Here's a picture of Hoss from today. Once again, kinda hard to see, and the blue water doesn't help either.

I want to capture a pic of him where you can see all of his fins, they're all visible!! Even his little arm fins.

beer belly hoss! LMAO makes me want to go "yeeeeeeeeeeehawwww!" that's probably what he says as he swims back and forth in the tank LOLOL

OMG Erika he is Huge.

So what's the latest at "Putman's Goldie Ranch? How are Hoss and Little Joe today???? You feeding them pro-gold,huh? Mighty fine grub that Pro-Gold!

No you moron, it's the goldfish pellets from goldfishconnection!!! Ya want me to send you some and see if your fish like it? (They will!)

As an update...... Hoss is a bully, I caught him biting another fish and shaking his head back and forth! I was like "AHHHHHH!!!". Little stink. He's a good 3 or 4 times bigger than the rest of em.

Oh what beautiful little babies you have!!! They are all adorable.

And the parents are all beautiful too.

Jessica

thanks Jess, were you popping in here to scope out a potential fish??? Huh????

But of course, you know me!! =oP I have a calico telescope that is in the process of turning white. That will be the fourth fish of mine that has turned completely white. Every red and white, or calico with a lot of white has turned completely on me. That is my new buying trick heehee.


Jessica

The same thing happens to me all the time. Good thing we white fish.

Erika, how's the bay-bays?

they're doing well, thanks brat. Hoss has some competition though as there's one more fry that's about his size in there. I never noticed that there was 2 huge fish, so apparently, Hoss is 2! The others don't seem to be growing very much. I don't know why. Everyone's healthy, eating well, and it looks like Hoss (the original) is developing some different coloring...... POSSIBLY a blue? He has a very interesting tail too. He's definetly a special little guy.

I still have 20+ fry, but I cull about 1 0r 2 a week, so we'll see what I end up with.

Can someone tell me what you mean by "culling"? and i hope its not what i think it is.....

Yeah, it is.....

When fry are born, hatched whatever, many of them have deformaties that will keep them from growing or reaching adulthood. Culling is the term for removing these fry and humanely euthanizing them. It sounds cruel, but it's not if it's done the right way. What's more cruel is letting these fish grow into deformed adults who suffer through life because of their deformaties....... this is my definition of culling anyway. Breeders will take it so far as to cull fry for undesireable characteristics as missing an anal fin, or things that will otherwise not harm the fish at all. I'm not doing that because I'm not trying to raise "show" fish. I'm raising "pets". Most of my adult fish are imperfect, so I wouldn't DREAM of culling the babies for cosmetic reasons.......

aww.... that's sooo sad but I guess that's what has to be done.....geez and i was sooo looing forward to breeding... :crp

Yeah.....I'm kind of partial to blue myself.......

LOL, well Hoss is promised to someone already, but if he IS a blue, I'm sure he won't be the only one!!

Anyone we know??? Isn't it time to show some more updated pics?

Hoss is Toothy's! BUT, Spud is just as big, and getting darker. He's not "claimed" yet! Here's some pics of Hoss, and the picture of the fry eating at the bottom has Spud in it.

Well of course you can have one Jill, you pay shipping, which I haven't checked on yet....

Hoss is too funny!!!!!!It's amazing how much bigger he is from even Spud!! He looks like he ate Spud for a snack. I'm with Martin on that big head and Buggy eyes!!!! hahahahaha----it really does make him so adorable!!!!

I got bad news..... Hoss is dead. I have no idea what happened either. I went to feed them last night, and I didn't see him anywhere....... then I moved the moss around and he was in it, dead. I don't know if maybe he had some sort of internal deformation that took him or what...... Oh, Paul's gonna be devastated.

Oh, the trials and tribulations of raising fry. (sigh).

Excuse me for cutting in this thread but I have been raising 4 frys myself for about 6 weeks now and like Errrika1979,one of them is just a lot more bigger than the others.I have noticed yesterday that one of my fry's dorsal fin(half of it)is gone and the other one's tailfin is torn also.I'm assuming that they were atttacked by the big fry.Is it possible?Do you have any similar experience raising your frys?Will it be better to separate them?Sorry for all the questions desperate for answers.Please help.....thanks!

Poor Hoss.......Erika,you're doing your best.....With Hoss being so much bigger,there must have been something going on,ya know? Dont beat yourself up on it....I'm sure Toothy will understand and claim good ole'Spud

Awww man! :crp

Poor little (big) guy! I guess natural selection is at it here. Maybe he had some internal stuff going on that you couldnt see. Either way, I'll be happy with whichever one you decide to send me.

So, how many bay-bays (good one heather!) do you think youve got left in there?

I'd say that I still have 25 or so.... still A LOT!!!!

Oh man, Erika...so sorry to hear about Hoss! That's so sad.

Well, I got the babies moved into a 20 gallon now.... they're growing more than I thought they were! Thank goodness, I was getting worried. I see a few more that have problems, it seems to be swimbladder problems. Anyone heard of this?

So?????What's the latest?????How in the heck are you going to get rid of them all if you don't keep them updated for us?

I haven't updated much lately cuz there's no news really.... my fish are way to small for their age.. they should be 3 times the size they are. I don't know if it's been water quality or waht, but for now I'm just trying to get em growing again. :crp

How are the fry, have they grown? How many are there?

The Old Hag

Hehe. They're doing much better!!!!! I haven't had ONE die since Hoss. They're getting big too.........this is a pic of them a couple weeks ago.

Wow, look on how big they have gotten!! Good job, girl!!

More pics, taken today. You can really see size differences between them!

Shawna, this is the one I think you should have, I call him "Solo".

Here's Spud.

Spud again, he likes to turn his back when I take pics of him.... I'm thinking Tang is his father cuz Tang is snotty too.

Bad pic, sorry, but you get an idea.

wow !! look at their guts!!! they are precious! somebody's a happy schmappy proud grandmammy!

Yes, yes I am.... at least I don't show the pics to strangers though! Then'd I'd be crazy!

Erika, the babies look great! Unbelievable how they can all be in different growth rates ,huh? You have done well!

I just love solo .Hes so cute he's mine .

Ok, she said it!!!

Solo is taken ladies and gents! Spud is too....... but I still have about 10 or 12 more!!

Errika, your fry are awesome! Those are really great pictures.

I must be a visual person but having pictures added to posts makes it so exciting 8)

Congrats on your babies! Some look like they are fan tail some look like standard is that correct or am i just missing it?

Hey Shawneesgoldie,

Were gonna have related goldies!

I can't wait til Spud is big enough to ship out!

Erika are you maybe feeding them a little too much? I know they get pot bellies after eating but my those bellies are monsters. And the turning over thing has me worried?????

I use to think so, but they only eat twice a day, and it's a small amount of crushed Progold and spirulina. Some of em do have huge bellies, I know, but what I've noticed is that their stomachs look HUGE for ahwile, then their bodies catch up to em.

So which one is going to be white? mwahahahaha I can't wait for them to get colour =oP

They are beautiful babies! Good work.


Jessica

Wow, what a difference in size some of them are! Most of my fry are relatively close in size still. I really wanted one of your babies, but them mine spawned and now it's out of the question.

How old are they now? Well, I gues I could look at the begining of this thread to find that out, huh.

Glad to see they are doing well!!!

Hi Paul
Were going to be related isnt that cool.
I to cant wait untill I get solo . They are getting so big and they grow so fast its amazing.
I deffinatly want him to be bigger to be able to handle the trip to Arizona . Im alittle scared though Never had fish shipped. Our carrier service really sux out hear in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah, he definetly has some growing to do before he's ready. Once he's ready, I will of course take every precaution available to make sure the fish get to their new owners...... it'd devastate me if they didn't!