Just picked up a pair of nymph goldfish today. A nymph goldfish is a fancy goldfish with a single caudal tail instead of two tails. Mine is black moors tho but with single tail.
Nymph goldfish
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Cool fish, how is their swimming style? Would they swim fast enough to compete for food in a community tank with commons/comets/koi of similar size?
They swims very smoothly but their eyesight isn't that good. I hasn't introduce them to the goldfish tank yet since these ones came from Walmart and they need to grow a little bigger because there's a larger mudminnow in the goldfish tank. I managed to got another nymph goldfish.
aren't nymphs considered runts ? you should try to get jikins or some quality comets
No, nymphs are not runts, just cull/less quality ones. A inferior cull, yes but a man's junk is another man's treasure. I'm just growing them out to just prevents the mudminnows to prey on them.
have you looked into jikins or walkins? those things look cool and not deformed at all. i would like to get one once i figure out my living arrangements
Yes I've looked at them, the price on them is a bit too high for me at this moment and I'm not sure if I want any expensive fish outside. Last year a bear came in and wiped out the entire goldfish/koi populations in the pond. I'll add jikins and wakins once I build a greenhouse.
Your goldfish are adorable! They look like black bug eyed versions of my comet x fantail hybrids, fat bodied but single tailed. 
