liljohn_83 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 so i milked my commets at the end of winter left the fry in a 500 ltr tub and the birds got most of them i still have 100 odd and have some interesting colors i had two males different colors and one female solid orrange now my question 's only 2 had color now 5 have colors atm ? this is a bit disshatening most of the uncolord appear to be bronze/gold will they continue to color up one by one and will they stay athe color they get to at 5 cm or will they continue to change ? or is it a each fish is an idividual and not realy a definate anser john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric yellow cichlids Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 hmm didnt you put a net over the tub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 nup its ok they got used a feeders just wat they breed for anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 nup its ok they got used a feeders just wat they breed for anyways i did have a net but thees birds are smart and yeh i realy only wanto keep 15 odd to breed next season the rest are a dietry thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljohn_83 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 nup its ok they got used a feeders just wat they breed for anyways i did have a net but thees birds are smart and yeh i realy only wanto keep 15 odd to breed next season the rest are a dietry thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutters187 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Bronze is the dominant colour so I'd think you'd usually get some bronze ones with any comet you breed. They won't change colour just get bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I think you'll find the majority will head towards the colour of their parents...this bronze period all goldfish go through it..unless you get calico,etc...after the bronze period they will darken towards a blackish colour then change colours towards the gold...a small few might stay bronze or even mixed colour and some will even change colours as full adults...genetically they naturally want to change to this "gold" colour..its in the genes...hardest part of breeding the fancy guys is maintaining the colours...so genetically it depends on parents/bloodlines and every fish will have an individual make up....if you want to keep the nicest guys to breed again next season...try to get out duds(bad finnage,etc)as early as possible to avoid the top ones having to fight bum fish for food....feed the bums to a hungry big guy for a treat(but make sure your not introducing any bad bacteria by doing this)...also not sure the birds got through your netting..unless you know for sure...more chance the bigger babies are eating the smaller ones...unless your controlling the feeding and all fish are growing pretty much equally....if you leave them to their own vices..you will find a few will super size pretty quickly dominating food etc and eating any babies that stay too small.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
