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15 DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOLDFISH BREEDS • ORIGIN • TYPES • DESCRIPTION • APPROPRIATE and history of goldfish species of goldfish of goldfish water conditions for • GOLDFISH • GOLDFISH • GOLDFISH food breeding care your goldfish I. ORIGIN and history of goldfish species The Far East is the undisputed origin of the goldfish. Because of documentation that spans hundreds of years of Chinese rule, it’s known that goldfish were raised for ornamental purposes. Moreover, there are different stories about the goldfish. Some say goldfish were protected by the authorities because they were considered to be holy. Goldfish (Carassius auratus) are a freshwater fish that belong to the carp family. In nature, the goldfish’s color is green to olive/gray. The lifespan of a goldfish living in the wild would be several years. During these years, he could grow to a weight of about 11 pounds, or five kilograms. They experienced multiple genetic crossbreeding over the centuries. Originating from the silver scaled Crucian carp and belonging to the species Carassius auratus auratus, goldfish have been a favorite pet since the Song era in ancient China. II. TYPES-.) COMMON GOLDFISH COMET SHUBUNKIN WAKIN FANTAIL RYUKIN VEILTAIL ORANDA TELESCOPE BLACK MOOR RANCHU POMPON PEARSCALE CELESTIAL BUBBLE EYE of goldfish III. DESCRIPTION of goldfish COMMON GOLDFISH (Carassius Auratus) Asian in origin, the common goldfish is a member of the Cyprindae fish family. It can live in water with temperatures ranging from 55-80*F (1226*C), with a pH of 6-8, which is much like tap water. The common goldfish doesn’t require a heater and needs only minimal care. A goldfish that is properly cared for can live for well over five years (40 years plus max) and grow to around 12 inches long, 32cm (4 inches average, 10cm). COMET GOLDFISH The Comet Goldfish, thought to have originated from the state of Washington in the late 1800s, comes in several variations, the most popular being the orange metallic comet whose color shows well in goldfish ponds. It is similar to the common goldfish types and is often mistaken for it, but the comet has a more slender body with more noticeable and elongated fins. SHUBUNKIN GOLDFISH The shubunkin goldfish comes in two varieties (London shubunkin and Bristol shubunkin). Both the London and Bristol variety are one of the more hardy types of goldfish. This makes it an ideal goldfish for an outdoor pond or an indoor goldfish aquarium. Avoid mixing them with the slow moving bubble eyes or celestial goldfish. The faster moving shubunkins will out eat these other goldfish types which could lead to them being starved. WAKIN GOLDFISH The wakin goldfish is a popular breed in Japan. The wakin goldfish is a hardy breed that is best placed in a goldfish pond. If it’s placed in a goldfish tank, the tank should be large enough to accommodate its growth of over a foot long (30cm). It’s not an aggressive goldfish breed but is a fast swimmer with a big appetite and so the wakin goldfish isn’t a good tank mate for any slow swimming goldfish breeds. the appetite of the wakin goldfish can be a problem if the tank or pond contain live aquatic plants that it finds tasty. FANTAIL GOLDFISH The body of the Fantail Goldfish should be about three-fifths of its overall length and have an egg shape appearance. While the fantail goldfish is included in the fancy goldfish variety, and often bred for showing, they are a very hardy species and are an excellent choice for beginners or for your outdoor goldfish pond. With the right care, your fantails can live for more than ten to twenty years. At maturity, the fantail can be six to eight inches long. RYUKIN GOLDFISH The ryukin goldfish from the Ryukyu Islands is a popular goldfish bred in Japan. It come in a variety of color combinations, including: solid colors (self colored) and multiple colors (variegated) of a deep red, red and white, blue, white, calico and more. A hardy variety of goldfish, the ryukin can be placed in your outdoor goldfish pond or introduced into a goldfish aquarium with other goldfish without any need for extra care. Good tank mates include the oranda, lionhead, or Ranchu Goldfish. Be careful that your bubble eye, and telescope goldfish breeds are not being bullied around by these tougher breeds. VEILTAIL GOLDFISH The veiltail goldfish is a popular type of goldfish among collectors and hobbyists but it a variety that is difficult to breed for showing. It’s long flowing paired caudal is the veiltails most prominent feature. Color wise, the veiltail goldfish can be metallic self-colored (solid), variegated (multiple colors) or calico in color. The colors should strong and run into its fins. It can survive in an outdoor goldfish pond if the conditions are not too extreme. Most goldfish owners will choose to place their veiltail goldfish into their indoor aquariums. ORANDA GOLDFISH The Oranda Goldfish variety is one of the more fancy types of goldfish, making orandas one of the more difficult fancy goldfish breeds to take care of. They don’t do well in waters with a temperature less than 65 degrees which doesn’t make them suitable for your outdoor goldfish pond. It is best to place them in your goldfish aquarium with other slow moving fancy breeds and a few aquatic plants. Due to its body shape, oranda goldfish are slow moving and should be feed a balanced diet to keep it from having swim bladder or constipation problems. TELESCOPE GOLDFISH The Telescope Goldfish or globe eye goldfish as it is known in Europe and dragon fish in the far east is a fancy goldfish type. Protruding eyes that begin to develop around six months of age clearly explain the name of this fancy goldfish breed and make it easy to recognize if a goldfish is a telescope. A high quality telescope goldfish has good symmetrical placement of its two eyes, each located on the outer most tip of its globe shaped protuberance. The telescope goldfish is hardy and can survive in cold waters but it really should not be kept in an outdoor goldfish pond. The main reason is that is has poor vision and can’t compete with other goldfish types for food. BLACK MOOR GOLDFISH The broadtail moor goldfish or more popularly known as the black moor, should be entirely black (self-colored) throughout the body and fins. However, more often than not it contains shades of brown or silver. The color of a show quality black moor is a flat sooty color. A show quality black moor will have its eye placed on the extreme tips of its protuberances. It’s this style of eye that gives the black moor poor vision and is the reason you should avoid placing them into an aquarium with the more agile breeds of goldfish; they will out compete the slower eating black moor goldfish. RANCHU GOLDFISH A ranchu goldfish is a full bodied fancy goldfish that lacks a dorsal fin and has wen hood cover much like the oranda. The back of the ranchu should have a pronounced upward arch where it curves sharply downwards at the peduncle and caudal fins. The ranchu’s wen hood cover should be larger than that of the oranda. It should cover the entire head and face but not the eyes. A full wen hood cover can also cover the cheeks and gill covers and resemble the mane of a lion. he ranchu goldfish from Japan and the lionhead goldfish from China are virtually the same breed with only minor differences in appearance. POMPON GOLDFISH The pompon goldfish is named after its most obvious feature, its fleshy lobed nasal septa that resemble pompons. These growths are connected to the goldfish’s nasal septum and act as sensors for smelling airborne chemicals and odors. When fully developed, the pompon lobes can hang down into the mouth of the goldfish but in a quality specimen the pompon lobes should not hang down into the mouth. ompon goldfish are best suited for goldfish aquariums with water no colder than 55*F and should not be placed in an outdoor pond. PEARLSCALE GOLDFISH The pearlscale goldfish with it’s spherical body shape and dome like scales containing calcium carbonate, looks like a golfball. The calcium carbonate in the scales creates a pattern of little pearl colored domes pushing through the skin of these goldfish types. This hardy bred can live in an outdoor goldfish pond but are best suited for aquariums where their unique features can really be put on display. CELESTIAL GOLDFISH his small and delicate fancy bred of goldfish has a unique feature that needs special care to ensure the goldfish’s health, making it not suitable for the beginner goldfish hobbyist. The eyes of the celestial goldfish are protruding and set to always face upwards. This feature means the celestial goldfish should not be in a tank with any decoration that can scrape or poke its eyes. The goldfish tank should not have a bright light since the celestial goldfish is always looking up while at rest. BUBBLE EYE GOLD FISH The bubble eye goldfish has a similar body shape, fins, and upward pointing eyes as the celestial does but it also has two fluid filled pouch of skin on its cheeks. A high quality specimen will have two equally developed pouches that sit right below its eyes. As a bubble eye goldfish swims and changes direction, its pouches will bounce around and play catch up to the last move. The colors a bubble eye goldfish comes in are metallic self-colored, variegated or calico. The thin skin that makes up a pouch is delicate and requires special care to ensure it is not damaged. IV. APPROPRIATE WATER CONDITION Experienced goldfish caretakers suggest that you must maintain at least a slightly alkaline pH level in the tank water quantitatively equivalent to a 7.0 7.5 pH level. Also, it is advisable to add a teaspoon of chlorite to the solution for every 20 liters (five gallons) of water. There should be no ammonia nitrite, and the least amount of nitrate as possible. Concerning the pH level of the water, pH tests are normally used for determining if the water in your tank is too alkaline or acidic, which may eventually harm your pet. It is easy to find these tests at pet stores. As far as the temperature goes, always monitor if the water is too hot or too cold for your fish. When it’s summertime, find a spot for your aquarium where it is cooler most of the day. Bubbles coming from air pumps help cool the water. By turning off the lights in summer, you not only save energy, but you slow down the rate at which temperatures increase in your aquarium. Some people think goldfish need salt water to survive, but actually, they do not. The only time a salt is necessary is when there is a need to treat the fish for parasites. There are some cases when your pet acquires certain types of diseases that are mainly caused by preexisting parasites, and you can get rid of them by applying ample amounts of salt to the water. V. GOLDFISH FOOD Like us, goldfish are considered omnivorous when it comes to food. They can eat both veggies and meat, although their usual aquarium diet is fish flakes. For good goldfish care in terms of food, it’s better to provide lesser protein in their diets. Goldfish can live for as long as two weeks without food. It is ideal to feed them with fish flakes twice a day, to give goldfish a good staple food for their species. There are specialized fish flakes exclusively for goldfish, so do not make the mistake in giving them tropical fish flakes. The two varieties of flakes are different from each other when it comes to nutritional content. Pellet foods, similar to fish flakes, except that they come in pellet form, serve more as a treat food rather than a staple food, like the flakes. They only consist of one specific type of ingredient, such as brine shrimp. If you really want to monitor your fish’s health, you can always cook your own goldfish food. Homemade food brings out fresh nutrients for your fish, with no problems that put the goldfish at risk or pollute the inside of the tank during the feeding process. Lettuce and peas are just some of these good homemade foods. Of all the varieties of lettuces, red leaf lettuce is the best for goldfish, because it is easy to chew and digest. These are served uncooked. Baby peas are cooked before being served. They are mashed and peeled when given to the fish. VI. GOLDFISH BREEDING First, the gender of a goldfish is hard to determine. The sexual features of a goldfish are only easily distinguished during spawning. The male goldfish tends to have breeding tubercles that appear as white pimples on the fins, and sometimes on the head of the fish. Goldfish should not be bred until they are at least three years old. The gender of the fish is still difficult to determine until it reaches at least eight centimeters in length. When buying a new goldfish in stores, you won’t be able to choose a male or female, since they are still small. You won’t even be able to ask the sellers, because even they do not have the ability to distinguish between the genders. Therefore, breeding goldfish is considered a long termed goal, since you have to wait for the fish to grow to the proper size and age to determine the sex, before you proceed to breeding them. As done by the majority of goldfish breeders, more male goldfish are kept in the aquarium than females to ensure greater success in the breeding process. Usually, the male to female goldfish ratio is 2:1. You should still bear in mind that each goldfish needs 15 gallons of water as space. They honestly do not like overcrowded places, especially if you want your breeding process to be a successful one. The male fish is game for battle when it is already in spawning chase. During spawning chase, the male chases the female and pushes on her abdomen for several hours. This is only possible if all necessary conditions are met during the few days they have been together. The female fish will then lay her eggs in batches, with each batch containing 1,000 to 1,500 eggs. The first batch has the highest hatching success rate. Once the egg laying is done, the male goldfish then sprays milt all over the eggs to fertilize them. VII. GOLDFISH CARE The male fish is game for battle when it is already in spawning chase. During spawning chase, the male chases the female and pushes on her abdomen for several hours. This is only possible if all necessary conditions are met during the few days they have been together. The female fish will then lay her eggs in batches, with each batch containing 1,000 to 1,500 eggs. The first batch has the highest hatching success rate. Once the egg laying is done, the male goldfish then sprays milt all over the eggs to fertilize them. Use the largest aquarium tank you can afford, because goldfish grow rapidly, and a small aquarium will become too crowded and packed for the goldfish, causing a reduction in their development. Also, rapid growth is accompanied by increased eating and higher water pollution. Plus, a larger aquarium can handle this situation better. Other equipment required for your goldfish aquarium include an oxygen pump, an air stone, and an external charcoal filter. You need a very strong filter, because goldfish make the aquarium very dirty. Standard aquarium lighting is also important to the development of the fish, and contributes to a brightening of their color. To ensure a clean water supply, exchange a quarter of the water in the tank weekly. As far as nutrition goes, goldfish love to eat! In fact, they will eat almost anything. There are even stories about goldfish eating chicken, but don’t try this at home. When you use carbohydrate rich foods, make sure the food is dry and frozen. Often people starting out with goldfish tend to over feed them. Remember that overfeeding causes excessive infection, because of increased ammonia in the water, which can even cause death. Be sure to feed no more than twice a day and make sure the fish eat everything in less than five minutes.