What goldfish are you keeping........

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Koi-lo wrote:
I don't know how many people are reading this NG but will ask anyway.
What
kind of GF are you keeping? Orandas? Shubunkins and comets? Which are
your favorites? How long have you been keeping GF?

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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I'm a sometime poster, much more often lurker with a single 7 year-old
common male who's about 7 inches at this point.

My first fish was a comet and I've always liked them, but I like the
hardiness and fish-like-ness of commons. I like big fish, so I'm
looking forward to keeping koi when I get some property to build a pond
on. (Not an imminent prospect in Los Angeles.) I might get more into
fancy goldfish as I'm still feeling my way... but I'd probably even
keep steelhead if I could!!
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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.......
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

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

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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.......
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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.
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I live in the Nashville area of TN and we get some wicked heat here in
summer. I shade these small pools with water lettuce, water hyacinth and
small water lilies. The fish will hide under them where the water is a few
degrees cooler. If the water reaches 90F I cover them with old curtains.
Heat can be a problem, there is no doubt, but I've had the fish live through
a heat wave where the water temps reached 94F! I do have small pumps and
filters running in each pool. They aerate the water which helps. Goldfish
and koi are amazingly adaptable.

You can always grow some type shrub or a small tree on the south side of the
pool and or add water lettuce etc as I do to help hold the water temperature
down.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

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.
==========
I live in the Nashville area of TN and we get some wicked heat here in
summer. I shade these small pools with water lettuce, water hyacinth
and small water lilies. The fish will hide under them where the
water is a few degrees cooler. If the water reaches 90F I cover them
with old curtains. Heat can be a problem, there is no doubt, but I've
had the fish live through a heat wave where the water temps reached
94F! I do have small pumps and filters running in each pool. They
aerate the water which helps. Goldfish and koi are amazingly
adaptable.
You can always grow some type shrub or a small tree on the south side
of the pool and or add water lettuce etc as I do to help hold the
water temperature down.

I was thinking of that. I have some trees and shrubs I need to plant--I'll
place them accordingly.
Thanks!

Cindy