It's normal, goldfish generally are black as babies and may change color
later in life. Most of mine have ended up gold but there are lots of black
and a few all white ones too. Some are multi colored, or maybe they're still
going through "the change" and haven't reached their final color yet.

Paul


"bobkiely" wrote in message
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Hi all:
I've got 6 5-6" goldfish. One of them when he was a little one had some
black areas on him. I don't think it was a disease; I think he was kind of
a
pinto goldfish.

Well, maybe it was a disease as now he's gold and white (about 50/50). He
has been getting whiter and whiter for the last 6 months and he has not
acted any different than the rest of them. There is no way I can catch him
and as he's in a 750 gallon pond with lots of hiding places.

I wouldn't be concerned but one of his buddies now has a little (1/4")
circle of white on his nose too. Have I been naive about this, should I be
concerned and if so, anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks,
BK