Goldfish people ??

[vanderkm]

wow Jeff - that is a lot of goldfish - we will stick with our few pets!

Martin - our pairs have laid eggs but nothing has hatched - even though we removed them because the adults were eating them as fast as they were laid! Not actually sure that we have pairs, so eggs might not have been fertile - but know we have at least one female in each group!

My mom has common goldfish in her pond and they breed every summer - pretty soon she will have as many as Jeff! They do not retain the gold color though, most are yellowish.

mary v.

[Darlene]

Wow what diff stuff posted here. Tks guys. My own collection (since we're listing all) has 2 African dwarf frogs, 2 loaches (forget full name.....the little eely type), lots of snails, a silver balloon molly, 2 black mollies, 2 sunset platties, 2 orange swordtails, 3 huge comets who live in my pond, a red cap oranda, a lionhead, a calico telescope eye, a black moor, a pompom, a pearl scale & last but not least....a bubble eye.
I don't breed myself (tho I seem to get more sometimes !) but a gent I know who raises all the pond goldies ; including ryukin ; swears by having a flowing current for his eggies & babies. Martin you may want to peruse this site back a bit as many good fish site addresses were posted where you may find the info you need. I don't have them right here (we just moved & I can't find a thing !). One good site is the British Goldfish Society if you can find their address.
Cheers everyone , Dar