THEY GROW SO FAST! // 4 Week Baby Goldfish Update
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Published 2017-04-14
Two weeks ago I showed you a video of my new baby goldfish (which are called fry) when they were just 1 week old. Since then I've been collecting footage of them and in this video, you'll get to see them at 2 weeks old and 4 weeks old. They've grown so much! You can now make out the neat rows of scales and it's so fun to watch them gobble up the live baby brine shrimp they are fed. Soon they will graduate on to gel food and frozen brine shrimp. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at my process for culling goldfish fry and culturing and feeding live baby brine shrimp for my fry.
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All Comments (21)
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Hey guys! For more information about why culling is important and how goldfish breeders cull their fry, please read my blog post here ► solidgoldaquatics.com/2014/12/11/my-thoughts-on-cu… And don't forget to check the description section above for more details and links! ;)
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Keeping goldfish has to be hard. I'm too emotionally weak to euthanize fry. I know it's for their own good but I'm not a serious breeder so I wouldn't be able to handle this.
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I bought a fish that had a obvious tail flip defect at a pet store knowing I wont be able to breed it ,but idk I still have it and love it like any of my other fish.
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Well now I know why my black Moor Goldfish has an up bent tail. I thought it might have been broken but he swims just fine. Now I know he's probably just deformed and should have been culled but never was. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm going to keep my fish though. I still like him. lol
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well if you take into account all the fish that survive in the wild. you are actually doing what nature does.
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You should put some of your brine shrimp under your microscope!!!
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Firstly,the passion or the fact of being a true breeder of fish lies within a few personalities only! Solid gold(jenny) is one of them no doubt. Jenny shares her experiences and all her hardships too as a breeder and motivates the rest! As solid gold also has shaped my mind being a breeder of fish. Thank you jenny! 100k subscribers, I am just waiting for this to happen!
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For those of you who haven't been doing their research (i.e. her blog post), culling usually entails that the babies are not fit for growing out, selling, etc. so breeders will either euthanize the fish, or the culled fry are separated and eventually given away or sold at a lower price. She also states in the video that she uses clove oil for culling. Clove oil is a sedative substance to many fish and a high enough dosage (which isn't a lot) will humanely euthanize fish.
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They are adorable! Its crazy how fast they grow vs my baby betta fry. I've tried to address culling fry (as a first time bettta breeder)..but I can't seem to get people to understand that its a necessary part of breeding. Some people still get upset... or mad..or ask me if I can give them the deformed fry. Their intentions are kind..but sometimes the kindest thing is to humanely euthanize fish that would not have a good quality of life.
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I'm glad you're putting in the effort to breed healthy goldfish. I would love to see a video on culling.
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Ive been a fish keeper of, um, ugh...35 years. Jenni inspired me to jump start my goldfish keeping again. I'm working on more tanks, tubs and hopeful that I can do this full-time as a hobby within a year and quit my career😆
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I can't wait for 2 more weeks for the next update of these guys hehehe :) so cool watching them grow :)
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Alot of good things i see on your videos about taking care of your goldfish fry
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Is the first time I can see goldfish babies. Nice job.
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In regards to fancy goldfish being purposely bred to have desirable "deformities" by bringing out recessive genes, I wonder whether or not this aspect of goldfish breeding is any better for the fish than something like a crooked spine or tail. I would like to see more healthy discussion about this issue, and what we can do to make sure our fish are being well cared for in light of the reality of fancy goldfish breeding. We have to remember that these fish may not be entirely healthy to begin with, which raises further questions about the uncomfortableness of "culling" young fry...
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loved seeing how you weed out the goldfish, I have been keeping goldfish since I was 16 and I'm now 26 and thanks to you and a few other YouTubers I'm more successful and more confident and enjoy my hobby even more. one day I would like to drop some money on a really nice oranda...but until then I'm happy...well I want a thrid tank.... lol
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One day you should put all your clips into one video and do and in depth video on how to raise fry for beginners!!! Including like tank size and feeding amounts etc
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You need more recognition. Everything you do is much more amazing than some of the other channels involving animals, in my opinion. Keep up the good work!
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They're already so beautiful! I can't wait for their color to begin to develop within the next few weeks!
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Such good in depth information. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Culling is important and sadly necessary. How often do you do your water changes?
