Thoughts on Fancy Goldfish

I agree with duanes it is really fricken annoying it also pisses me off that people know about the problems yet support the cause anyways or uneducated idiots who think they are cute and keep buying them and we they keep mutating them and it needs to be put to a stop.


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I actually see this as a bigger problem than weather a particular fish is kept in (what is essentially someones opinion) too small a tank. On the up side the goldfish don`t know they are freaks, which is a good thing.

While you may think certain fancy goldfish look strange, that is really just personal taste, and certain varieties can really grow on you. I have always thought Bubble eyes were hideous, until I saw a nice one with smaller, uniform bubbles and then it reminded me a cute little kid with giant cheeks. And really if we are taking care of fish in captivity it really doesn't matter if they could compete for food or survive in the wild, that is our responsibility. A Dachshund couldn't survive in the wild, and that is ok, because it was never meant to be in the wild. Same for fancy goldfish. They should not be kept with fish that they aren't compatible with, and if they are that is on the keeper, not the fish.

I'll add too that a lot of people that think they seem like they are paralyzed or in pain usually haven't actually kept them. I have fancy goldfish, and while they swim differently than my cichlids, they are active and they never have trouble swimming. Usually if a Goldfish is having trouble swimming it means something is wrong with them, and it is much more common to see this in Pet Stores than in healthy fish in home aquaria.

Eh, I have an English Bulldog which are bred to accentuate the "bad genes" (and in turn create a smaller gene pool) that make them look so darn cute. She doesn't know she's genetically flawed on so many levels and I'm pretty sure she thinks that the people at the dog park go specifically to see her and rub her belly.

With the fish, I personally think they're ugly, but as long as the owner of that fish treats the animal with respect and properly cares for it, I don't have a problem with it but I can understand how some people would see it as immoral to breed an animal to favor poor genes.

My comments regarding goldfish were intended to be tongue in cheek. If I had more space I would have some because every time I see them at a store I think "dang those are cool looking".

Monster fancy goldfish is badass! I didn't see any wrong with fancy goldfish. They're not only domesticated animals with defects, folks.

I like them. As long as their cared for I don't see a problem keeping/raising them. They are harder to keep then I thought though.



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I agree with you divemaster, the bubble eye and celestials for example, just seem weird.