My leather goldfish update

Hi,

Of my ten leather goldfish, one has died (second largest) after my heavy water change when I got back from Hong Kong in the end of October. Bummer...The rest are OK.

Five of the nine leathers have de-coloured or are de-colouring. Of the remaining four, one is likely to de-colour, ie, the largest one. The remaining three show no sign of de-colouring at present.

For the leather goldfish which have de-coloured, one is orange, two are golden yellow, two are light beige yellow, one of the beige yellow is the leather with the most complete set of fins. That is, the one with the dorsal fin in the first two leather goldfish that I purchased. The other finless leather from these two is still bronze green in colour.

Here are quick snaps of them in their own tank, so clarity is not great, as I didn't take them out and photograph them individually in clear water. Haven't got time at the moment.

PS: I haven't seen anymore leather goldfish since July, when I acquired these two batches. They are still very precious to me, as I really don't know how many leather goldfish really exist in the world, at least from the view point that they are recognised and the leather breed being maintained.


Best regards,

Bill

© Bill L 15 November 2009

Hong Kong: Goldfish Street or Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok

Hi,

I was in Hong Kong for two weeks during the end of October 2009, here are the photos of my trip at Goldfish Street, Mong Kok.

The most memorable experiences at Goldfish Street were seeing some huge Ryukins and Orandas, in excess of 15 inches and the large black comets (really hybrid carps). These black comet "goldfish" did not have barbels but they definitley weren't goldfish. They were also around at least 17 inches in length.

Also among the non-goldfish: really eye-opening were seeing a sturgeon fish hanging among the bags (bag on right at the topmost photo in this blog) and seeing the Red fin giant gouramis (Osphronemus laticlavius) live! I haven't seen them yet in Australia.

And how dirt cheap they were, AUD $1 = HKD$7 or USD $1 = HKD$7.76,...

A related post on koi photos is in my Mirrorscale koi blog.

The shop vendors generally didn't like people taking photos, some shops had signs up saying no photos. I took as much as I could.

PS: I did not see any blue phoenix eggfish or mirrorscale or leather goldfish in HK.

Best,

Bill

© Bill L 15 November 2009