veiltails

[figaro]

Where does one buy a veiltail? I live in San Diego with several very large
fish stores that specialize in goldfish and they look at me like I'm from
mars when I ask if they have any veiltails. Also, many of the websites I've
looked at don't even mention the existance of veiltails or they lump them in
with Ryukins or fantails. I have read veiltails are difficult to breed--is
this why I can only find pictures in old goldfish books?

If I can't buy one, how do I breed one? I was thinking of starting with a
sarassa comet with very long fins and breeding it to a sarassa ryukin or
fantail. Would this be a waste of time? Very frustrating!

I have seen one veiltail picture from the 1940's that has stunning fins with
a forked caudal (which is not the correct standard for todays veiltails but
I prefer it to the square tail). I have never seen anything like this
available for sale anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.

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Foster, Allen R...7009 Town Hall Rd NE...Sauk Rapids, MN 56379-9754
Phone: (320)253-0808
real Philly Veils have a blunt caudal.
http://sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~leongcy/GF-HK-15.JPG
Ingrid

figaro > wrote:

>Where does one buy a veiltail?
>I have seen one veiltail picture from the 1940's that has stunning fins with
>a forked caudal (which is not the correct standard for todays veiltails but
>I prefer it to the square tail). I have never seen anything like this
>available for sale anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.



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[figaro]

Thank you so much. I was reading about the philly veiltails and hoping
someone was still keeping this line going. Beautiful pics. Thanks again.

> From:
> Newsgroups: rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:34:45 GMT
> Subject: Re: veiltails
>
> Foster, Allen R...7009 Town Hall Rd NE...Sauk Rapids, MN 56379-9754
> Phone: (320)253-0808
> real Philly Veils have a blunt caudal.
> http://sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~leongcy/GF-HK-15.JPG
> Ingrid
>
> figaro > wrote:
>
>> Where does one buy a veiltail?
>> I have seen one veiltail picture from the 1940's that has stunning fins with
>> a forked caudal (which is not the correct standard for todays veiltails but
>> I prefer it to the square tail). I have never seen anything like this
>> available for sale anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
>