Ga 009 - Ranchu |
Ga 009 - Ranchu |
GA Secretary |
Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:36 pm
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Mask ID to Fish Owner Member No.: 34 Group: Staff Posts: 20 Topics Started: 0 Joined: 29-Nov-03 Last seen online: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 4:28 am User's local time: Sun, 12 May 2024 12:45 am From: RafflesGold GA Green Water: Not Telling Country: Singapore |
Here's another one of my thai ranchu. I bought her on 25-Feb-2004 from Seah for $35. She was about 2 1/2 inches and a little over 3 months later she's is slightly over 5 inches. She's a Tie Bao Jing (Red/Black) but the black colouring comes and go which I find rather frustrating. It goes away whenever I put her in a filtered tank, yet quickly comes back once she returns to green water. I don't know why except maybe clear water is more stressful for her.
Above is her "baby" photo taken while she's still in the bag from the LFS. She's the one at the back with black markings on her body. This is her today. She's NOT full of eggs; I pressed her relatively firm tummy while taking the photos, and nothing came out! It's would be like asking a fat woman on the street if she's pregnant, I guess. Now you know why this colour combination, black/red, is known as Tie Bao Jin (铁包金) like liquid gold cooling down. Above are photos of she swimming in a glass tank. She swims and floats level. Unlike most goldfish, she loves mealworms; I throw a couple in when I steal some from a neighbour. She lives in the same tub, enjoy the same upbringing as the ranchu in GA007 (which don't touch mealworms.) Please may I have your comments? Thank you. |
GA Secretary |
Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:53 pm
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Mask ID to Fish Owner Member No.: 34 Group: Staff Posts: 20 Topics Started: 0 Joined: 29-Nov-03 Last seen online: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 4:28 am User's local time: Sun, 12 May 2024 12:45 am From: RafflesGold GA Green Water: Not Telling Country: Singapore |
Since the last update (above), this ranchu was kept in a 4 feet bio-filtered tank by herself instead of her usual habitat of a guppy tub of green water.
First observation after about 2 months in clear water is her red scaling started to fade noticebly. I had wanted to move her back into green water but I didn't get a chance to buy a larger tub to house her. So she remained in clear water and last week, she started floating near water surface when she rests at night, and sometimes point her ass skyward while she goes about looking for food. Gill infection was suspected and cured. But since the 7 days salt treatment, she started having black markings on her body, first as dots on her back but now black strips appeared below her lateral line on both sides. Please tell me what's wrong and the course of action to take. |
yamato38gunkei |
Sun, 05 Dec 2004 7:47 am
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Moderator Member No.: 123 Group: Honorary Member Posts: 718 Topics Started: 31 Joined: 8-Mar-04 Last seen online: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 5:23 am User's local time: Sat, 11 May 2024 6:45 pm Green Water: No Country: Belgium |
QUOTE(Secretary @ Sat, 04 Dec 2004 5:53 am) Since the last update (above), this ranchu was kept in a 4 feet bio-filtered tank by herself instead of her usual habitat of a guppy tub of green water. First observation after about 2 months in clear water is her red scaling started to fade noticebly. I had wanted to move her back into green water but I didn't get a chance to buy a larger tub to house her. So she remained in clear water and last week, she started floating near water surface when she rests at night, and sometimes point her ass skyward while she goes about looking for food. Gill infection was suspected and cured. But since the 7 days salt treatment, she started having black markings on her body, first as dots on her back but now black strips appeared below her lateral line on both sides. Please tell me what's wrong and the course of action to take. It means that your Ranchu was sick but that it is recovering now. It are the areas were the slime was damaged due to sickness, parasites etc. Do not worry, your Ranchu is recovering. The black strikes will disappear soon. Regards, Geert Coppens |
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