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Posted by Gfishery on March 20, 2005, 2:31 pm
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> I did the same 'mistake' once and bought a couple of very cute and black
> orange gold fish once and thought that they would stay that color. They
> dont, they just look funny until they get their 'normal' orange color, but
> when I started with the goldfish's I didn't know that...
I think Calico Fantails retain their mixed colorings into adulthood.
> > Would a 2mm-wide black lining along the entire edge of my orange fantail's
> caudal fin and a 1mm-wide black lining along it's dorsal
> > fin be able to disappear in just 3 weeks as a result of maturing?
> > I though these color changes take quite a bit of time to develop.
>
> That sounds like the fish has recovered from amonia burn in th past, you
> sometimes see that if the edges of the fins has become damaged by finrot or
> amonia burns, when the tissue grows back it starts out black and then turns
> orange over a couple of weeks...
Wish I had known that a month ago. But things look good in my tank now.
> > My 2nd fantail (Clinton) is completely orange now and looks just like my
> first fantail (Carter).
>
> You named them :-)
Yeah, and my Red Cap Oranda is named Reagan :)
The Republican is not giving the Democrats a fair chance at the food at feeding
time :)
But the Democrats have been known to gang up on the Republican.
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