some goldfish turning gold

"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
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We have some 5 year old ones that are still black although two of that
group did turn gold and white last year, some will never turn. They
were black originally before they were bred for colour and you always
get genetic throwbacks.
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And these dark ones will most likely be the last ones the predators get, and
so get to reproduce longer and more will survive.
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:32:04 -0600, Koi-lo wrote:

"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
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We have some 5 year old ones that are still black although two of that
group did turn gold and white last year, some will never turn. They
were black originally before they were bred for colour and you always
get genetic throwbacks.
============================
And these dark ones will most likely be the last ones the predators get, and
so get to reproduce longer and more will survive.

That's what I thought would happen but it seems that the the dark ones
aren't as successful or that their young are coloured since all of the
young last year were coloured. Having said that we may just not have
seen any dark ones :-)

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"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:32:04 -0600, Koi-lo wrote:

"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
news:atcfzvasbuvgflfgrzfygqhx.it17wv3.pminews@ou se...
We have some 5 year old ones that are still black although two of that
group did turn gold and white last year, some will never turn. They
were black originally before they were bred for colour and you always
get genetic throwbacks.
============================
And these dark ones will most likely be the last ones the predators get,
and
so get to reproduce longer and more will survive.

That's what I thought would happen but it seems that the the dark ones
aren't as successful or that their young are coloured since all of the
young last year were coloured. Having said that we may just not have
seen any dark ones :-)
=====================
There ya go! When I cleaned out my smallest inground pond last fall I found
5 dark, almost black goldfish I didn't know were in there - I never saw them
until most of the water was removed. I don't keep these because I don't
want genetic drift to slowly increase their numbers over time. No one will
buy or trade for them........
--

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
NEW PAGE: Aquariums:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:32:04 -0600, Koi-lo wrote:

"Rodney Pont" wrote in message
news:atcfzvasbuvgflfgrzfygqhx.it17wv3.pminews@o use...
We have some 5 year old ones that are still black although two of that
group did turn gold and white last year, some will never turn. They
were black originally before they were bred for colour and you always
get genetic throwbacks.
============================
And these dark ones will most likely be the last ones the predators get,
and
so get to reproduce longer and more will survive.

That's what I thought would happen but it seems that the the dark ones
aren't as successful or that their young are coloured since all of the
young last year were coloured. Having said that we may just not have
seen any dark ones :-)
=====================
There ya go! When I cleaned out my smallest inground pond last fall I
found 5 dark, almost black goldfish I didn't know were in there - I never
saw them until most of the water was removed. I don't keep these because
I don't want genetic drift to slowly increase their numbers over time. No
one will buy or trade for them........
--
guess you can always give to some people who have ponds and who are not too
fussy about the colour of their fish.

"jw 1111" wrote in message
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"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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There ya go! When I cleaned out my smallest inground pond last fall I
found 5 dark, almost black goldfish I didn't know were in there - I never
saw them until most of the water was removed. I don't keep these because
I don't want genetic drift to slowly increase their numbers over time.
No one will buy or trade for them........
--
guess you can always give to some people who have ponds and who are not
too fussy about the colour of their fish.
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Most go to farm stock ponds. No one cares what kind of fish are keeping the
mosquitoes under control.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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