Better Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf OX Strain)

Their tails are starting to fill out.  I think the tails should have a lot of black as it makes them stand out.

A nice female.

My favorite.

Here's what the Pinky Mattes look like.

Here is the folder with all the pictures of this group.

Bristol Shubunkins

A good friend from the Breeder's Social just sent me a dozen young of year Bristol Shubunkins.

The pinky mattes won't be very cold hardy but they are so beautiful especially with the bristol tail, they'll stay in for the winter.

I believe these are a couple generations from the original import and may have been outcrossed at least once for vigor. It's great to see you can recover the heart shaped tail.

They're a bit shy from the flash but you can see the heart shaped Bristol tail.

Favorite Ranchu Fry

This is the largest and my current favorite fry from a batch that were spawned early July by the new group of Chinese Ranchu.

It's a tank and plows through the water.  

Back is good but the tail flares out to much.

Very strong tail.

Sarassas from a Local Pond

The group getting a dip. They were the first fish in the tank system.

Another Jade Seal and it's a girl. We'll have to see about a cross with: This Male

Irregular Tancho

Interesting red, scales and distinct yellow head.

The rest of the pictures are HERE.

Adding Capacity

Building a recirculating system with five 275 gallon tanks run on a 100 gallon Rubbermaid sump.  Just waiting for the pump to arrive but will be using a temporary one to get it going.

I'm hoping to stock various pond type goldfish in the tanks. 

A few fish on Aquabid

Here are a couple fish on Aquabid: Click here

A few shots of fish going home

Larry's Lionheads

Clyde's Comets

Mid June's Shubunkin fry

I saved about a dozen eggs from some yarn mops in the main pond in mid June. I think the parents were largely Shubunkin.

They are raised in greenwater and daphnia and grew quickly.  Fairly consistent with my theory of an inch of fish per month if keep growing well.

While harvesting some daphnia from my main culture today I found an escaped fish. It's about 5 weeks old and pushing a solid 2 inches long.

Here is one of the siblings (see all the pictures here) moved to a smaller tub where they've cleaned out all the daphnia.  They are about 1/3 the size of the big pig.

Here's the Blue fish from the same spawn.

Portland Koi and Goldfish Show

Had a great time at the show.  Click here for Pictures.  Met a ton of great people, found a bunch of fish happy homes and brought home the yellow fish.

If anyone took pictures of my booth I would be grateful if you could email me pictures.

Best fishes

David

New Breed: Yellow Matte Commons

Had the good fortune to purchase a new fish at the Portland Koi and Goldfish Show's auction.


They are a Trio of the newest goldfish on the Market: Matte Yellow Common with and Apricot color.


Click here for all the pictures.


Male showing his stars

The Trio

Male

Female one

Female two