Hey! I'm new here, and I have a question about the type of my goldfish.

I'm a pretty advanced freshwater fish keeper, and I have kept fish for over 7 years. I currently have a 29 gallon for tropical fish, and I had a 20-gal. Long to spare, so I decided to try goldfish.  

Just yesterday, my dad and I bought three goldfish of different types that will grow to baseball size. (Black Moor, Oranda, and another type I'm not sure of)

The goldfish is silvery with gold splotches. From what I read online, I'm pretty sure it's a female, but I'm not positive.

It's hard to post pictures from my computer, but I'll attach the picture to this topic. Please reply, as I'd like to know what breed of goldfish it (she?) is! Thanks! (Sorry for the picture quality, and the size, the camera wasn't working. But just ask and I'll see if I can post more pics!)



UPDATE: Okay, I have a hopefully larger version of that picture.

Thanks for replying! I'll try to get some more pictures up soon, so please come back and look in a few days!

Thanks, I tried your advice this morning. I suppose it'll take a while for the colors to change a bit, if they do at all!

Thanks again!

Even if Pebbles (I named her Pebbles) doesn't change, I suppose I like her color - it's very beautiful

Alright. I'm fasting them today (I do this once every week or two), as some of my fish are getting a bit on the chubby side. Oops.

She probably is Lucky for you that it's a very beautiful color as it is
My white and red Oranda is actually losing some red colors :'c She's turning a bit more white :'c But she's still a cutie

ABSOLUTELY! It is the great truth about them goldies! :C Has to be emphasized c:

Yup
for a while now, Pebbles has stayed that color, if not gotten a little brighter

Pebbles is a beauty.  Congrats on finding such a gorgeous girl

Sure Nossie, why not? I'll get the glass cleaned up (I still have yet to do my monthly water change) and i'll take a few pictures and post them here

(I do water change on my goldfish tanks 2-3 times a week). My bad
Correction it's every 4/5 days.

That sounds good
Are you testing the water once a week too?

The ideal is changing 50% every week, you can change less water if you do it more often.
10% doesn't make any possible difference in the end.

Which is why I'm changing 50% every second week, that's perfectly enough My nitrates are left on a level of 25
And I do need to take out half the water to be able to clean the gravel well, there's pretty much of dirt accumulating over the weeks

It depends so much on the tank size, when I had the 10 gallon running I tested for nitrates every second day and they were always up to 40, so I changed 75% of the water in it, and left it alone for another two days *shrug* it's pretty nice to take it easier with the maintenance...

With buckets it's a bit harder, but since it's done pretty rarely, it's okay
It feels so good not having to worry about the water quality!