My goldfish pond

[CometKeith]

Thanks Tmann. is 1111 significant in some way or just that I have spent a lot of time on gpf? Attached are a couple shots of the fish I took yesterday with some of the babies mixed in. Some of the black ones are developing orange or gold streaks now.

 

[addy1]

It took some of my dark ones over a year to add any color. Some are still dark, almost look like long finned shubbies.

 

[CountryEscape]

Mine have changed in 2 months, up to a year and a half! I have a baby from last year that just got done changing to orange a month ago. Still has just a tinge of black on the outside edges of it's tail and pectoral fins. Wish that would stay, it's really pretty, but I'm pretty sure it will all change to orange. Some are short finned, some long finned.
But, I love the black fantail I got! It was a bronze color when I purchased it at Wal-Mart, and then changed to black within the first day or two. Don't see it much, unless it comes up above another fish, but have seen it each time I've gone into the pond to pull lily pads. No buggy out eyes, either, just a normal fantail. Wonder if it will stay that way, since it was bronze, or if it will change to orange eventually? Time will tell! All other fantails I have chosen except one orange and white (similar to the one that disappeared that I loved and got from Pond Guy) are all tri colored.
Your babies are very colorful, Keith! Love how you have several that are tri colored. I still have not reproduced a single Shubbie, but did buy several new ones last winter and put them in the pond this spring, so hoping those will reproduce next year. And, I have that huge Shubbie from PG, so hopefully it will be prolific!

 

[sissy]

I have never had any fantails born and wonder if I have 2 guys or 2 gals ,I have asked them but they never answer me .They are keeping :razz: it a secret

 

[j.w]

Pretty fish Keith w/ those gorgeous long tails that I am dying for :luxlove:

 

[CountryEscape]

I wonder if anyone has ever had any fantail babies in their ponds?! I sure have upped the odds for next year. I think I have 3 large ones from last year, plus added quite a few this summer, so hoping most of them have made it. I counted 5 of them last weekend, so I know there are at least that many from what I put in from Wal-Mart. Maybe the fantails are not as good at reproducing for some reason. Guess we'll find out! But, has anyone had any fantail babies in their pond? Just curious!

 

[j.w]

I wanna know the answer to that question too CE. Anybody ever have any butt wiggler babies?

 

[sissy]

Maybe they are like koi they have to be a certain age or something .Though mine are 8 years old and fairly large .Them I would love to have babies from because they don't seem to get as big as all the other fish and are nicer to watch because they are smaller and move a lot slower and they do love those little butt wiggler bellies rubbed .I think people with smaller ponds should really consider them for there ponds more than any other fish .They are just down right cute .

 

[callingcolleen1]

So Keith, are the nights cooling off yet over there? Is the water getting cooler? Do the fish swim slower now? Winters coming!!! What are you going to do with all the babies now?

 

[CometKeith]

CE, I only have shubunkins and comets, no fantails. Got home last night from a trip to DC, Shenandoah Valley, and Jefferson's home of Monticello. It was 84 degrees at 10:00 so no cool down yet!. Callingcolleen, I still don't know what to do with all the baby fish. My secret hope is to expand the pond over the fall. Here are a few pics of the blue ridge mountains.

 

[CountryEscape]

I can hear the song, when I read your "Blue Ridge Mountains" and knew you were in Shenandoa Valley. I saw our weather in south central IL for Sat is a HIGH of only 72!!! Wow, that will be a switch from today through Thurs in the 90's for a high, but I'm happy for the cool down! Have a wedding in town on Sat., and that will be perfect weather, not so hot outside like it has been lately, and VERY humid!

 

[humbirdlover]

Hi Comet, sure glad you like the mountains and the Shen. Valley. That's the place I call home

 

[fresia1999]

Pretty pictures Comet! Reminds me of the Smokey Mountains.

 

[CometKeith]

Thanks fresia, The fun thing about smart phones is you can google everything, So naturally we looked up every song, tv show, and movie that had to do with the the blue ridge mountains and shenandoah valley. CE, Actually my wife thought of the blue ridge highway part of "this land is your land". I didn't realize Woody Guthrie had written it. Humingbirdlover, i was wondering it there were any ponds out there when I was looking at the beautiful scenery. Now i know there was at least one! What a great place to live.We stopped at Blue Ridge Brewery. That was a fun place and they had some really good beers. We were looking for the other kind of bears along the way, but didn't see any.

 

[fresia1999]

Comet I was googling Dolly Parten's "Rocky Top" while driving up there.