Black Comet

[Sonny]

I went to the local fish store today to buy some blood worms and I stopped by their goldfish section.  Usually they don't have anything that I'm interested in but today they had a tank with four comets in it.  They said someone had brought them in from their pond about six weeks ago and that they were going to a big aquarium at a local furniture store (Gallery Furniture).  I said "too bad because I would love to have a black comet like that".  I had never seen one that color in person before.  Well, he went back to double check and the manager said they were tired of waiting for the other folks to come pick them up and I could buy them if I wanted.  So I feel very lucky to have got this black comet.  It's about thirteen inches from tip to tip.  It's not really black but sort of olive/blue/black/?.

Here's a pic from the tank at the store:



And here are a few more after he got to my house:

[newbieincaliprincess]

  LUCKY!!!! CONGRATS!!! I would be singing for joy right now!!! What a black beauty! 

[Kittyzee]

Beautiful Sonny!  Do you think he will stay that way?  Mine sometimes start out like that then turn orange or white.

[Sonny]

Beautiful Sonny!  Do you think he will stay that way?  Mine sometimes start out like that then turn orange or white.

I sure hope it stays that color.  It's old enough to where I would hope the color is permanent.  Although I understand there is a chance for water conditions to affect it.  If you look closely in some of the pics you can see an orange hue, almost as if the skin under the scales is orange.

I've always liked Chagoi (a type of solid colored koi) and this is a good substitute for my bonsai koi pond (aka goldfish pond). 

[Reedman]

Nice fish!

I have 4 solid black goldfish - all black midnight blue shubunkins without any blue or white.  I usually can only see them when the sun is shining bright.

[Sonny]

Nice fish!

I have 4 solid black goldfish - all black midnight blue shubunkins without any blue or white.  I usually can only see them when the sun is shining bright.

Thanks Reedman...  would love to see pics of your black fish.  I'm curious about them since they are rare in my experience.

[miguynmkoi]

Very big pretty fish! 

I too have a black shub and it would have gone to the turtles except it has beautiful long flowing fins.

[Sonny]

Very big pretty fish! 

I too have a black shub and it would have gone to the turtles except it has beautiful long flowing fins.

Thanks Annette!

Got pics of your black fish?   

[Reedman]

I'll try to take some pics, but it is supposed to be rainy here in southcentral PA for days.

[jw]

I've got a darkish colored comet also but it's only about 3 or 4 inches so it could change but I hope not. Geez, I hope mine gets that big. He's beautiful.

[knight7453]

I have 2 that are that color that were born in my pond 11 years ago and have grown to about a foot. I figured they crossed with a common gold fish that has lived in my pond for the last 14 years that my daughter won at a carnival that she named “Lucky” and my comets. I don’t even talk about them much since they are difficult to see and when kids look at my pond I refer to them as the phantom fish.
Unfortunately they stay on the bottom of the pond and seem to only feed on the bottom and only occasional come to the top.
Their shy behavior is probably the reason they survived.

[Joyce]

Awesome fish Jim!   

[SueSTx]

I love that fish.

Mine is a home bred cross 4 years old.  Found in with the fantails when they were kept seperate.  It and a nice longtailed goldie were my first surviving fry.



There is another 3 year old with a more coppery undertone.  I have had a lot stay dark.  It would be interesting to try to breed them in a seperate tank just to see what happens.