Well, I *said* I wasn't a goldfish person G! I've seen some beautiful fish
at the store and other folks' ponds, but I stick strictly to koi, so I don't
know that much about "goldfish". . . other than that they come in colors
other than gold (or white, or black . . .)! But I had the descriptions
pretty well ALL mixed up, didn't I?


Lee

"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message
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Lee Brouillet wrote:
Wow . . . the only bubble eyes I've seen were kept in aquariums with
NOTHING
in them except a thin layer of gravel. The bubbles are extremely
delicate,
so anything that could harm the tissue is removed. They would be totally
unsuitable for a pond.

Comets and shubunkins are "gold fish" that aren't gold: they can grow to
respectable 8-10". Comets are red and white, kinda like kohaku koi. The
only
shubunkins I've seen are blue, usually with speckles and long flowing
tails - like butterfly koi. Not being a goldfish person, my descriptions
are
probably limited. But you can have the gold fish without having the
"gold"!

Lee

Sorry Lee, the red and whites are sarassa, comets are
goldfish with long fins and tail. Shubunkin can be red,
white and black or blue, black and red or even blue and
yellow and white. The LFS is selling 7-8" comets with
white finsa and tails as veiltails and charging $35.

Bonnie

"*muffin*" wrote in message
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do any of you have these in your pond? ( we are looking for something

else,

besides the plain GOLD fish..)

how delicate are the eye bubbles?
what happens if they break?

Muffin wishes goldfish came in the same colors as koi