kiwiraka Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I love the look of koi... but probably not a good idea.... :cry1: So how hard would it be to breed some shubunkins to have a more koi like look? Will the colours be as bright? Can the yellowy white on some goldfish be bred to make it as white as you see in good koi? And could the red and black be selectively bred into a more vibrant shade? It's a shame that they don't grow as big as koi though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_monkey Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7azss ... rRmi-iuGLQ she has some amazing looking gold fish. and should answer most of your questions will probably be hard to source some with that quality of genetics though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 As goldfish have been banned imports for so many years (or made so difficult and expensive to do that nobody wants to do it) the genetic pool of most here is very poor. There are so-called koi goldfish (because of their colouring) on the market but whether there are any here I'm not sure. I have seen some very large goldfish too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks for your replies I will check that link out later, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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