goldenswimmers Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) While there are unique & rare types of goldfish....there are also rare and hard to find colour patterns with goldfish...some of these "pop up" in Australia from time to time and many are unstable(being unable to consistently produce offspring with the same qualities)...I think there is so much that can still be done with goldfish and many colours are still "untapped"...some colour patterns are secure in some varieties like the black and white in a panda butterfly and yet the same colour scheme is very rare in the ranchu variety for example....I think alot of colours are still to be discovered and secured especially when you consider what patterns are available with their relative...the koi....So thought it'd be good to show off some of the rare/unique colour patterns out there....feel free to post any pics and comment on any goldies with unique or uncommon colours....love to see whats out there... lets get the ball rolling with the "panda" collection... Apparently the panda colour was secured in the ranchu variety by Tung Hoi aquarium industries(probably Chinas biggest and most successful goldfish farm) but they lost all of the breeding stock to a disease that affected their farm...maybe they are keeping them a secret... Anyways heres some examples... The above ranchu are examples of what Tung Hoi were producing....a "matt" white scaled ranchu with black...these were stable because of the "matt" scale colouring.... and heres an unstable panda ranchu with metallic scales(most goldfish have this type of scaling and this colouring can fade or even completely change colour) Edited July 25, 2012 by goldenswimmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Other "panda" coloured varieties....these guys are pretty much rare in any variety....other than the the panda butterfly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 some panda pearlscales.. and more panda oranda.. and a nice ryukin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 And so now a bit of a "new" rare colour on the scene....kirin... Kirin is pretty much a "calico base" with black/blue dominating the top half of the fish....this colour is found more in ranchu varieties and its believed to have been developed in China where a few breeders can produce this quite regularly...The colours they have used to cross/create kirin have been kept a secret so yep its still rare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) kirin colour pattern on other varieties... Oranda Ryukin Edited July 26, 2012 by goldenswimmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 How about Sakura....another colour pattern that is not very common but is definitely a lot more common than the kirin and panda colour patterns... Sakura is an orange/red and white pattern but the top scale layer is a mixture of transparent (or matte)and the standard "metallic" scales..... heres some examples of the sakura colour scheme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southfish Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Wow nice fish, my personal fav in the ranchu. My work gets in some really nice goldfish aswell, if only i could afford them, so expensive. Here is an example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 (edited) I noticed this video from the same guys who made your ryukin video...this is your kirin colour pattern..very nice Edited July 30, 2012 by goldenswimmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
