Your 'before & After' Pics

[dogsbykat 22]

Wow! Very dramatic change

[amoonklein 1,212]

It's so much fun to see everyone's goldies changing.

This is Mooshu when I first got her:

When she had a mustache:

And here's Mooshu now:

Edited June 6, 2010 by amoonklein

[Miss Manda 0]

Wow there alot of changes... great topic.

Here are my trio of goldfish... Gonzo(f), Madman(m) and Ghibli(m) when I first got them roughly aged 4mths November 2007.Sorry about the blurry photo it was taken on a mobile phone.

And this is them very recently about a month ago...

Gonzo(f)

Madman(m)

Ghibli(m)

[Guest ahmedhusseinak]

I'm not sure whether Willy counted as a fry when I got him, but here goes:

Photo from the first week after purchase sometime a year ago I think:

Photo taken this afternoon:

I think it's interesting that his tail has actually tucked from fairly flat to around 45 degrees over time...seems kind of backwards but then again I didn't expect to see such a big wen either.

This is definitely the best of the lot. its one thing making a comet grow to the size of a whale, but its totally a different matter making a ranchu grow to its full potential..the latter is really difficult and need alot of effort, care and even expertise to a certain extent while the former is child's play. Hats off to Donya. Maybe u can shed some light on ur magnificent fish handling skills....

Edited June 8, 2010 by ahmedhusseinak

[Locke 4]

Wow! That Ranchu gives me a lot of hope for Nib!

[x18999 0]

Amazing to see goldfish grow big!

[dfernandez77 6]

Here's Tinko and Istvan about 1 year ago

Here's Tinko and Istvan today:

[EdgarTheFish 138]

Wow thats a huge change!! ps your fish are goregeous. I love their colors <3

[dfernandez77 6]

Wow thats a huge change!! ps your fish are goregeous. I love their colors <3

Thanks! Clean water, good food.

[Scottscott00 0]

before

after

[Locke 4]

Here's Chubbs. He's currently in the middle of a colour change. And I like to think he's growing at a decent rate, too.

Edited July 31, 2010 by Locke

[jennybugs 6]

Just thought I'd pop some pics up of my Roger Moor and his magnificent growth and colour change he['s been getting on with over the couple of years I've had him now

When I first got him

growing well

the embarassing poo phase

the start of operation going for gold

now

Bless him

[Locke 4]

Looking awesome, JennyBugs.

[blackteles 99]

He looks exactly like my Patch did when I got her from Hawaii with her gold and black markings. Seven months later and she's almost all gold. Same thing happened with my black telescope Bojack, she's completely gold now within a year's time. Amazing how they can change...

-Dennis

[dfernandez77 6]

Just thought I'd pop some pics up of my Roger Moor

Love the name. And he's a cutie!

[RanchuDressing 2,542]

My red and white ranchu, Cheddar, underwent quite a dramatic color change. He's totally white now! He went white within a four-week period about 6 months after I got him.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

So he's now known as "White Cheddar," of course.

[Captain Findus Goldfish 272]

RD where do you find these awesome ranchus? Do you buy them as 'babies' or already big and chubby?

[RanchuDressing 2,542]

LOL! Thanks for the kind words, Federica. There's one LFS near me that sometimes gets small to mid-size ranchus -- in the 2.5 to 3-inch range. Cheddar and Salem are both from that store. I found the late great chunk at another LFS. All of them grew quite a bit once I had them in the big tank and fed them lots of yummy food.

I might take the plunge and purchase a ranchu or two online soon, though, because I'm in the market for new fish and the stores near me have just about nothing at the moment.

[Locke 4]

LOL! Thanks for the kind words, Federica. There's one LFS near me that sometimes gets small to mid-size ranchus -- in the 2.5 to 3-inch range. Cheddar and Salem are both from that store. I found the late great chunk at another LFS. All of them grew quite a bit once I had them in the big tank and fed them lots of yummy food.

I might take the plunge and purchase a ranchu or two online soon, though, because I'm in the market for new fish and the stores near me have just about nothing at the moment.

Chunk is no more?

[blackteles 99]

Bojack, my black telescope's color change....never moor!

-Dennis

Bojack when she still was black...

And again....

And the start of the color change...

And again...

And toward the end of it all..

Then kaboom!

[Wendy 2]

Fascinating, thanks for sharing everyone!

[Helen 8,511]

Bojack, my black telescope's color change....never moor!

-Dennis

Bojack when she still was black...

And again....

And the start of the color change...

And again...

And toward the end of it all..

Then kaboom!

i like the kaboom!

[Locke 4]

Black Moor to Gold Telescope within a few months. His before picture was a bit after I got him too. He was completely black when I got him.

I believe the change continues. He stalled for a few months, but it seems he still has a bit of an identity crisis.

Looks like he decided he'd try on a white coat. At least it's looking that way.

There's a white line on his dorsal. And the edges of his dorsal, his caudal, and his pelvic fins are turning whitish.

And his belly is turning white. Although, it was always fairly light.

And this one's just for kicks.

[itsalltoomuch 0]

Wow, all of these goldfish are so cute!

Here is Goldeen... I got her back in January 2010.. This is what she looked like. (The orange one of course!):

Here is a pic I took yesterday:

[number20121 2,663]

I gotta say, all these fishies on here are so gorgeous!!

Well, here a photo of my Sarasa and Shubunkin, the only ones where a before and after actually shows their development.

This photo was taken roughly 14 months ago, a couple months after I got them:

and this photo is from 2 months ago. I honestly never realized the changes until I compared the pictures. Both their tail fins got so long, and whenever the Shubunkin moves, the tail fin is shaped like a really big C. And it is longer than in this photo too (badly angled photo), I'd say it the tail makes about 45% of the length of the fish.

Although I gotta say that unfortunately he is not as blue as in the second photo. Nice lighting effect I guess. The shade and intensity of blue is usually a mix these two photos. Unless the tank light is on for a while, for some reason that makes the blue and the black speckles fade almost 50% .....