The fantail goldfish is a good choice
for beginners since they are very hardy and due
to the fact that Fantail goldfish can be kept in
temperatures close to the freezing point. Fantail
goldfish are also an ideal choice if you want to
keep some type of fancy goldfish in garden ponds
due to the earlier mentioned reasons.
Fantail Goldfish are recognized by their medium
sized double/split tail fins. You can judge the
breeding quality of a Fantail goldfish by looking
at how far their fins are split. The tailfin of
a high quality Fantail goldfish is almost completely
split down to the root.
You can find Fantail goldfish in a number of different
coloration and with metallic, matt scale or nacreous
types.