Just NA Natives Or Other Coolwater As well?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
mines gwoing pretty darn slow... as in for the couple of months ive had him hes only grown like 1/2".
 
grmanrocks;618492; said:
goldfish r cool!

i put a couple commons in my turtles tank when they were like 1/2" long, now therye pushing 3"s and live im my 100 gallon.

i however, really do not like the fancy varieties of goldfish, or any varent of a fish that does not occur in its natural range.......
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I used to share that opinion, however I now can not help but love them.

They are not man made in the sense of us playing with the DNA physically. Instead, mutations appeared while goldfish were being kept as captive pets. And people liked these mutations, so bred them. This is exactly how all goldfish in the trade became so gold, it is not a natural colour.
So in truth, all of the goldfish are unnatural as they were originally just silver or green in colour, with short fins. Like the carp in the various wild locations today.

But I know exactly what you mean; some of these variations/mutations can be quite ugly and appear to be uncomfortable for the fish. My general view now is, as long as we don’t physically play with the DNA, the fish do not get let into the wild, and are not in pain, they are okay.

I think that is a fair view, and has nothing to do with personal taste.
 
Joshy;619181; said:
I used to share that opinion, however I now can not help but love them.

They are not man made in the sense of us playing with the DNA physically. Instead, mutations appeared while goldfish were being kept as captive pets. And people liked these mutations, so bred them. This is exactly how all goldfish in the trade became so gold, it is not a natural colour.
So in truth, all of the goldfish are unnatural as they were originally just silver or green in colour, with short fins. Like the carp in the various wild locations today.

But I know exactly what you mean; some of these variations/mutations can be quite ugly and appear to be uncomfortable for the fish. My general view now is, as long as we don’t physically play with the DNA, the fish do not get let into the wild, and are not in pain, they are okay.

I think that is a fair view, and has nothing to do with personal taste.
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true, i agree, if the fish is not suffering from the traits, i dont really see anything wrong with it, but the ones like the bbubble belo their eye and therye eyes pointing up, just gross.
 
I wanted to do a pearlscale tank for my 29 gallon but my bro wouldn't let me. He said "Goldfish are stupid"....He obviously hasn't seen a full grown pearl scale. I would love to have one. Too bad all of my tanks are packed to the max!

Chad
 
Chad55;619582; said:
I wanted to do a pearlscale tank for my 29 gallon but my bro wouldn't let me. He said "Goldfish are stupid"....He obviously hasn't seen a full grown pearl scale. I would love to have one. Too bad all of my tanks are packed to the max!

Chad
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you mean a swimming Christmas ornament?

I have nothing against goldfish types, but I'm not a big fan of hybrids where stuff is forced to breed in unnatural conditions
 
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