Goldfish Show: Aquarama 2009

[Lupin]

I can't deprive our goldfish enthusiasts here the pleasure of viewing pictures taken by a fellow forum member of a local forum, PALHS. Here's the link. Warning: Tagalog is a native language and often used with English there so don't be surprised if you cannot understand some words there.
http://www.mypalhs.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2449637#post2449637

Or you could always view pictures here directly.

My favorite so far!!!

 

[petluvr]

Sorry to all those that love the goldfish but some of those to me just look odd and the pearlscales creep me out.

 

[PuppyFluffer]

I have to second petluvr. I find extremes in any animal to be unsightly. These fish look very deformed to me. I think the same about American bred German Shepherd show dogs. The extreme angulation they have bred into them seems to create a functional problem with their gait. These fish seem like they would have great difficulty swimming with such huge abdomens. I don't mean to speak poorly about someone'd dedication to a selective breeding program but I truly don't like their end result.

 

[FastFly67]

i agree. i love goldies and some of those are just grotesque

 

[Kashta]

Thanks for the photos, Lup.

Have to say I didn't like the special needs fancies either for a lot of years. The lack of a dorsal fin bothered me at first with ranchus and lionheads... but some of them are starting to grow on me now, particularly the ranchus and tosakins.

 

[PuppyFluffer]

What is the purpose of such extreme shape? I recognize that there is some sort of "breed standard" ( I don't know what it is called for goldfish but that's the dog term). I'm just curious why someone would try to achieve this.

 

[Kashta]

I'd say it's an aesthetic preference, PuppyFluffer... possibly a cultural difference as well.

 

[Jackd]

Nice shots of some great fish. Goldfish used to be my main thing. I still keep some but branched out a lot from where I was a couple years ago.

Jack

 

[The Zigman]

some of them look like they are gonna explode!!

Not my thing, but nice lookin fish just the same

 

[tigerbarb88]

Wow, it was painful to look at those fish.. they seemed kinda depressed, in a way.

Nice goldies, just not my thing.