![]() ![]() Shubunkins are often beautifully “striped” goldfish. They will have slim bodies, and they will grow long and strong enough to compete with Common and Comet Goldfish for food.īeloved pets in Japan, these goldfish are known as Shibunkins. Calico GoldfishĬalico Goldfish have a mixture of matte and reflective scales. Goldfish that have metallic scales all over their bodies are highly prized. Some metallic goldfish have just small patches of metallic scales. ![]() This is due to a layer of guanine just beneath their scales that reflect light like a prism. Goldfish that have metallic scales seem to shimmer in their aquarium lighting. They can have scales of a single color, red, orange, yellow, blue, or black, or they can have scales of a single color mixed with streaks of silver. Metallic Goldfish come from three gene pools, Blue Belly, Metallic, and Mock Metallic. ![]() Here are some of the most common kinds of fancy goldfish you can keep in a home aquarium. Goldfish may come with metallic scales or scales in calico colors.Įxtreme coloration would make goldfish easy targets for predators in the wild or in your backyard pond, but they are harmless, interesting adaptations for goldfish kept in captivity. There are goldfish that not only sport dazzling colors but also interesting domed or dented (convex) scales. You can now find matte (non-reflective) black, blue, speckled orange, silver, and chocolate brown goldfish. Most of the goldfish you can find ready for sale in pet shops aren’t golden, or any color close to golden. There are so many colors of goldfish that the term “goldfish” has become misleading. They can injure the gentler, slower bespectacled, fancy-finned, and egg-shaped varieties of goldfish we will discuss a little later in this article. Slim-bodied Common Goldfish and Comet Goldfish are fast swimmers with aggressive features. While Common Goldfish and Comet Goldfish make good neighbors, most goldfish with unusual anatomical features need to be kept in their own tank. ![]() However, they don’t make good neighbors for other kinds of goldfish that stay small. They can survive cooler temperatures and poor water quality, while still growing up to a foot (30 cm) long. Protected from cats and birds, both kinds of goldfish do well in outdoor ponds. Their caudal (tail) fin, however, is deeply forked and maybe almost as long as the Comet Goldfish’s entire body.Ĭomet Goldfish are friendly tank mates with Common Goldfish. That’s the best because what happens is, fancy goldfish usually have poor eyesight they’re slow swimmers, and if you keep them with other faster swimming goldfish what’s going to happen is they’re going to out-compete them for food.Like Common Goldfish, Comet Goldfish come in many colors. Fancy goldfish tank matesĪs far as tank mates and what other fish you can keep with your fancy goldfish, I would stick to keeping them with other fancy goldfish. But, I highly advise the aquaclear 110 filter if you have a decent-sized tank. It’s also going to depend on how messy of a feeder you are, or how much you feed, what type of brands. Which filter do Fancy goldfish need?Īs far as figuring out a filter for your aquarium, I would get the biggest filter possible because like I said before goldfish are some of the messiest fish in the hobby, and they’re going to be constantly sifting through your gravel or sand and tossing things up. On cold water is actually better for fish as well because it’s not as high in nitrates and it stays better longer, so that’s also a positive. You’re going to be perfectly fine keeping your aquarium at room temperature in your house as long as it doesn’t get below 40 or 50 degrees are going to be completely fine. ![]()
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