Are baby gold fish coloured

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Dean & Melissa Williams - 16 Jul 2005 03:34 GMT

Are baby gold fish coloured or are they all bronze from when they hatch
until several months of age ?
As compared to Koi which can be coloured from the time they hatch .

Any advice is appreciated
Outbackdean

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Andy - 16 Jul 2005 14:12 GMT

> Are baby gold fish coloured or are they all bronze from when they hatch
> until several months of age ?
> As compared to Koi which can be coloured from the time they hatch .

Generally it won't be until the fry are around 2 months old that you'll
be able to see some colour - even then it's likely to change.

I've put some pictures of my fry from this year online, here:

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_a.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_b.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_c.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_d.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_e.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_f.jpg
http://www.pxl8.co.uk/fry_g.jpg

The mother was a shubunkin but the fry are varied - some natural bronze
while others show a lot of colour.

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Gail Futoran - 16 Jul 2005 18:22 GMT

>> Are baby gold fish coloured or are they all bronze from when they hatch
>> until several months of age ?
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> The mother was a shubunkin but the fry are varied - some natural bronze
> while others show a lot of colour.

The two surviving fry in my goldfish pond last
year looked like minnows (the steelhead kind,
not the rosy red kind) until they were about
6 months old. Eventually they turned solid
gold for the one, and reddish-gold & white
for the other. So it's not just the shubunkin that
are dark when young.

Gail

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Reel Mckoi - 17 Jul 2005 05:05 GMT

> Are baby gold fish coloured or are they all bronze from when they hatch
> until several months of age ?
> As compared to Koi which can be coloured from the time they hatch .
>
> Any advice is appreciated
> Outbackdean

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Our sarassas are brown as fry, then turn red and white or white in less than
a year. The Shubunkins are not hatched out all brown but are clear, spotted
etc from a very small size.

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jc - 19 Jul 2005 20:46 GMT

> Are baby gold fish coloured or are they all bronze from when they hatch
> until several months of age ?

Goldfish fry are clear at birth. After 1/2 month color will start to develop
that generally takes 50-60 days. However, color changes can happen as long
as 2-3 years depending on fish type.

jc

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Are baby gold fish coloured