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Hello Jonas.
Congratulations on
successfully breeding
your Goldfish. It is
difficult to predict
what your baby Goldfish
will eventually look
like. I depends on the
genes in the parents,
and they may be carrying
recessive genes that are
not expressed in their
appearance, but may be
expressed in their
babies appearance.
All of
your adult Goldfish
including the female
Oranda, the male Comets,
and your other male
Goldfish are all the
same species, Carassius
auratus. Click here
to read more about
Goldfish.
This
is similar to the
situation with the dogs
in my neighborhood. They
vary a lot in size,
shape, and size, and it
is difficult to guess
what their babies might
look like, but they are
all the same species.
I
would guess that some of
your baby Goldfish may
grow up to be what
goldfish farmers call
nymphs. These are
Goldfish with large
round bodies and
vertically lobed tails
like the comets. But you
will probably get other
interesting shapes too.
I'd
like to comment on why I
think your Goldfish
spawned in your
aquarium. First
6 mature Goldfish in a
55-gallon aquarium,
means each Goldfish has
about 9 gallons of
water. That is not
really crowded.
Second,
when you moved the
aquarium from your
friend's home, you
probably didn't keep all
the old water, and
instead you added some
fresh water to top up
the aquarium, after you
moved it.
Goldfish
will often spawn after
getting some fresh
water. Changing water is
a very good way to
stimulate most but not
all species of fish to
spawn. Click
here
to read more about
changing water.
You
mentioned that you have
been taking really good
care of your fish, and
that probably also
contributed to your
success in spawning
them. When fish spawn,
it is usually proof that
they have been getting
the good care that they
need. If the care is
poor, most types
of fish will not spawn.
You
also mentioned that,
"The males all have
the small white bumps on
their gills ...",
and these small white
bumps appear on the
males just before they
spawn. I'm glad you
mentioned seeing the
bumps.
Thanks,
Jonas, for your
interesting comments. |