I went back to read the part about the $800 gold fish. I haven't heard of those breeds. I didn't know they could be that expensive! I have seen koi that were.

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They probably would but I think I'll wait and see if I come across one someday. Shipping and papers can cost a fortune, and I will have to give up one of my others to make room. The white one can go.

Vandalover:
(sorry everyone - this is off subject, but only a little!) I know that I read an article in National Geographic years ago about Oranda goldfish being highly prized in Japan and China. They even do surgery on some of the most prized one.
I also had not heard of the variety that Ordphien mentioned, and after re-reading the post, she may have been saying that was what she paid for multiple fish. Anyway, they are obviously not the goldfish that I flushed as a child!
Steve

Yes, I thought about that afterwards. He didn't say how many fish he bought.
I do know that the oriental peoples love their shows. Koi, succulents- all sorts of things.

I hope you're strange house is beautiful this 1. I'm really digging the color change. How funny I was just thinking of painting my guest room that color.

Yes $800 each. I have nine goldfish total in an indoors tank.
Aside from the tosakins, the rest cost between $300 to $600 each.
But they are show quality fish.
The breeders often have ones that come out with good form and breeding but with nothing remarkable. These are often much more affordable. Actually my fish would be treated as mildly remarkable at best.
I was thinking of getting some of those. That normally cost between $30- $50 each.
You can actually get most of these varieties in pet store.
If you look hard and are patient they can get barges in that have very good form and breeding.
I do love watching the water on a hot sunny day it's really great. And the goldfish are always a delight. I've been trying to find a more shade tolerant water lily. It gets a roughly 4 hours a sign. Which isn't enough for most varieties.

Totally not off subject.
Surgery can be needed sometimes.
My uncle had some truly prized koi that he's had surgery on. One fish cost him $250000.
Im a he by the way lol.

I'm from Japan originally.
I'm a mix of various European and Latino people's, my family is American, but I was born in Japan and moved here when I was 17.
I moved out of Japan when I was 11 but alot if it still stuck I guess lol.

Well, I love both cyms and koi. I have 8 koi.
Yesterday I went to Walmart because a neighbour said there were some nice cyms in. Unfortunately there still wasn't an orange or red one. I don't know why I have never seen either colour in Canada.

It's funny.
I've been hunting for white to no avail.

It's strange you don't see cymbidium in those colors.
I hope you do find one though. They really are pretty.

I love koi too but don't have the room.

I'm very much in debate over which goldfish to go with.
I can either go with the round bodied fancies, or the small torpedo bodied varieties.
You can't mix them because the torpedo body ones will bully the round ones.
The torpedo bodied ones for the most part look like mini koi.
I was thinking a mix of shubunkin, wakin (one of my personal favorites), jinkin, kinransin, and watonai goldfish if I went the torpedo route.

I had a beautiful, big shubunkin a few years ago. It bred with one of my koi and produced some pretty offspring. My friend in Ontario still has 2 of them. I have heard that this cross will not reproduce. I only keep koi now because I want them pure if they breed.

The white cyms are common here. I am not fond of white after living in a rural area in a snow belt.