Regular Member Shamu23 Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 I have a book about manitoba's freshwater fish and I was looking through it and guess what I found! Goldfish! The picture showed what looked like a greyish silver common. Apparently they live in some rivers here. It said that way back some aquarium goldfish were released by europeans so now theres wild goldfish. It said that if u were to bring them inside into an aquarium they will turn gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sally2007 Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 Wow I never heard that But I had a common goldfish that was silver and he turned gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 That's really interesting, I've never heard that before (and I'm studying Candian fish biology!) I wonder how many there are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 Just because I'm a geek..... http://www.springerlink.com/content/n3q77289v48v4677/ There you go, there's a population in Ontario's lake Erie. Imagine going fishing and pulling up a big goldie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member gouverneurcc Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 Very interesting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 heres a good pic that compares the color of a wild and an aquarium goldfish http://web.ukonline.co.uk/mark.smith/gfish.jpg if u look up wild goldfish u get lots of pics of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TheFishMan Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nice, I knew their were rivers/lakes with goldfish, especially in east asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member nick11380 Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 That's why it's illegal to release goldfish into lakes and streams. They will survive and breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selena685 Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 That's why it's illegal to release goldfish into lakes and streams. They will survive and breed. Our Australian Native fish have to compete with wild godfish, hence the decline in our native fish populations in some areas of Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted January 11, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 So much damage comes from introduced animals, especially fish. Imagine how golides love to eat, they'd definatly be serious competition for native species! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member svendenhowser Posted January 12, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thats also the main reason why koi, rabbits and ferrets are illegal in Queensland. Don't blame them really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Anic Posted January 12, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 12, 2008 Once when Larry and I were walking in the park, we went down by the river and there was this ENORMOUS fish stuck on the shore. It was dead when we found it, but we rolled it back into the river anyway. It looked like a giant silver colored carp. But that's the only one I've ever seen. It would be neat if it was a goldie. I had never seen one that big before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member goldfishgrateful Posted January 12, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 12, 2008 I tell Europeans have been responible for a LOT of that stuff**............ There's those bullfrogs in australia, and etc.... etc.... and now those goldfish......... hehe not to harp on any Europeans here ** Of course I mean that as lightheartedly as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member svendenhowser Posted January 13, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 13, 2008 Cane Toads came from Central and South America Can't blame the europeans for them! but we can blame them for the bunnies and ferrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted January 13, 2008 Admin Share Posted January 13, 2008 there was an article about a state in the USA that your not allowed to own Koi cause of people dumping them in to lakes. Here in Ca you can have ferrets due to the fact students would dump them off in the fields and then the population went crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tosakin in Oz Posted January 28, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 28, 2008 Cane Toads came from Central and South America Can't blame the europeans for them! but we can blame them for the bunnies and ferrets And the foxes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kets Posted January 28, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 28, 2008 I wonder, if these populations are so high, why dont people capture and sell them? Im sure plenty of Goldfish Lovers would buy them all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 123456789 Posted January 28, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 28, 2008 I wonder, if these populations are so high, why dont people capture and sell them? Im sure plenty of Goldfish Lovers would buy them all... lol msot goldfish lover like fancy goldfish most of the time. I'm sure there are people out there that keep them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Bob the Goldfish Posted January 29, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 29, 2008 Here's another picture of a wild fish: http://www.tnfish.org/PhotoGalleryFish_TWR...asNegus_jpg.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted January 29, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted January 29, 2008 Bob, I thought you meant the pic in your siggy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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