Thoughts on Fancy Goldfish

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Woefulrelic said:
This thread is flying by. The places by me that sell koi usually have nice comets and stuff, but not really any quality fancy golds.They also don't carry any of the super nice koi you can find online.
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Ah, Socal has me spoiled that way. There are a few places no more than 20 minutes away from me. I would guess they ship. I remember Eastern Nishikigoi (sp?) had a really good selection of fancy goldfish. Andrews Koi I think had some, also Asahi Koi.Asahi is in LA county, the other two are in Orange County. I remember someone (glennsomething) recommending a place here recently, I don't remember the place, only remember to ask for Cynthia, sorry. Keep searching online :)
 
jaws7777 said:
Think the thread is moving too fast to see your logic...but i do :)


This one is worse than the tropical vs native
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Id say they're pretty equal in ridiculousness. You and I both went on rants of posting pictures of the prized fish from each of our favorite fish :D.

But this thread is getting to hard to follow if I put the phone down for more than two minutes :popcorn:
 
jaws7777 said:
Think the thread is moving too fast to see your logic...but i do :)


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I completely agree with you. Noticed both threads have same posters in them.
 
Re the fat discussion: Goldfish are bred to be "fat" in one sense (in the shape of their body, in how they are built), but that is not the same thing as them being "fat" in the obese, unhealthy sense. Look at Greyhounds compared to bulldogs. They are just built differently. If a greyhound was as big around as a typical (not obese) bulldog, it would indeed be fat (in the obese sense). And bulldogs can be obese, but if one were as thin as a greyhound there would be something wrong, because they were not bred to look like that.

So yes, fancy goldfish are bred to be "fat" in a sense, but that does not mean they are naturally obese or unhealthy. If they are well maintained there is nothing wrong with that kind of healthy "fatness" anymore than it is wrong for a bulldog to be "fatter" than a greyhound.
 
ballinouttacntrol said:
No way! Lol you trolled that thread so hard


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And the pot calls the kettle black lol

divemaster99 said:
Id say they're pretty equal in ridiculousness. You and I both went on rants of posting pictures of the prized fish from each of our favorite fish :D.

But this thread is getting to hard to follow if I put the phone down for more than two minutes :popcorn:
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I cant wven keep track, yeah we did go at it pretty good....had fun though


MN_Rebel said:
I completely agree with you. Noticed both threads have same posters in them.
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Yup all the trouble makers

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Quo Vadis said:
Re the fat discussion: Goldfish are bred to be "fat" in one sense (in the shape of their body, in how they are built), but that is not the same thing as them being "fat" in the obese, unhealthy sense. Look at Greyhounds compared to bulldogs. They are just built differently. If a greyhound was as big around as a typical (not obese) bulldog, it would indeed be fat (in the obese sense). And bulldogs can be obese, but if one were as thin as a greyhound there would be something wrong, because they were not bred to look like that.

So yes, fancy goldfish are bred to be "fat" in a sense, but that does not mean they are naturally obese or unhealthy. If they are well maintained there is nothing wrong with that kind of healthy "fatness" anymore than it is wrong for a bulldog to be "fatter" than a greyhound.
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Your making way way way too much sense. :)
 
divemaster99 said:
This sounds like brainwashing Redear, I call a conspiracy theory! You working for the goldfish companies? Lol :D
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No way, I tell you I have never ever been happier in my fish keeping since I switched to 100 percent goldfish. And I've kept everything from salt to rockbass.
 
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