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page describes three groups of goldfish:
(1) Pond Comets, (2)
Fancy Goldfish including
Orandas and Fantails,
and (3) Very Fancy
Goldfish including
Bubble Eyes.
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I read your section on keeping goldfish. In it you said that your regular goldfish might not be happy at all being kept with comets or koi. The article didn't however,
explain why. I have a comet in my tank of goldfish and would like to know what that comment means.
Thank you.
Joy
Reply. Hello Joy. Thank you for your question. In my mind there are three Groups of Goldfish.
Group 1
Pond Comets which have so-called comet-tails with two lobes on their tails that are arranged with one lobe above the other. We sell Pond Comets
like the one shown to the left at our website. Click here for more information about the Goldfish in this Group.
Group 2
Fancy Goldfish with two lobes on their tail fins that are arranged horizontally with one lobe to the left and the other to the right of the fish.
This Group includes Fantails, Black Moors, and Orandas, Click here for more about these Goldfish.
Group 3
Very Fancy Goldfish, like the Red and White Ranchu shown
to the left, plus Lionheads, Bubble Eyes, and Celestials have very limited swimming ability. We do not have more information about this Group on our website.
This is a Bubble Eye.
Goldfish, which is also a member of Group 3. The bubbles, which are under the eyes, are actually enlarged tear ducts. Bubble Eyes will
usually be nipped by the Goldfish
in Group 1 and Group 2.
The Goldfish in Group 1 swim faster than fish in Groups 2 and 3, eat most of the food and will usually nip on fish in Groups 2 and 3.
The fish in Group 2 swim much faster than fish in Group 3, eat most of the food and usually nip on fish in Group 3.
So Goldfish from Groups 1, 2, and 3 should each be kept separately with Goldfish in their own Group and not be mixed with Goldfish from the other two Groups.
For example, keep the various types of Goldfish in Group 2 together but do not mix them with Goldfish from Group 1 or with Goldfish from Group 3.
All of the Goldfish in these three Groups are the same fish species, Carassius auratus, and could possibly interbreed.
Koi are a different fish species, Cyprinus carpio, and will certainly grow too big, swim too fast, eat all the food, and nip on all the types of Goldfish in Groups 2 and 3. But sometimes Koi and Goldfish from Group 1 get along for a while,
but not always.
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now for more information about Koi.
I
HAVE A
5,000
GALLON
KOI POND
IN WHICH
I HAVE 3
LARGE
KOI AND
12
6-8"
BABY
KOI.
I HAVE
ONE
RED-CAP
ORANDA
THAT IS
ABOUT
5"
AND SHE
IS DOING
GREAT.
I HAD AN
ORANGE
ORANDA
BUT HE
DIDN'T
MAKE IT
THROUGH
THE
WINTER.
MY
ORANDA
SWIMS
WITH THE
KOI AND
EATS
WITH
THEM AND
NO ONE
PICKS ON
HER.
I WANT
TO ADD
ABOUT A
DOZEN
MORE
ASSORTED
ORANDAS
TO THE
POND.
DO YOU
THINK
THERE
WILL BE
ANY
PROBLEM
WITH THE
KOI
PICKING
ON THEM
?
SINCE
THEY
HAVE
SUCH A
LARGE
POND
AREA
THERE IS
NO
PROBLEM
WITH
OVERCROWDING.
WOULD
YOU
SUGGEST
I
PURCHASE
THE
LARGER
ORANDAS?
I HAVE
HAD THE
LARGE
KOI
ABOUT 9
YEARS
AND THE
ORANDA
ABOUT 6
MONTHS.
SHE IS
MY
ABSOLUTE
FAVORITE.
SHE IS
ALSO THE
FIRST TO
EAT AND
THE BABY
KOI HOLD
BACK AND
FOLLOW
HER.
SHE IS
THE MOST
CURIOUS
TOO.
Reply.
Hello. Your Oranda
reminds me of the
character by Dustin
Hoffman in a movie,
where he blindly walks
through a battle and
says later he must have
been invisible!
Your
Oranda has been
exceptionally lucky to
survive. Somehow
invisible to the Koi! I
suggest that you move
the Oranda soon.
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