I love the "fish shaped" GF as well and have many Shubunkins, both
outside and inside the house. If you have the space you can keep GF
in those $10 kiddy pools from Wal*Mart. A cheap black dropcloth
hides the ugly glaring color and cartoons. :-) They'll fit in a
small yard or even on a balcony or porch. You can easily keep 8 to
10 adults in one of these shallow pools or 2 koi until they out grow
it. I've always had tropical fish and goldfish, but I'm finding I
like the GF more than the tropicals, especially the fancy GF. I find
myself keeping less tropicals and more GF these days.......

I'd love that! I live in the Houston metro area--very hot in summer. Do
you think they'd live in shallow pools here? I'm afraid it would get too
hot.

Cindy