Regular Member rainia00 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have my fish in a QT tank right now that's bare bottomed and I'm feeding him red sinking pellet food. I did his daily water change and found what I can only assume were teeth? Why is he losing his teeth? Is this common? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 This is very common. Goldfish lose their teeth and grow new ones all the time. If you search the forum, you'll see various members collecting goldfish teeth for nefarious purposes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member rainia00 Posted October 26, 2012 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 LOL well, that's good to know! I thought maybe he was getting old on me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 4prettyfish Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm looking forward to finding teeth in my fish tank then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted October 26, 2012 Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 i have goldfish teeth collected too.. weeeeeee! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 i have goldfish teeth collected too.. weeeeeee! You are one of those people I was referring to :rofl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member orandafan1981 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 get out of here! goldfish have teeth!!!?! well you learn something new every day Sent from my GT-S5830i using Tapatalk 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 This image is one of the best showing the pharyngeal teeth (back of the throat) that gold fish have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member orandafan1981 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 This image is one of the best showing the pharyngeal teeth (back of the throat) that gold fish have. wow yeah! that is a very funny photo by the way Sent from my GT-S5830i using Tapatalk 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Black Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 I've never found any It would be quite cool to have a goldfish tooth! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sharkbait3 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 SO that's what's at the bottom of my tank................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 If you search the forum, you'll see various members collecting goldfish teeth for nefarious purposes Oh shut up! *goes to look at her goldfish teeth collection* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 That photo is awesome! Ive never seen a pic of the teeth intact Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted October 26, 2012 Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 This image is one of the best showing the pharyngeal teeth (back of the throat) that gold fish have. omg.. it looks like my mother in law.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted October 26, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 26, 2012 That is a really cool pic. I have found teeth but I can say I've had the urge to collect them . . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member nicoleauryn Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 The bottom of my tank has so many teeth, I haven't gotten around to cleaning it all up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member cmclien Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 I saw bilbo spit out a tooth just the other day, and I thought what the heck? My water changer doesn't pick them up very well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Helen Posted October 29, 2012 Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2012 I saw bilbo spit out a tooth just the other day, and I thought what the heck? My water changer doesn't pick them up very well. unless you have some sort of nuclear powered water changer, they won't be collected at all. how to collect them? the best way i have found, since my fish net is retired from the day i purchased it :rofl i use that to swoosh the water just above the tooth, it will lift from the base and then i just collect it as it's falling back down in the net. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member cmclien Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 Great idea, I will have to find where it is now, I'd like to look at it more closely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 29, 2012 Admin Share Posted October 29, 2012 The bottom of my tank has so many teeth, I haven't gotten around to cleaning it all up I had about 4 of them the other day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) Goldfish regularly lose their teeth and grow new ones in their place, rather like a shark does. Today I just found two more teeth in my tank to add to my growing collection! Here's some more information about their teeth for you: Goldfish Teeth: http://solid-gold-fi...fish-teeth.html Goldfish Digestive System: http://solid-gold-fi...ive-system.html Edited October 29, 2012 by Sakura 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 This image is one of the best showing the pharyngeal teeth (back of the throat) that gold fish have. Alex, where is this image taken from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dnalex Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 It's the first image Google Images returned when I searched for "Goldfish Teeth." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sakura Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 It's the first image Google Images returned when I searched for "Goldfish Teeth." Okay thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member anastasiam Posted October 29, 2012 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2012 I found one the other day when I fed my moor pellet food for the first time... It scared me! They're really neat looking though... I had heard that goldies had teeth, but I had never seen one before that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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