how big is your Shubunkin?

How big are you Shubunkin Goldfish? Most places say they can get 10-12" but not sure. My wife picked out 3 last night, they are very pretty fish just want to make sure they will grow out to the correct size. She wants them to get 10"+ so we can keep them in a back yard pond in the summer but bring them indoors in the winter. We live in Northern Indiana so it gets pretty cold and guessing the pond will freeze in the winter.



Our guys are 3.5"-5" long right now. We bought them early so we can grow them out in one of our tanks until the pond is ready.

Thanks for the info. We would love these guys to get to 12" and hoping with feeding and lots of water changes they will make that.

We feed them 2-3 times a day but only what gets eaten in about 30 seconds, From what I understand the water changes is what will make the grow more than the food.

Daunes@ I will be doing the same thing in the winter with ours. I'm hoping to find a filter I can hook into the pond and the tank in the basement so I can bring the cycled media in with the fish. What do you use to filter the kiddy pool?