Where to buy goldfish, and which varieties are easier to keep?

Goldfish are a common ornamental fish species that originated in China and have a history of cultivation of nearly a thousand years. Its predecessor is the domesticated crucian carp, which mutated into the goldfish under home rearing conditions. In addition, goldfish are also a commodity, and the goldfish varieties on the market are extremely numerous, so before buying you need to choose carefully and pick a variety suited to you for keeping. So where should you go to buy goldfish? Which varieties of goldfish are easier to keep? Let's take a look.

Where to buy goldfish?

Many places sell goldfish, such as flower-bird-fish markets and some animal and plant markets, and in some places even the vegetable markets sell goldfish. Of course, before choosing a market it is best to check the reviews and pick a relatively legitimate market to be safe; it is best not to bother with some roadside stalls. Also, when choosing, do not pick goldfish with a rather thin body, an uneven head and tail, or ones that do not stay with the group. At the same time, you should judge whether a goldfish is good or bad by its color, outward features and other aspects.

Which varieties of goldfish are easier to keep?

1. Grass goldfish

The grass goldfish is the primitive type of goldfish, with a long, narrow, spindle-shaped body, small eyes and a single tail. It grows quickly, is lively and bold by nature, and often competes for food at the water surface; it is very popular and well suited to being kept in large lakes.

2. Ryukin goldfish

The Ryukin goldfish is one of the ornamental goldfish. This goldfish has no big eyes, head growth, pom-poms or pearl scales, and its body shape is neat and trim; this goldfish is even easier to keep than the telescope goldfish.

3. Lionhead goldfish

The lionhead goldfish can also be considered an old variety and is relatively simple to keep. In addition, there is the Thai lionhead goldfish that has become popular in recent years, which adapts to large water volumes and deep water levels and is kept by simple, rough-and-ready methods; the ordinary Thai lionhead on the market is also very suitable for beginners to practise with.

4. Tigerhead, Celestial eye

The tigerhead and celestial eye may be a bit harder to keep than the Ryukin and telescope goldfish, but compared with the Ranchu, bubble eye, cat lionhead, pearl scale and the like, they are still much easier to keep. As long as we can select healthy fish, keeping them will also be relatively easy.

5. Telescope goldfish

The biggest feature of the telescope goldfish is its big eyes, and the varieties are also very rich, such as the pure black and pure red telescope goldfish, and the red telescope goldfish is easier to keep than the black one. The pure white and panda ones are rather hard to keep, and the derived butterfly-tail goldfish is harder to keep than the ordinary telescope.

The above is an introduction to buying goldfish and the varieties of goldfish to keep. I wonder where everyone buys goldfish? And which varieties of goldfish have you kept? You are welcome to leave comments for discussion.

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