Regular Member LabRat99 Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 This is one of last year's shubunkins. He's one of way too many I kept. I really like his matte coloring though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shakaho Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Very pretty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 I don't think that's a subunkin but its nice anyway. Am I wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member goldfishgirl82 Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Beautiful fish! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 He is beautiful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LabRat99 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 I don't think that's a subunkin but its nice anyway. Am I wrong? HaHa, good point. Both parents are shubunkins so I've been calling all the babies shubunkins whether they were calico or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 I don't think that's a subunkin but its nice anyway. Am I wrong?HaHa, good point. Both parents are shubunkins so I've been calling all the babies shubunkins whether they were calico or not. It might be one. I'm really not sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Georgia Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Very nice fish!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted May 25, 2015 Admin Share Posted May 25, 2015 I don't think that's a subunkin but its nice anyway. Am I wrong?HaHa, good point. Both parents are shubunkins so I've been calling all the babies shubunkins whether they were calico or not. Just missing two more colors But I like this one... Love the color pattern I would have kept him too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shakaho Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Call it a sakura shubunkin. The color variation and the one button eye identify this as a nacreous fish -- mostly matt, which gives beautiful color. Did both parents have some black and blue colors? Usually you get sakura from crossing a shubunkin with a red or red and white metallic. Edited May 25, 2015 by shakaho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kayla102968 Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Really beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 By the way, I forgot to mention, very nice fish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LabRat99 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Thanks to all of you for the nice comments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LabRat99 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Call it a sakura shubunkin. The color variation and the one button eye identify this as a nacreous fish -- mostly matt, which gives beautiful color. Did both parents have some black and blue colors? Usually you get sakura from crossing a shubunkin with a red or red and white metallic. Both parents are shubunkins that I got a couple of years ago at PetsMart. I'll try to post a pic of the parents if I can find a decent one. Out of last years spawn there were calicos, mattes and mettallics which is what I thought was normal for offspring of two calico fish. Is that not right? One interesting thing I noticed was that all the metallic ones turned out wild colored. No orange ones at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shakaho Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 That's perfectly normal, since nacreous fish result from having both a matt and a metallic gene. The wild colored (homozygous) metallics lack the demelanizing gene that takes a fish from wild color to red, orange, yellow, white. etc. If a calico fish has the demelanizing gene, all the black and blue turns to red, orange, yellow, etc. when the fish reaches the age of "coloring." This results in a sakura fish. Thus, breeders say you shouldn't cross calico with colored metallics. The progeny lack the desirable black and blue colors. You can read a good basic discussion of color here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 4prettyfish Posted May 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 26, 2015 Your photo's are so bright and clear. Beautiful fish. How big is s/he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Daniel Posted May 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 27, 2015 Beautiful fish! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LabRat99 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 27, 2015 Your photo's are so bright and clear. Beautiful fish. How big is s/he? Thanks. I'm not too happy with those pictures. I'm trying something different and it's not working like I want it too. On the plus side, they are fairly sharp and the color is good so it's not all bad. The fish (haven't named it/don't know the sex yet) is right at three inches body length. About five nose to tail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper Arctic Mama Posted May 28, 2015 Helper Share Posted May 28, 2015 That is a really pretty guy! And great photography. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member lizam Posted May 28, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 He's a looker! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member goldfishfanforever Posted June 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 20, 2015 He is gorgeous if I lived near you then I would think twice about keeping him as I would have to come round and steal him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DawnMichele Posted June 20, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 20, 2015 Beautiful!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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