Carol Gulley aka Reel McKoi is a purveyor of erroneoous info that does
not have a good track record of providing proper advice all at the
expense of her victims and the life of the fish..


On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:37:30 -0600, "Reel McKoi"
wrote:


"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...
Reel McKoi wrote:



Are you sure these are goldfish and not platys? They don't usually sell
them that small.


It is quite common to see small goldfish on sale at least where I
live......Platys are quite a different distinct species and I rather
suspect that most would not confuse the two...

People do indeed confuse them Gill. I worked part time in a pet shop after
I retired. Another one they confused with goldfish were the gold female
swordtails. But then the area was more rural back then and people weren't
all that sophisticated where pet fish were concerned. I have never seen GF
that small being sold in the stores. I don't even sell mine that small from
the house.

.in fact I believe in the
US you have the rather nasty term of describing these fish as "feeders" -
here in the UK we sell them as pets....

People buy "feeders" for pets all the time. Stock pond owners sometimes
buy them for mosquito and duck weed control. I don't believe in feeding
live fish to other fish.

but afterall YMMV Carol....



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!