Welcome to AGA's Goldfish Pages.  We've combined the resources of the American Goldfish Association (AGA) with goldfishpages to provide you with an improved website and new goldfish organization.  We hope this combination will not only provide you with the a series of resources for goldfish hobbyists, but also with a new organization to support the goldfish hobby.  These resources include goldfish standards, goldfish variety descriptions, goldfish-related articles, show dates and reviews, information regarding people who are involved in the goldfish hobby, as well as links to various goldfish-related sites.

To find out more about the AGA, please click on the link provided to view our introduction, and a membership application:  Introducing the AGA (if you join through February 2008, you'll receive our 2008 desk calendar); for a listing of AGA's certified goldfish judges, please go to:  AGA Certified Goldfish Judges.

Please be sure to visit our sponsors and advertisers at the following links:  AGA Advertisers & Sponsors - The Goldfish Connection.  These folks make possible some of the activities that we're doing at the AGA, including show banners, awards, screensavers and calendars, so please visit them.

Also, remember to visit Dandy Orandas, where you can purchase some of the most beautiful goldfish available in the U.S.; click on the attached link to get there:  Advertisers - Dandy Orandas

Please visit our Forum page for responses from AGA guests and amateur breeders at: Forum.  To try our new member's discussion post, please visit this link: AGA Members Forum :: View Forum - AGA Members Forum

The results of the voting are in!!!  The AGA "Fish of the Year" goes to a Ranchu owned by Gaye (Langley) Jones.  Congratulations, Gaye!  The Reserve "Fish of the Year" goes to a Red & White Ryukin owned by Jim Castillo.  Congratulations, Jim!  And here are the pictures of these award-winning fish:

To download pictures of six of the fish in the "Fish of the Year" competition, go to the following page, and follow the instructions on the screen:"Fish of the Year" Screensavers

For a look at the AGA Award winners at the 2007 shows, go to this link: AGA Award Winners, or click on one of the thumbnails listed below. 

Here is the link for the AGA Award winners for 2008:  AGA Award Winners - 2008

Our members will vote on the "AGA Fish of the Year" which is based on the Grand Champions of all the shows judged by the AGA in 2007.  Follow this link to see the Grand Champions for 2007:  AGA Fish of the Year.

If you're interested in joining the AGA, we've added a page that contains samples of our newsletter at: Sample AGA Newsletters.  We hope you'll join the AGA and help support our organization.

We've added a new store to the site - you can now buy goldfish-related products, including our new book, Spike's Goldfish Guide, as well as our goldfish variety poster, and goldfish standards booklet.  Koi & goldfish clubs interested in purchasing these items at a reduced rate should call contact Peter at ponziop@sprynet.com.  Click here to visit our store:   AGA Store

To see pictures from Breeder's Social XI, click on the following link:  Breeder's Social XI

We're pleased to welcome our newest certified judge, Bay Bateman, who recently completed her show judging requirements, after passing her test and candidate requirements this past summer. 

We have another new candidate judge, Vicki Knill, who passed her candidate exam at the MAKC show the weekend of September 29 - 30.  Congratulations, Vicki!!!

2008 Events (we'll add these as they become available):

For an update on our goldfish people section of the site, please click here: Goldfish People.

The Valley of the Sun Koi Club completed their first ever goldfish show as part of the Chinese Festival, the weekend of February 8 - 10, 2008.  Please click on the following link for pictures of the show:  1st Annual Phoenix Open Goldfish Show.  The Singapore Goldfish Festival was held in November, 2007.  Steven Tong, President of Fynnmood Goldfish Club, has submitted an article which describes the festival, and provides pictures of the judges, fish and Princess of Thailand, who hosted the event.  To read about the event and see the pictures, please click on the following link:  Singapore Goldfish Festival. 

New information is available on VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia); please check out this information by clicking on the following link: Information from APHIS on VHS.  The AGA. MPKS (Midwest Pond & Koi Society, and other koi organizations have been working with APHIS to develop new guidelines for goldfish & koi shows.  We are pleased to attach a copy of our show best practices, which includes treatment of water in tanks prior to discharge into sewers and other water environments, to stop the spread of infectious diseases.  We encourage all shows to adopt these procedures to ensure the health of our fish and naturally occurring fish populations.  Please click on the link to download a copy of these show best practices:  Articles/Show Best Practices.pdf

Last Updated: Friday, May 02, 2008