish get larger they will try to eat the white clouds. Fancy’s are much slower than them so they should have a fighting chance. I say go for it, try it for a while and see how it goes I think it should work just fine. Just keep in mind when you have 5 8″ goldfish and at least 6 1.5″ fish you may have issues. White clouds live for about 5-7 years and goldfish live for 20+ but I think you should be fine.
