Female Fantail Goldfish
My tank is cleaned regularly and there are large rocks and plants.
Female fantail goldfish. If your goldfish is black with bulging telescope eyes it is probably a. The female goldfish begins developing eggs inside her body while the male goldfish develops breeding stars on the gill plates and leading rays of the front fins. If your goldfish is metallic yellow or orange with white markings it may be a common or comet goldfish.
Males will be the chasers following closely underneath the belly or behind the females nudging them and sometimes pushing them into objects or plants in the tank or pond. As breeding season approaches the females will begin to develop roe eggs which may cause a bulge on one side making the female look asymmetrical or lop sided. This is going to sound like an oxymoron but the fantail is the simplest of the fancy goldfish species.
Is it best to separate them rather than have the male chase the female. These are marked by their sharp forked tail. If your goldfish is metallic yellow or orange but has a double flowing tail it may be a veiltail or a fantail.
Just like the spawning tubercles in some fish this can be quite noticeable yet in others you may not see it at all. I have male and female fantail goldfish and the female has gone into breeding mode and the male is relentlessly chasing her around. So what exactly is a fantail goldfish.
Female and male goldfish enter a period of warmth and abundance usually a transition from colder weather and less food. One a male bronze fantail i think not sure about name sorry and the other a female orange fantail. And because it doesn t have a ton of crazy stuff going on with its genetics.
Female goldfish are generally a bit rounder than male goldfish. Here are some clues that might help you sort out the male fantail goldfish from the female fantail goldfish. They also tend to be deeper bodied which is useful for identifying sex from a side view.
Female goldfish will show nesting behavior. Female goldfish tend to have a rounder thicker body shape than males of the same age and species. The female goldfish are slightly bigger than the males and look even heavier in the.
My fantail has been rather fat and has been growing increasingly in the past 5 months. I don t particulaly want to go into breeding fish. It doesn t have any unusual features like bubble eyes pom poms on its nose or brain like wens that we see on other fish.
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