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Are shubunkins black when young or are they colored??? I am hoping I have
baby shubunkins but who can tell when they dart around so fast your lucky if
you just got a glimpse?

Thanks for all of your help...A pond is always a work in progress.
Connie

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" George" wrote in message

*Snip*
When viewing the fish from above, the females
| will appear fat, while the males will appear slender.


****Sigh!*****
Some thing NEVER change!
;¬D
Kate

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Good questions, I've seen tiny shubunkins that have color, but I can't say
if right out of the egg they were colored, or all white or all black.

Now my koi fry hatch out all white, and start getting noticable colors at
about 1/2 inch.

My question is, does a black koi start out white and turn black or does it
hatch black and stay black? ~ jan

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:08:46 -0600, "CRC" wrote:

Are shubunkins black when young or are they colored??? I am hoping I have
baby shubunkins but who can tell when they dart around so fast your lucky if
you just got a glimpse?

Thanks for all of your help...A pond is always a work in progress.
Connie


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

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"CRC" wrote in message
...
Are shubunkins black when young or are they colored??? I
am hoping I have
baby shubunkins but who can tell when they dart around so
fast your lucky if
you just got a glimpse?

Thanks for all of your help...A pond is always a work in
progress.
Connie

I had two baby goldfish last year that I thought at
first were minnows (the dark gray ones) until the babies
started to show some color. Now one is
white with orange markings, the other is a
pure red-gold. Yet both started out very dark.
I think you can't tell what color(s) they're going
to be until they get a bit bigger.

Gail

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Thanks for your informative answers..I'll just keep watching the little
rascals. I thought I had a spawning koi, the guys chased her, she layed on
the bottom of the pond and they chased some more, but I didn's see any of
the signs you spoke about. So, maybe she is just round and always hungry.
Gosh, I did not know a koi started out white..The great things you learn in
this group is amazing.
cr

first post ...baby fish
 

Good questions, I've seen tiny shubunkins that have color, but I can't say
if right out of the egg they were colored, or all white or all black.

Now my koi fry hatch out all white, and start getting noticable colors at
about 1/2 inch.

My question is, does a black koi start out white and turn black or does it
hatch black and stay black? ~ jan

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:08:46 -0600, "CRC" wrote:

Are shubunkins black when young or are they colored??? I am hoping I have
baby shubunkins but who can tell when they dart around so fast your lucky if
you just got a glimpse?

Thanks for all of your help...A pond is always a work in progress.
Connie


(Do you know where your water quality is?)