Is this okay?

mhoward1999

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Hi everyone. I have determined that all four of my goldfish are males. They chase each other a lot. Especially my red telescope and black moor. The red has red streaks in his tail. I am watching and they seem to be getting better. I don't know if he has had them in the past. I never noticed them until recently. You have to look REALLY close to see them. I am concerned that the all male communtiy will fight and be unhappy. What do you think? :sad: (I think they are just now becoming sexually mature.)
 
How big is the tank, the red streaks is septicemia, and it's very hard to cure, do you have a spare tank and excess to antibiotics.
 
red streaks doesnt automatically mean septicemia wilder. :) i have found that it can be just a result of a lot of blood flow to the tail or ammonia and/or nitrite spikes in the water or the water has really degraded. The only thing that helps in this case is water changes every two or three days for a while. And then the right sized tanks with gravel cleaning/water changes once a week. what size is your tank and what are the test results.

The second is systemic bacteria infection and the gills would more likely be lighter red to pink. Antibiotic food and/or oxolinic acid is indicated along with water changes. Healthy, unstressed fish are quite resistant to bacteria. Unless a new fish has been added without quarantine. check the gills and see what colour they are. healthy gill colour should be cherry red.
 
Ahhh. That makes sense. I had a nitrite spike about a week and a half ago. I spilled a whole bunch of food in the tank at once. Since they cleaned it all up overnight, I just skipped a day of feeding and then went back to my normal schedule. I tested the water about a week after the initial spill, and my nitrites were at .25 so I did a partial water change. My readings are all good now. Hopefully it's from the nitrite spike and will disappear now. How long should it take to clear up if that's what it is?

Back to the original question: Is it okay to have all males and no females? Tank is 55 gal.
 
nitrite spike will clear up with the more water changes you do.

as for the male gf i know people with all male tanks and one with the same set up as you and he hasnt had any problems with them at all. :)
 
How big is the tank, and what filter do you use.
 
mhoward1999 said:
Back to the original question: Is it okay to have all males and no females? Tank is 55 gal.
The filter is an Emperor 400 and I also use UGF. My goldfish are all about 3-5 inches long, and there is a common plec who is about 4 inches in there as well. Those are the only inhabitants of the tank.
 
Should be fine unless they start to get nasty with one another, then you will have to rethink.
 

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