Goldfish photos

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here is my favorite ...

 

my orandas

great fish everyone ! I'm really enjoying the photos !



Here's my red & white oranda in the 30 gallon








my new oranda, when she was in the qt





she's such a sweet fish, eats right out of my hand already!



Buddies !

 

my fantail

here's my fantail when she was in the qt with my new oranda. I got them both together.

 

Updated pics, 8/14/2009 Fish getting big !









oops, how did Abigail manage to get in here

 

my new babies

I just love these fish

 

And 2 more

Frick and Icky

 

Here's Jet and Chewy! I can't get very good pictures, they're very uncooperative.

My favorite picture is the last one.

 

My 3 1/2 year old Goldfish.

 

Here is my Goldiee

My goldiee is more than 1yr old

 

My fantail has been in my tank for over a year and a half now. The calico has been with her for over six months now.

 

my baby 'feeder' goldies, Rufus and Jenkins

 

These are my two goldfish! Speedy is the calico fantail, and I am still trying to name my redcap oranda!

 

My "free" fair fish, Goldie! Just lost her after 2 years, 2 months. <sniff> She was huge! And, more like a dog than a fish.

 

Here are my sweet fishies, my calico ryukin and gold fantail. It's been four months and I still can't settle on names! Pretty sure my ryukin is a girl though. The little gold one follows her around, and they play in the bubble wands all the time. Upgrading to a 55 soon and adding a third friend when things are settled

 

This is my goldfish aquarium 5 inches each

 

I know this is like 2 years later but these are my kids (big blue he passed away and I've recently acquired 2 comets named cherry and dash, 2 black moors names saviour and AJ, and a orange oranda that doesn't have a name yet ) my babies :

 

Some of my gorgeous Goldies!

 

New baby Oranda. Little tiny baby!

 

Glorious Goldfish

 

This one is 450 litres. I'm in the process of setting up a 350litre for them and they also have a pond in my fish room.

Yeah. Those are growth photos. I do weigh them too but this is the simplest way to see how they're developing. Personally, I always keep them submerged when I'm holding them. They are used to being handled and swim onto my hand, have a treat and relax whilst I weigh and take a photo. It may look cruel but I promise you the fish are in no distress and are very comfortable being handled, they're great big softies!!

 

A few of my faves from over the years:

 

I know it's been awhile since I posted but I wanted to post a few of our newest little guy. Just a note - the bowl he is in in the first is only ever used as a temporary holding container during acclimation so I could examine him for signs of stress, illness, or injuries better than in a bucket! He went into a nice, roomy, clean, fully filtered 55 gallon tank when he was done acclimating!



I'm ready for my close-up!


I wanted to make sure he wouldn't turn into a free meal for the largest of our goldies (pictured) or the dojo loaches so he got the "extended acclimation." Essentially, if they tried to take a bite out of him, all they would get is a slight bump into the plastic walls and he would still be safe, and I would know it wasn't time to introduce him to the big tank yet.


Then finally...FREEDOM!!!


Pardon the kitschy "Atlantis" in the corner but we decided to reinstate it to give him a place to hide that the bigger ones couldn't fit if he needed it. He was the size of a Goldfish snack cracker and I am really hoping he keeps his coloring as it is in the pics. He really is that yellow, and his fin & tail tips are black edged. For whatever reason, I have never seen a yellow one in stores before, only in pics, so when my son spotted him in a tank at a specialty store we went to a couple weeks ago I couldn't resist. I know he is not the more desirable tall, rounded back and similarly round belly as a show quality or breeder ranchu but since I don't have plans for showing or breeding, he came home with us anyway.

 

Oh, and while not mine, I couldn't help snapping a couple pics when I spotted this guy's unique markings while in our LPS:






Sorry for the blurring but let's just say there was no question about his health and activity levels! If I thought I could do so without pushing my luck too much and ending up with disastrous results with the aquarium stocking level of yet ANOTHER sizable goldfish, I would totally have taken him home with me and named him Zorro!

 

Yep, it's official. My biggest goldfish is a chicken. Got a new tank recently and had put in both extra filter media in the filter and extra substrate in the bottom with the intent of using both methods to seed the BB of the new tank. Well, when it came time to take out some of the substrate from the Goldie's tank to add it to the new one, I grabbed a small net thinking nothing of it until I saw this:



That's right, a goldfish the size of a hockey puck is afraid of a 3" net that I couldn't even fit around her tail if I wanted to, much less the rest of her!


"Is it safe to come out now? Is it gone?"


"Nope, it's still here! I've gotta get myself a better hiding place!" She's even got the male to hang out over there and protect her, haha!


Meanwhile, the littlest of them - a bright yellow ranchu that is maybe an inch long and the only one who actually would fit in the net if I tried - is completely unafraid of the net. In fact, he was just cruising around within inches of the net at all times like he was expecting something tasty to shake loose from the gravel I was scooping up and wanted to be on hand to gobble it up when it did, lol

 

Our newest little guy during a drip acclimation in a bucket along with the new plants we got at the same time today. Nobody can accuse him of being unfriendly, haha - my son put his hand in and the little ranchu just swam right over to check him out! They hung out like this for a couple minutes even though my son kept his hand deep enough in the bucket that the little guy could have swam away at any time so I just had to snap a picture.

 

This is Si. We know he is an oranda but what color is he considered?

 

My Fancies "Bubbles & Friends"

Most of you've seen a few of my select koi and my tropical aquascape Ode to Avatar.

Here's a few of my other friends, "The Fancies"

Bubbles is an almost 9 year old female fancy. She is also best friend to Snackles and Princess 2 of my kois. Bubbles has spent most of her life in a pond up until just before Christmas 2014. She is now in a 55 gallon tank with no fancy setup (yet).

One of my koi a dragon scale butterfly named Diablo for some reason or other didn't take a liking to her and Bubbles ended up with badly ripped perfect long flowing fins but now healed some 8 months later, not as perfect as they were as the battle scars show. She is a graceful lady and has never seen a sick day in her life and as with snackles and princess is quite the traveller and gone through many environmental changes over the years




This is Bubbles 3 year old friend "Dot"



This is Bubbles friend "Cali" a 1.5 year old fancy.

 

My fish refused to make an appearance so I shall just show you their tank..

 

Here are my two I had for a little bit Bubbles the Oranda and Toothless the Moor. I sold them yesterday since I will be taking down the their tank and putting up a 10 gallon betta tank instead

 

HI everyone, i'd like to introduce one of my 3 babies Chunko <3

 

Comparison

I just wanted to post a comparisson photo of my Black Moor, Spider. When I first got him (bottom) and now (top photo). Used flash only for this photo.

 

2 Oranda and 4 Ranchu ...It's impossible to look at a goldfish and not smile

 

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That Zhao Oranda is stunning!!! ️

Orandas are so animated, definitely my favorites!!! How gorgeous is my baby?!

 

Here's a few of my biggest that's a year old. Her name is gold (she used to be solid gold but has morphed over time). She's about 6 inches from nose to tail.

Gold1

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• Apr 19, 2017

My one year old Fantailed Goldfish named Gold.

Gold2

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• Apr 19, 2017

My big fan tailed goldfish at one year old

This was when she was much younger....

my goldfish

• Summer22
• Aug 13, 2016

55 gallon Goldfish tank

My calico fantail as a youngster....

my goldfish

• Summer22
• Aug 13, 2016

55 gallon Goldfish tank

My black moore as a youngster....

my goldfish

• Summer22
• Aug 13, 2016

55 gallon Goldfish tank

 

This cutie pie was only $0.14 at PetSmart, I had to rescue him/her. Hopefully it is not sick.
I named it, Comet Dracula!

 

Thanks Lunnapr ....let me try this again...

Gold2

• Summer22
• Apr 19, 2017

My big fan tailed goldfish at one year old

Gold1

• Summer22
• Apr 19, 2017

My one year old Fantailed Goldfish named Gold.

my goldfish

• Summer22
• Aug 13, 2016

55 gallon Goldfish tank

 

 

That Zhao Oranda is stunning!!! ️

Orandas are so animated, definitely my favorites!!! How gorgeous is my baby?!

Color changes over time! Jane is so beautiful!

 

My new baby, Popcorn