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November 2nd, 2009
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| new fishies!
My sister's fry are now big enough to see their adult colors so she is getting ready to sell them. She told me she would let me have some if I wanted, and since some of hers are shubunkin fry, I said YES! I will be trading out some of my larger orange goldfish since I brought home 10 babies. All of these are from this years spawn and the container they are in (that I used for transportation purposes only) is just over 6 inches wide and 7 - 8 inches tall (so you can figure how big the fishies are). The two biggest ones are from the first batch of eggs, and the smaller ones are from the tail end of the spawn. I think she had about 4-5 batches of eggs this summer. I am pretty excited to watch these guys grow and see how their colors do. The ones that are orange and black should keep most of the black coloring since it is on a blue base which is how the shubunkin coloring is. It is hard to tell unless you look at them up close in the sun (which I did), but it looks like all the smaller ones will keep the shubunkin colors. The two larger ones may be shubunkin goldie crosses. They have mostly orange and white markings, but they also have a couple of dark spots/streaks that look blue/black in the sun. The pics aren't the best, but I didn't want to stress them anymore the day I brought them home. I wanted to get them in the pond so they could settle in before nighttime.
So, here are a couple pics: | 
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November 2nd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| They're precious! Congratulations | |
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November 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Beautiful babies! Congrats!! | |
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November 21st, 2009
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| I just got back from helping my sister cut up some firewood in her back yard. She is getting ready to sell all of her baby goldies. A friend of hers from work just drained his pond and brought over all of his fish for her to sell. I had a lot of plain orange goldies, and I'm trying to switch to more shubunkin and the white with orange markings, so I took over several of my all orange ones. Of course, I ended up bringing back some more new ones. I got three more that are white with large orange markings and two of the babies that may stay black. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that these two stay copper/black for me. Their bellies flash white/silver instead of orange/bronze so there is a good chance they may stay. I'll try to get some pictures of the new ones in the pond. It was too late to get any good pics tonight. | |
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November 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| They're beautiful!!! how big are they? | |
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November 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Hello Gremlin,
Great looking fish! What a cool transportation container... What is it? Can't wait for more pictures.. 
Robin | |
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November 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| whoo hoo!!! congrats can't wait to see pic's of your new babies | |
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November 22nd, 2009
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| Got some pics today. They aren't the best, but you can see the new ones (as well as some of the older ones). The new ones are white with heavy orange markings and then the ones that are much smaller that are black, orange, and white (that I hope are shubunkins). I also have two black ones that I'm hoping will stay black.
So, here are the pics after I got the first batch of young ones and before I took out the larger all orange ones. | |
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November 22nd, 2009
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| And here are the ones from today - after I took out the big all orange ones and brought home the three white and orange ones and the two black ones. | |
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November 22nd, 2009
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| And a couple more of the fish, a couple of the pond, and one of my male flagfish "guarding" the top of the pond thermometer... | |
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November 23rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| They're beautiful, Gremlin! Congratulations! | |
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November 23rd, 2009
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| That's great Gremlin, how cute! | |
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November 23rd, 2009
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| My pond looks so empty now! It isn't, but it looks like it is since I traded out big fish for little fish. Oh well, the little fish will grow! | |
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November 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| They're gorgeous! I can't wait to build my pond! | |
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November 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| They are gorgeous Gremlin! I just love goldies! Congrats on the new babies. It will be so much fun to watch them grow | |
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