Do I need to start digging a pond?

[Epiphanaea]

This is Nova.  She’s theoretically a calico fantail.  Just a Petco fish, no pedigree whatsoever, could be a mix of anything. When I first got her, she was maybe 2”.  Her body was the size of the last joint of my thumb.  That was in June.  She’s now roughly the length of my iPhone SE, nose to end of tail.  And she’s retained a rather long sort of body shape.  Definitely a long double tail, very long and ribbon-ish, even.  And trailing.  

I have read that attempts to resurrect the Watonai breed involve crossing a Ryukin with a Comet, and the end result . . . rather resembles my random mutt of a fish.  I am concerned.  

 

[mynameisnobody]

You should definitely buy it some buddies and start digging. Beautiful fish. 

[nabokovfan87]

Beautiful pattern. Really special fish!

[Epiphanaea]

On 1/3/2024 at 9:29 PM, mynameisnobody said:

You should definitely buy it some buddies and start digging. Beautiful fish. 

She has a buddy, who was bigger than her but now is smaller - but that’s okay, because Nova is just very chill except about food.  Indigo, on the other hand, is a little *ahem* who still thinks this is her tank.  She’s not really the brightest, either, but she’s a tough little thing.  And pretty.  

 

[Retired Geezer]

Beautiful Fish. I bought a bunch of 10 for a dollar 'feeder fish' at Wal*Mart about 15 years ago. I bought them to eat the mosquito larvae in my Horse's water trough.

After the horse departed I put them into a 100 gal pond. Some of them have lasted 15 Idaho winters including the pond icing over a couple of times. Every now and then one dies but I figure I got my moneys worth.

I say go for it. What size is your tank? I've never kept Goldfish indoors so the large and small rocks are new to me.