LabRat99 322 Posted April 29, 2014 And now we need pics of the granddaughter too! I have to run that by her Mom and Dad, but I'd love to show her to ya'll. After all, she is the cutest baby ever! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabRat99 322 Posted April 29, 2014 Alright, I think I've decided what to keep. I think I'm gonna keep the deep bodied single tails. There are a few of these, both mattes and metallics. I've got a National Geographic magazine from 1924 with an article about goldfish in it. Accompnying the article are colored illustrations of various types of goldfish. The only one that I wasn't familiar with was the "nymph". It's essentially a single tail fantail. Think fantail with comet finnage all around. I really like the looks of the fish in the illustration a lot, and I would love to have one. Mine have shubunkin tails, and since mom is an oranda they could end up with wens too but we'll see. At least now I've given myself some criteria for culling. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabRat99 322 Posted May 1, 2014 Well, guess what? It looks like we're about to start round two of raising fry. Yesterday I did water changes and general cleanup on all my tanks. After I was finished I noticed a lot of chasing going on in the single tail tank. That's not unusual, that's why I nicknamed them "the three stooges" - they chase ALL the time. But this was different. Usually, any two will pair up and chase the other one for a bit then they'll regroup and chase in another combo. It's nuts how much they chase each other around. Anyway, yesterday it was Chub chasing Shrub almost exclusively. Hammy would join in occasionally but only chasing Shrub too. Then I noticed Chub getting alongside Shrub and nudging her around. At that point I decided that there might be spawning in the offing, so just for the heck of it I threw a spawning mop in the tank with them. And then, I honestly forgot all about it until this morning when I went out to feed the fish and there were eggs on the tank walls! I drained a couple of gallons of water from the tank into a tub and put the spawning mop in that. I also went ahead and moved the fish to another tank until the eggs in the tank hatch. If these hatch, I'm NOT gonna try to keep anywhere near as many as last time. I'll keep one batch in one set of tubs and that's it. Anyway, it looks like baby shubunkins are on the way! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BronwynH 1,109 Posted May 1, 2014 Wow! Congrats! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuba Toothpaste 197 Posted May 1, 2014 Congratulations, that's exciting! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabRat99 322 Posted May 3, 2014 Here are pics of three of the fry that I took yesterday afternoon. One of the metallic ones. One of the matte ones. One of the blue/silver ones and the matte again. The mattes and metallics are about split 50/50 and there are only a handful of the bluish ones, probably less than a dozen all together. I've got 200 - 250 fry and shubunkin eggs about to hatch. I'm really gonna have to start thinning these guys out one way or another. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites