do goldfish change color with age? | Garden Pond Forums
Apr 12, 2011 · Even larger goldfish will change colors but the smaller they are the more likely it will change over time. Black coloring is the most unstable color, followed by, blues, whites, and finally orange. Common goldfish are born a tea color brown, this color is the most stable and very seldom change back to oranges or multi color when they are born ...
COLOR TRANSFORMATION IN SHUBUNKINS & GOLDFISH
Jul 21, 2013 · There is a gene that produces metallic (reflective) scales. All of the orange, yellow, red, white, goldfish and those with single colors mixed with white are "metallics." They have two metallic genes. There is an allele of this gene that produces matte scales. A fish that has two matte genes is called a "pinkie matt(e)." (It's spelled both ways.)
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Sep 10, 2023 · I have goldfish, and rosie red minnows, and white cloud mountain minnows. I am also in NM! The goldfish are the most interactive and come in so many colors I find them more interesting to watch and look for personality differences. The white cloud minnows are pretty and I see them much more than the rosie red minnows.
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Jun 3, 2013 · Fantail goldfish changed colour overnight! 7: Jan 5, 2019: Best Goldfish Food: 7: Dec 31, 2018: Red Cap Goldfish in my pond: 6: Dec 6, 2018: Temp is dropping and goldfish are dying one by one: 33: Nov 8, 2018: Thinking about culling some large, black goldfish: 18: Oct 24, 2018: Lumps on goldfish: 16: Oct 9, 2018: Goldfish Illness: 6: Sep 6 ...
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May 6, 2024 · I have a 1500 gallon fish pond with Koi and goldfish The goldfish have developed white scabby growths on them Do you have any suggestions: 6: Sep 19, 2021: White spot on goldfish: 6: Jul 29, 2021: White spots/lumps on goldfish: 1: Jun 7, 2018: White goldfish type with red head marking: 11: Sep 5, 2017: White Goldfish: 10: May 17, 2017: White ...
Gold fish fry and their colors -- a transparent Shubunkin?
May 10, 2014 · The goldfish are descendants of the Prussian carp, which is a native to the eastern and southeastern part of Asia and part of the Cyprinidae family. Goldfish began about one thousand years ago in the Song Era when the ancient Chinese started to breed carp.
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Oct 14, 2024 · Those black fish of yours very rarely stay black. Black fish are hard to see, so the color is a natural protection for small fish from predators. They gradually lose the black as they grow and turn to their adult coloring. But even adult goldfish can continue to change colors. Don't discount them because they are black.
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Nov 11, 2024 · The goldfish were usually plain light orange or brown but sometimes had some nicer colors which we would sort out and sell in the display tank. The nicer colored single tail goldfish in the display tanks were sold for $1.00 each. The overcrowded, undecorated feeder fish tanks were kept in the backroom.
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May 7, 2022 · Iowa goldfish pond: 19: Oct 29, 2021: I have a 1500 gallon fish pond with Koi and goldfish The goldfish have developed white scabby growths on them Do you have any suggestions: 6: Sep 19, 2021: Added a few koi to a established goldfish pond: 63: Aug 2, 2021: Lone baby goldfish in my pond: 37: Jul 29, 2021: Isaac's 400 Gallon Goldfish Pond: 7 ...
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Jul 21, 2013 · The different names are just distinctions for colors - sarasa comets are orange and white, regular comets are orange to red-orange, etc. But they all can intermingle and just about anything can happen. We have a few sarrasa colored …