Why they modify the genetics of the gold fish?

[professorjimjam]

I went to a store and found some weird kind of gold fishes with the balloons hanging in their faces and some of them with popped eyes.

why they do these kind of genetics changes, aren't these changes making the fish suffer?

has anyone kept any kind of those gold fishes and if yes, what is your experience?

 

[Rocksor]

So i'm assuming that you are talking about the bubble eye goldfish and the telescope eye goldfish. There's a market for creating these line bred goldfish since before the 1990s. The fish have a harder time eating than their normal eyed counterpart. You shouldn't keep the bubble eye versions with anything else but bubble eyed goldfish. The telescope eye goldfish seem to do okay with the normal eye fancy gold fish like orandas and ryukins.

 

[professorjimjam]

Thanks Rocksor

 

[Deadeye]

Because people think they are cool…I guess. Like all of the deformed fish, if someone wants it, they will be bred/made to get more.
I like the telescope. I’ve kept black moors with shubunkin, oranda, and comet with no problems. The group did amazing until an unfortunate ich or velvet outbreak (don’t remember which). Only 4 survivors so I moved to a tropical setup (with the remaining goldfish, who bred there).
I feel bad for the bubble eye goldfish…
Goldfish seem right up there with blood parrots though as far as ability to withstand their deformities goes. They don’t even seem to notice screwed up faces, fins, and bodies the way you might on the livebearers or most cichlids.

 

[professorjimjam]

Thanks Deadeye

 

[duanes]

Goldfish (carp) have been modified (line bred) for centuries.\They were originally grey/brown.
Before aquariums, fish were kept in ponds, and wild, normally colored fish are notoriously hard to see in ponds.
When someone noticed a few orange scales on some, they bred those together and selected the individuals with most orange to breed together, to create more orange, and what we now know as the goldfish. Easy and enjoyable to see, from above.
This was also done to create long finned varieties, distorted balloon shapes and other colors.
This is also how the Blood Parrot was created, in this case favoring certain mutations.

Above is how most wild fish with normal coloration appear from above, in a pond.
Below line bred versions are much more appealing.

 

[esoxlucius]

Us selfish humans, again, taking things too far for our own "entertainment". The picture below is simply a horror show imo. There's no need for it.

 

[professorjimjam]

Yes. I am really sad to see what these humans have done to these fishes. There should be an animal right organization to prevent people from doing these

 

[Deadeye]

Yes. I am really sad to see what these humans have done to these fishes. There should be an animal right organization to prevent people from doing these

We have PETA, but they seem more concerned about people eating meat than the creation of deformed animals that have a low quality of life.

 

[professorjimjam]

a dead animal is dead feels no pain , but deformed pets that suffer like this, should be their concern.