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
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