I've got my heart set on getting a bubble eye but am having a very hard time finding one. Anyway I found an online supply site with dragon eyes listed as one of the fish they sell, no explanation as to what they are and no picture either. I have a funny feeling it just means telescope eyes, but figured I'd double check that it dosn't mean bubble eyes.

Thanks
Emma

not 100% positive, but im pretty sure they are telescopes.

Yup, Peaches is right. They are either telescopes or black moores (they are telescopes too)

This is interesting. This is the site I'm looking at. About half way down are Panda Butterfly's which quite obviously have telescope eyes, then right below it is a panda dragon eye.

Blah idiot me forgot the link LOL

http://www.livefish.com.au/index.php?main_...sort=20a&page=2

I've emailed em asking about dragon eyes and if they'll stock bubble eyes. LOL I cant belive how hard it is to find em, they used to be everywhere.

I think "dragon-eye" might refer to a particular type of telescope-eye, or moor.

In the way that you hear the term "globe-eye" also sometimes used to describe telescope-eyes/moors, I think it simply refers to a certain shape or look that it has. "Telescope" fits for those fish whose eyes have semi-straight sides, while "globe" fits for those whose eyes are extremely rounded.

I vaguely remember seeing a picture of a dragon-eye at some point where the eyes, aside from the typical protruding, also looked a little different from run-of-the-mill telescopes. Something in the pupil area...? It's been quite a while so I'm not sure, but I may dig around and see if I can find that picture again. I may have even saved it on my home computer.

In any case, they're all the same type of goldfish, it's just that there are small differences that can be noted--like short-tailed vs. long-tailed, or metallic vs. matte vs. spangle scales, but less obvious.

dragon eyes are a telescope goldfish like this one.....

Well according to the guy who emailed back dragon eyes are fish with butterfly tails and telescope eyes.

Sigh they do ahve bubble eyes in now, but my Mum doesn't like the fact its $22 for the fish $11.50 postage, guess I'm gonna need to keep lookin.

yeah, Dragoneyes are usually chinese bred, the chinese call telescopes 'dragoneyes'...

Don't worry Emma, it's just sometimes it's seasonal and what they can import from overseas, so you might have to wait a few months for your bubbleeye, keep trying your LFS, they get their stuff from an importer who sends out lists of fish that they've got 'instore' (recently imported), -if you get on the good side of the lfs clerks (often they do the ordering, or at least can pass on requests from returning clients for special orders)

LOL LFS is happy to special order things for me, its me who dosnt want them to LOL. The stockist for them never supplies the right things, sometimes you get absolute scores other times well. LOL lets see one of the girls there is a fish fanatic like me and she tried to order an albino bristle nose. She got an albino sailfin pleco, which she didn't have room for. My females guppies turned up yesterday and they all for some odd reason were males, thankfully they were able to add them to their male guppy for sale tank since I didnt want em. I dread to think of what'd turn up if I ask for a bubble eye goldfish.

I've asked em to call me if bubble eye goldfish do turn up in an order, so guess I'm just gonna have to sit down and wait pooey LOL, the tanks cycled for the fishy and everything, only thing missing is the fish.