Regular Member crystal dixon Posted October 16, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 One of the ranchus I ordered is greenish silver in color. I thought he/she was so cute ! My question is....will the color eventually change when it gets older to a golden color or will is possibly stay green? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member br553 Posted October 16, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 It depends mainly on genetics. My ranchu Pip that I used to have started out the greenish color that eventually changed to about 30% green-brown and 70% pale orange 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member seheap Posted October 16, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 I would think that the green is a baby color. How old is it? I would think if it is still young then the color will fade, but if it's older then you may be lucky! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member crystal dixon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 He is 3.5 inches long so I don't really know about what age that is. Anyone know how old he might be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tinkokeshi Posted October 16, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 might we get a picture? i have a green ryukin that's stayed green since i got her. she's kinda an olive, greenish, undertones of goldish, with some silver?? i thought she would change, but no change yet. if anything, she's gotten a bit darker green. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member crystal dixon Posted October 16, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2008 Here is the link to see the pic of the goldfish I am getting....... http://www.raingarden.us/2261d.JPG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member samoht70 Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 I was wondering about that fish's color, too... I thought it was odd that it is so large but has that fry-coloring going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tinkokeshi Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 oh mine was much darker than that.and in recent pictures actually looks a bit chocolate colored now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member lynda441 Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 yeah, I think at 3.5" that's probably the color it's going to stay... but, it's a darling ranchu! Beautiful! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shuvo Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 thats a really nice ranchu.take gud care of it buddy.i will b a star 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member crystal dixon Posted October 18, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 Thanks everyone! I can't wait to get him and the other ranchu I picked out. The other one is red and white. I am debating on names now ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ranchugirl Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 That is a very pretty fish, Crystal! I am interested to see how his color does in a year from now. Tinko, how long do you have your green ryukin now? How old do you think he is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jed Hester Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 I am also interested in knowing if he keeps his color. For some reason, I think those green will go orange. I hope this isn't the case with yours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tinkokeshi Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) i've had her for almost a year now. she was about 3.5 inches when i got her and now she's about 4.5-5. i'd say maybe she's 2 years old? then again... i have no clue as to how big goldfish get in terms of years. i just watch them grow and i don't really keep track of time. she's an odd color since she's a bit greenish gold with silver undertones. so sometimes if the light is right, she looks chocolate, sometimes dark olive, sometimes silvery gold. here's a picture taken earlier this week... the green ranchu that crystal is looking at is a whole lot lighter than my ryukin though. so i'm wondering if she'll darken up or stay the same?! i almost feel as if she'll change color since there's so much white going on in there. Edited October 18, 2008 by Tinkokeshi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Franky Posted October 18, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2008 i love the ranchu its so big and love the color! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.