On Saturday, 11 February 2017 15:25:26 UTC, JBL2527 wrote:
Janet;1024059 Wrote:
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fish their children are in various colours, red, lemon, white, and my
special pet hatched last year, which is white with a red patch. (The
babies all start off dark brown).

Janet

I always find it amazing how the goldfish start out brown to bronze and then turn into seemingly random shades of red and white. I have one that turned mostly white with a red triangle n its nose. Unfortunately, a flood put farm soil into the pond a couple of years ago and the water is now a permanent shade of green - presumably phosphate is to blame. However, the fish don't seem to mind and for them it's business as usual.

Cheers,

Compo-in-Caithness.