"Charles" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:27:11 GMT, (Roy)
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:48:06 GMT, "Bill Stock"
wrote:

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===I bought some feeders from the LFS this year and it took them
several weeks
===to come up for food. They also developed black fins after I had
them for a
===couple of weeks, which I understand is recovery from Ammonia
toxicity. I
===don't know if they got this from the LFS or the pond.
===
===
===


Are you saying the gold fish you see in stores with the black fins
have been subjected to high ammonia? If so thats a bummer.....I had
always assumed they were just colored that way naturally, matter of
fact that color combination is one of my favorites in goldfish. Nice
deep orange red body with black fins....unless were talking about
something totally different than what I am thinking.
Regards


According to Figaro, it can be either. But in my case they were orange
(gold) when I got them, then turned black around the edges (fins) soon
after. Now they are back to all gold (orange) again. I thought the black and
gold was cool too, but it did not last.


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sometimes that's the case, more often it is the fish going through a
color change. If the black is the top of the fish, dorsal fin and
part of the tail it's probably a normal color change.


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