Celestial Eye Goldfish

These exotic goldfish feature eyes that look right up at you, giving these guys quite a bit of character. A small school of celestial eye goldfish can be quite unnerving. We import celestial eyes from Canton, where the Chinese have been breeding odd variations for generations.

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Celestial eye goldfish produce a lot of waste, so give them plenty of room and a strong filter. Use smooth decorations and live or silk plants, and keep the water current gentle.

Feeding: Feed small amounts of a quality sinking pellet or flake once or twice a day, only as much as they eat in a couple of minutes. Sinking foods are easier for them to find than floating ones. They also enjoy frozen foods like bloodworms and brine shrimp.

Tankmates: Keep them only with other slow-swimming fancy goldfish, such as telescopes, black moors, celestials, bubble eyes, lionheads and ranchus. Avoid faster goldfish like comets, shubunkins and even lively ryukins, which will outcompete them for food. Also avoid tropical fish and fin-nippers.

Ponds: Celestial eye goldfish can live in ponds in mild climates, but they are less cold-hardy than comets and shubunkins. Bring them indoors where winters are harsh, and keep them away from fast, aggressive pond fish.

Good to know: Their upturned eyes make it hard to see food below them, so feed slow-sinking foods. Like lionheads and ranchus, celestials have no dorsal fin, which makes them slow swimmers.