Show us YOUR goldfish! (A photo thread)
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Which forum is that? Could you please PM me that answer?lol Yeah, I am admittedly a member of two other goldfish forums although more of a lurker than anything else.
New guy here, and Goldies I have. What I don't have is a camera that likes low light and short exposure, but I plan a lighting upgrade in the tank that may help a bit with photography.
My crowded 75 gallon tank:
Group shot of the prime suspects:
The reason I joined up at this forum, to see about bringing this pair of comets back to health. More details in the coldwater illness forum. They'll be getting some Marycyn and Marycyn 2 starting tomorrow to try and sort out some septicemia. The largest female white comet has been with the tank over three years, and started out in a 5 gallon hex tank. The past year has been touch and go, with constant buoyancy issues and an unhealthy looking yellowish color change.
This younger male comet has been in the group about one year, and is also afflicted with the septicemia:
This large female common matches the largest comet for age, and as also been around since the beginning. Aside from a few regrown scales, she's always been a healthy and hungry one.
A year-old male Shubunkin has nearly overtaken the common for size already.
Cal the calico ryukin has been with the team for about a month, and doesn't let the single-tails bully him for food. This guy is pushy enough to get things done.
Also a new arrival, Polly the slightly smaller red Ryukin has also made himself at home. I don't normally pick names, but the dorsal fin reminded me too much of the frill on a parrot. Polly also has one white pectoral fin, which amuses me for some reason.
These two young chocolate orandas (or, at least, I have to trust Petsmart that they are orandas, since they look like regular fantails at the moment) are inseperable. They go off and hide and play on their own, and stay out of the way of the larger fish. My father named them collectively as the "sharky twins", refering to the dark color and quick darty movements compared to the others.
And just to prove my tank is overfilled, the goldies share it with these other dangerously off-topic but delightful imposters:
Three of these:
Two of these:
And one of these:
Hopefully I can update on the comets when they are healthy again. Thanks everybody else for your wonderful pictures. Who says a goldfish tank can't be advanced and colorful?
My crowded 75 gallon tank:
Group shot of the prime suspects:
The reason I joined up at this forum, to see about bringing this pair of comets back to health. More details in the coldwater illness forum. They'll be getting some Marycyn and Marycyn 2 starting tomorrow to try and sort out some septicemia. The largest female white comet has been with the tank over three years, and started out in a 5 gallon hex tank. The past year has been touch and go, with constant buoyancy issues and an unhealthy looking yellowish color change.
This younger male comet has been in the group about one year, and is also afflicted with the septicemia:
This large female common matches the largest comet for age, and as also been around since the beginning. Aside from a few regrown scales, she's always been a healthy and hungry one.
A year-old male Shubunkin has nearly overtaken the common for size already.
Cal the calico ryukin has been with the team for about a month, and doesn't let the single-tails bully him for food. This guy is pushy enough to get things done.
Also a new arrival, Polly the slightly smaller red Ryukin has also made himself at home. I don't normally pick names, but the dorsal fin reminded me too much of the frill on a parrot. Polly also has one white pectoral fin, which amuses me for some reason.
These two young chocolate orandas (or, at least, I have to trust Petsmart that they are orandas, since they look like regular fantails at the moment) are inseperable. They go off and hide and play on their own, and stay out of the way of the larger fish. My father named them collectively as the "sharky twins", refering to the dark color and quick darty movements compared to the others.
And just to prove my tank is overfilled, the goldies share it with these other dangerously off-topic but delightful imposters:
Three of these:
Two of these:
And one of these:
Hopefully I can update on the comets when they are healthy again. Thanks everybody else for your wonderful pictures. Who says a goldfish tank can't be advanced and colorful?
all gorgeous! i have two baby ryukins that i saved from a lfs floor after their bag exploded and the guy thought they had brain damage. the worker was going to flush them because they were 'no good' so i said oh heck no and he gave them to me for free. right this moment theyre in a 5 g which i know is a no-no but until i move in september or october they're okay with frequent water changes. maybe tomorrow or sunday i can get some pics up
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I love the goldies! Geekboy, ryukins actually seem to level things easily with the single tails since they're just as feisty.
Beautiful fish guys!
Lupin, how many tanks and fish do you have? I swear it's a different tank in every pic.
Goldies88, interesting scape, very modern looking. Do you have soil in those glass containers or just rocks?
Lupin, how many tanks and fish do you have? I swear it's a different tank in every pic.
Goldies88, interesting scape, very modern looking. Do you have soil in those glass containers or just rocks?
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Leo, I lost count of how many fish I have but I have seven tanks and two ponds.
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Here are Julian and Summers.
Julian pulling a cute face at the back of Satine and that was not a planned shot.
Dashing to the back to evade further shots.
Summers
Moby appears for the first time with Velvet at the right side already turning chocolate (see previous posts here where she used to be black). He is the red/white oranda.
At this rate, Velvet will eventually turn orange.:sim:
Julian pulling a cute face at the back of Satine and that was not a planned shot.
Dashing to the back to evade further shots.
Summers
Moby appears for the first time with Velvet at the right side already turning chocolate (see previous posts here where she used to be black). He is the red/white oranda.
At this rate, Velvet will eventually turn orange.:sim:
