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goldfishcouncil
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
Buy It Now Auction Starts Monday 22 May 2017, 5 pm EDT
Come check us out for some rare domestic breeder grown fish! Tonight (May 22nd 2017 5PM EDT) is the launch of the another TGC Breeder’s Auction. Previous auctions have been a great success with donated fish sold to help fund The Goldfish Council’s upcoming goldfish research projects. As with the previous auctions all fish available for sale have been donated to TGC by their breeder’s for fundraising. All proceeds excluding S&H go directly to TGC’s research fund. Once again al
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goldfishcouncil
- May 14, 2017
- 1 min
Ted Tai – 2017 YTD Breeding Projects
It’s hard to believe that we are already in the month of May. The weather here in the Greater Toronto Area has been unseasonably cool. I’m hoping that the weather warms up soon so that I can move most of my goldfish into the outdoor pond. This year, I’ve had quite a few spawns and am raising LOTS of fry. Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity for numerous spawns due to my out of town travel for work. However, I was still able to breed my tosakins, Bristol shubunkins, calico
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goldfishcouncil
- Apr 13, 2017
- 4 min
Blog 2017 – 10: Food, Floating, Fry, and Future by Gary Hater
Above, baby Ranchu from my TOKS line that became free swimming on Valentine’s day, after hatching two days earlier. Many people fail to realize, that until the fry are free swimming you feed nothing. Also, at this stage, try never to use a net, they are just too tender. For many of us, breeding season and fry raising is upon us. For the folks, up North with no indoor hobby the anticipation is ramping up. For me the game begins with seven Ranchu spawns since January 8th. Let t
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goldfishcouncil
- Apr 11, 2017
- 1 min
Happy Anniversary! 11 April 2017 President’s Blog
On April 22, 2017, The Goldfish Council will be one year old. We are a United State’s IRS regulated non-profit. We are regulated as a 501(c)3 charity. Our Treasurer Matt Lyon, is filing our first tax returns with the IRS this week. Yes, we have a few dollars. If you read our by-laws (found here), they dictate that we have our first election to rotate a portion of our board. Our Director of Membership, Joshua McWilliams will be emailing all our paid members to see if they woul
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goldfishcouncil
- Apr 5, 2017
- 1 min
05 April 2017 President’s Blog
Something new! There will soon be articles posted here on the website. Articles will be more detailed and a little longer than a blog. Our VP of Programs, Robert Crosby, has a new piece upcoming as do I with an article coming out later today. For my article I have been doing trials on steamed chicken eggs for fry and slightly older juvenile fish. Adding a step by step for your fun and enjoyment. A preview picture is below. Gary Hater
President #RobertCrosby #homemadefood #fr
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goldfishcouncil
- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
MAKING A NEW LINE- WHATS INVOLVED
F1 fish showing broadtail and color Heavy bodied F1s in with the male. Another F1 Well, I have looked at black fish for many years and yes, they are my favorite, but what about having some fish with the same bodies and broadtails as the moors, but in a different color? I have been intrigued by this for some years, but when I tried it a couple of times, the resulting fish were either
A. Mud colored
B. Not worth keeping, even after 2 generations.
Well, I would like to say th
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goldfishcouncil
- Feb 20, 2017
- 3 min
The Fishroom Diaries-Back to the Lowly Box Filter
Have you ever noticed how for some people, the aquarium hobby is as much about filtration as it is about the fish? I can remember my first aquarium- a five gallon metal framed tank with a small corner box filter. The filter media were “angel hair”, or spun glass, and charcoal. At that time, I had no concept of biological filtration, and the entire filter contents was discarded and replaced monthly, which meant that water quality probably worsened every time I “cleaned” the fi
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goldfishcouncil
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Fish Adventure!
Over the past few months, there has been an abundance of high quality goldfish being imported into fish stores across the Greater Toronto Area. These grade A, AA & AAA goldfish are coming from various farms in China, Thailand and Singapore. A few weeks ago, my cousin Billy Tai and I ventured out to a number of fish stores across the Greater Toronto Area. We have been doing this ‘fish store adventure’ for over 25 years now and we always have a great time. Sometimes we come hom
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goldfishcouncil
- Jan 30, 2017
- 1 min
Third TGC Breeder’s Auction – Live Tonight (Jan 30th) 8PM EST
Tonight (January 30th 8PM EST) is the launch of the third TGC Breeder’s Auction. The two auctions have been a great success with over $600 USD in donated fish sold to help fund The Goldfish Council’s upcoming goldfish research projects. As with the previous auctions all fish available for sale have been donated to TGC by their breeder’s for fundraising. All proceeds excluding S&H go directly to TGC’s research fund. Once again all fish are available only via “Buy Now” price. T
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goldfishcouncil
- Jan 20, 2017
- 4 min
Blog 2017 – 8: Food, Floating, Fry, and Future by Gary Hater
Above, Veiltails must be fed enough pellets to develop a deep body before the age of one, or they cannot manage their tail weight. Prepared foods are used by almost all fish keepers. We have a few ambitious fish chefs making gel food their dominant feed of choice, most of us are using pellets first and gel and frozen foods as a supplement. As you watch, listen and post on various web sites and face book sites, I am always amazed how some people are so zealous about food. They
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goldfishcouncil
- Jan 16, 2017
- 1 min
Second TGC Breeder’s Auction – Live Tonight (Jan 16th) 8PM EST
Tonight (January 16th 8PM EST) is the launch of the second TGC Breeder’s Auction. The first auction was a great success with $302 USD in donated fish sold to help fund The Goldfish Council’s upcoming goldfish research projects. As with the last auction all fish available for sale have been donated to TGC by their breeder’s for fundraising. All proceeds excluding S&H go directly to TGC’s research fund. Also like last auction all fish are available only via “Buy Now” price. Thi
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goldfishcouncil
- Jan 12, 2017
- 3 min
The Fishroom Diaries- Make Room for Daphnia
January 12th, 2017 By Rob Crosby All experienced goldfish breeders are familiar with the challenge of keeping young fry adequately fed with live food throughout the first 6-8 weeks of life. Newly hatched brine shrimp (sometimes referred to as bbs for short), are the usual favorite amongst breeders as a first food, and an essential part of the breeding process. However, relying solely on brine shrimp has its drawbacks too; optimum brine shrimp hatching requires a 24 hour incub
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goldfishcouncil
- Jan 2, 2017
- 1 min
First TGC Breeder’s Auction – Live Tonight (Jan 2nd) 8PM EST
Tonight is the night! The first TGC Breeder’s Auction will go live tonight (January 2nd) at 8PM EST. This first auction is being run as a fixed price sale. So all fish are listed at their buy it now price and bidding will not be required. We’re excited to have goldfish donated for the auction by Matt Lyon, Gary Hater, Bao Gia Dang, Amy Sims Shonka, and Waverly Goldfish in this week’s auction. All proceeds from tonight’s auction excluding shipping costs are donated directly to
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goldfishcouncil
- Dec 30, 2016
- 3 min
The Fishroom Diaries-Culling fry (part 2)
In my last post, I reviewed the reasons and general methods for culling fry, and as a follow up post, I want to raise some important considerations about fry density, and best culling practices under different circumstances. Certain, breeds or types offer the advantage of having distinctive traits that can be selected for at a very early stage. Personally, I think these types are the most satisfying for the hobbyist breeders. If you consider that commercial goldfish farms aim
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goldfishcouncil
- Dec 13, 2016
- 1 min
Canadian Eh?
Welcome! Over the years, I have kept and bred many breeds and colours of goldfish. My two favourite breeds are tosakin and crown pearlscale goldfish. I have lived in the Greater Toronto Area (Toronto, Guelph, Mississauga, Burlington), as well as in Ottawa and Calgary. Over the years, I have been fortunate to have travelled extensively across Canada. My job/career has allowed me to travel to almost every province including the territories as well as to major cities and many ru
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goldfishcouncil
- Dec 10, 2016
- 1 min
TGC Breeder’s Auction – Official Launch
The Goldfish Council is proud to announce the official launch of the TGC Breeder’s Auction. The TGC Breeder’s Auction is a new online goldfish marketplace for trusted domestic breeders to be able to sell their goldfish to fellow hobbyists. The auction is launching in 2017 with the first auction scheduled to open January 2nd at 8PM EST. For the first quarter of 2017 all breeders selling in the auction are TGC™ board members. Initially all fish sold in the auction will have bee
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goldfishcouncil
- Dec 6, 2016
- 1 min
News for December 2016
The Goldfish Council sales and auction page will be open for business the first two weeks in January. Auction Master, Bao Gia Dang and a group of associates have been chugging away at getting the sales effort up and running. We are starting out with a fixed price sale and the page will gradually develop into full-fledged auction. TGC receives a portion of each sale to fund education and research efforts on Goldfish. These auctions and online store will be for for members only
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goldfishcouncil
- Dec 2, 2016
- 2 min
Rob’s Fishroom Diaries-Introduction
By Rob Crosby Although I have been keeping and breeding goldfish for about 15 years now, I am always amazed that I can still learn something new just about every day. For most of that 15 years, I had a basement fishroom and several outdoor containers and ponds, however, I recently retired and relocated to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and had to start all over again. There aren’t many homes with basements in this beach community, so I had a problem with how to migrate my fish hobb
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goldfishcouncil
- Nov 28, 2016
- 2 min
Big Fish Small Space – Developing a Plan
By: Joshua McWilliams / Water Pigs By Joshua Pt 2: Developing a Plan So after my initial purchases, I then upgraded my tank to a 55g. I sought out to find some of these marvelous creatures I had been eyeballing through social media. This led me to a US breeder who had a telescope butterfly breeding pair available. He shipped them to me and again I started doing more research on breeding and raising fry. Boy was this overwhelming, I thought to my self how was I gonna be able
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