Regular Member tropicana Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 Today i went into the lfs, just to see what fish the fish store owner got in, and blow me down, he got he most beautiful phoenix eggfish, and sure enough, it had reserved on the tank i must of been in there so many times he knows what i want, he was 25 bucks, but he was worth it! he's got a little black on his fins but the rest of him is orange. p.s. i know what your thinking, but my camera is getting fixed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selythe Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 $25 isn't so bad for a fish you'll treasure for a decade... Knocking on wood here. Not to mention if you ever breed it.. well.. I know there are a lot of folks here at Koko's who'd love a baby! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tropicana Posted November 16, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 lol, your right, and i just remembered, my other phoenix eggfish is about to burst with eggs! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member glitterfish Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 So you got another one? $25 isnt expensive at all. Ive spent way more on fish I really love. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tropicana Posted November 16, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 lol, $25 is kinda expensive to me because most of mine are $3 - $4 rescues 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member froggydella Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 PIC'S! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tropicana Posted November 16, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 =] i knew that's what ya all wanted, and the guy fixing my camera rang and said i could pick it up tomorrow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member glitterfish Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 Ive spent up to $20 on a rescue before. But most of my fish are under $7. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selythe Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 I spent seven cents each on my commons and comet (they had some fancies mixed in with feeders.. well some with slight fancy traits.) The most expensive was Melrog at $2.99. In the future, if I ever become truly fish-crazy, I may end up springing for the ten or thirty dollar fish.. but that would be with the intent to breed, and recoup the money on selling offspring. The current batch are to get me reacquainted with goldfish keeping, and more as pets than with any bloodline intent. But yeah, I could see myself someday spending a little more on fish, if I needed to, or it was just "The Fish" that made me take it home! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tropicana Posted November 16, 2006 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 lol, i know how you feel johnny_five, sometimes, there's just one fish that won't let you leave without it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selythe Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 I've only ever encountered that with a cat before... But I've heard accounts of it happening with fish, cats, dogs... you name it. That special something that clicks, I guess.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 ***WARNING*** Koko Stick can be used soon if promised pictures are not posted on a timely basis!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MaudlinBlithe Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 WOW! I didn't even know these existed! I was like what's an eggfish? So I did a search. Does your look like any on the following website: http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfi...ish/eggfish.htm sammie Wish I could find some! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Celeste123 Posted November 16, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 16, 2006 Are eggifsh kinda like lionheads without wens? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Katalyst Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 Oh my god I want one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jon Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 Congrats on the new fish. hope to see some pics when you get your camera back when i got my pearlscale, putter, he was $25 and i thought that was alot since goggles was $6, sunny d $3, and mr brain was $4. i got peaches after i got putter and he was $13. none of my fish were really rescues other then mr brain who had ich and an internal bacterial infection. he was also missing a tone of scales. a few weeks i had gotten him he got dropsy, and he some how lived. Are eggifsh kinda like lionheads without wens? lionheads can have wens. i belive the difference is the pheonix eggfish and a lion head is that the eggfish does not get a wen, and the fins are more flowy with a rather large fork on the tail 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 An Eggfish is a dorsal-less fish with no wen or a rudimentary wen (Usually a thickening of the skin around the head). They are very close akin to Ranchu - or the original Ranchu that had very little wen. In fact, Ranchu - the old-fashioned ones - are commonly called Eggfish by many. An Eggfish with a long tail and fins is called a Phoenix Eggfish - after the long flowing feathers of the Phoenix bird. (I also think it rather appropo that the Phoneix Eggfish has "risen from the ashes" for they were all but extinct for many years) A wenned, dorsal-less fish with long tail and fins is commonly called a Shukin. Now days, Ranchu often carry more wen - in fact they have been crossed so many times - the Japanese RAnchu with the Chinese Lionhead - that the majority of the fish seen carry a tail tuck more reminicient of the Ranchu and a wen more like a Lionhead. Some people call them Lionchu. It is interesting how goldfish are constantly changing, growing, progressing, regressing, etc..... Nothing is ever stagnant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member MaudlinBlithe Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 hehehhehe your reply reminded me of the harry potter movie where the phoenix bursts into flames and then regrows again sammie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fondoo Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 i usually buy large goldfish and they usually run me about $19.99. i just bought 3 large red oranda's and they were the most expensive goldfish, costing me $29.99 each. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blue Posted November 17, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 (edited) Congrats on the new eggfish.Post pics soon or I'm next in line with the Koko's stick Edited November 17, 2006 by Blue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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