new 10 gal tank

I got a new 10 gal tank. i have one small koi in it now. what other kinds of goldfish should i get?? how can i tell if its a female or male koi?? Mine is lonley in tank.

Congratulations on the new tank! Koi get very large, as do goldfish. They are also pretty messy. The minimum requirement for adult goldfish is ten gallons of space. If you add more fish you may have problems and should consider either a larger tank when they get too big or you could transfer them to an outdoor pond. I know that doesn't answer your question so if I was to suggest a companion goldfish I would suggest a comet type. Some are quite beautiful. Their similar body type would allow them to compete with the streamlined koi for food unlike the bulky and slow fancy goldfish.

could i get an algea eater??or would they fight??

do you now that purpose what algeae eater surve?if you have a planted aquarium sometimes in your tank may be infected by algeae..the algeae eatrer eats it....if your tank is free from plant then this algeae eater of no use...

Algae typically forms because of excess nutrients in an aquarium. The nutrients can come from uneaten food or fish waste. If you do regular water changes of about 20% a week. You should not have much of a problem with algae. If you need to get an algae eater I suggest the bristle/bushy nose pleco. They are one of the smaller plecos and are typically quite peaceful. Not to mention interesting. I do not recommend common plecos or the so called Chinese algae eater. You could get otocinclus catfish which stay small and are good algae eaters, but sometimes they will suck on the slime coat of the fish.

i am sorry i am new at this be nice please

Thank u megham. i will do w/o a algae eater until i need one and i dont think i need one yet. i am just making sure my cleo is happy and healthy.

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so now that i got an new tank and a bigger one can i feed cleo more or not now he is starting to come up to the top when i feed him.;0 yay.

Congratulations on the new tank. That is great that Cleo is coming to the top to be fed. You should only feed Cleo twice a day and only enough food that it can eat in about two minutes. Your fish, like most will likely beg to be fed, but that does not mean it needs to be fed. Believe me, if I fed my discus and angelfish every time they begged for food I would be having some serious problems. By the way, how many gallons is your new tank? I would love to see a photo if you can post one. Also, I don't know how much you know about the nitrogen cycle, but there are some good posts here about it. Your koi is likely tough enough to survive it. Basically, it can take two weeks to a month for your tank to cycle.

i have an algae eater in 1 of my tanks, it is with my female betta, they do not fight and the tank is always cleaner than my other 2, so u should add a algae eater, maybe a pleco, i have one and he does not fight at all.

my new tank is a 10 gal bc i was told to get a bigger one bc i also have a 3gal and i never should have gotten it but i did.Cleo is happy, he is now very little laying at the bottom like he is trying to sleep bc he is still and dont move but only last like 30 sec if that.so do fish sleep and lay at the bottom of tank and be still.i hope it is a good thing. he sure does like up and down in one stop in the front right corner. i did two ammonia test for each tank. one for the ten gal was .25 once i adding the water with treatment and then for the 3gal tank it was 2.0-2.5 with cleo in it then once i move cleo over to the big tank i check for the ammonia again and it was .50.So I hope everything is going good with my new tank and for my cleo.

i am sure that now it can grow well...

The ideal situation is zero ammonia. If the aquarium has any ammonia or nitrite, some of the causes are over feeding, a tank that has not cycled, infrequent partial water changes, and anything that's dead or decaying.

with me changing the water so much in one week it wont hurt the fish right. i hope not. i will put 3gal of fresh water into 10gal today and check for ammonia again after i change the water.

i think it should be zero..

i just check the ammonia level and its 2.0 as of 11am. i will change 20% of water today.

hm do it until it goes to the zero value..

You can safely change 20 percent or more of the water every day until the ammonia stays at zero. As I may have mentioned earlier, some live floating plants like hornwort or water sprite will actually digest ammonia.

I agree