finfayce
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thank you for clarifying. although Petco charged me more for a shubunkin. i just put the goldfish in her new larger tank. i’m not done setting up the tank with substrate.The fish in the picture is just a white and pale yellow fantail (double tail) goldfish.
Shubunkins are a streamlined fish with a single tail, and have a mottled pattern consisting of 3-4 colours.
There are also calico fantail goldfish, which have the shubunkin colouring but the double tail and body of a fantail goldfish like the fish in the picture.
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You should add some substrate to the tank to make the fish feel more secure. A dark colour will help improve the colour of the fish.
The fish should also get plant matter in its diet. You can grow Duckweed (a small floating plant) in the aquarium and the fish will eat that. You can also feed it peas, spinach, cucumber, zuchinni and various other fruits and veges. Just make sure they are clean and free of chemicals. And don't feed fish on onions or onion relatives, and no potatoe.
thanks- at the time i bought her i wasn’t sure what shubunkin goldfish look like. i paid a bigger price for a shubunkin.Shubunkins have a single tail and are multi coloured
Fantails are better in Aquariums than Shubunkins anyhow, so you have done well. I am surprised that Shubunkins are worth more than Fantails in New Zealand any double tailed fish is worth more than a single tailthanks- at the time i bought her i wasn’t sure what shubunkin goldfish look like. i paid a bigger price for a shubunkin.
i still think she is beautiful.
Same deal in Australia, fantails cost more than single tail fish.Fantails are better in Aquariums than Shubunkins anyhow, so you have done well. I am surprised that Shubunkins are worth more than Fantails in New Zealand any double tailed fish is worth more than a single tail
interesting. i don’t have confidence in petco’s knowledge base. i have birds and have had many kinds for 30 years and the stuff employees tell is wrong. i buFantails are better in Aquariums than Shubunkins anyhow, so you have done well. I am surprised that Shubunkins are worth more than Fantails in New Zealand any double tailed fish is worth more than a single tail
what sort of birds do you keep?interesting. i don’t have confidence in petco’s knowledge base. i have birds and have had many kinds for 30 years and the stuff employees tell is wrong. i bu