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Posted by: Nic Sat, 23 Apr 2005 11:05 am

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My tank at home...

Posted by: Pevert Sun, 24 Apr 2005 5:04 pm

Hi very nice tank u have

Posted by: top_view_ranchu Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:24 pm

Slight change.

Posted by: infocus Sun, 24 Apr 2005 9:56 pm

Mine here.

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/unsorted1/post-634-1114350994.jpg

Posted by: Nic Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:13 pm

You meant "Water Change".

Posted by: top_view_ranchu Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:09 pm

Hi Nic,
Sorry, but I dont understand what you mean?

Regards,
David

Posted by: Nic Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:30 pm

Just joking, your pic. "to me" looks like you just did a water change or going to do
your water change.

Posted by: top_view_ranchu Mon, 25 Apr 2005 9:50 am

How I wish the water is changed liao!

Posted by: yckhor Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:19 pm

Hi, all sifus,
here is my tank setup. don't know how to capture just the photo.
sorry, still learning....
http://www.eternalmax.com/downloads/rafflesgold1.wmv
http://www.eternalmax.com/downloads/rafflesgold2.wmv

any comments? is it advisable for me to keep aquatic plants with my mixture of ranchus (2 x 4-5 inches), bubble-eyes, red-cap oranda and oranda,... total 11 of them. Will the aquatic plants affect the pH, KH, etc. These terms are very alien to me but somehow I learnt a lot from those fantastic articles posted by goldrush and others.

Posted by: CP Sat, 30 Apr 2005 9:09 am

Wah piang,wait 3 minutes to see 10 sec clip.

Reminds me of my visits to porno websites.


I think the floating plants such as hyacinths or duckweeds are OK.
But not advisable to mix your bubble eyes with others.

Posted by: goldrush Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:36 pm

Dear yckhor

Glad that you enjoyed our postings and articles .Your mixed varieties in your "goldfish community tank" to the uninitiated may add dimension initially to your appreciation but sad to say some of these varieties may not be too compatible for the good of long term keeping.Delicate breed like bubble eyes often are compromsed by their bulkiness and dangling growths and will not be able to compete for food with better structured species.Oranda and ranchu seems good tankmates in the beginning but as each grow to reach their potential,perhaps oranda being endowed with a dorsal fin may require more height space as compared to ranchus.But again,some may just keep these together to add to their varied taste in the given space and who are we to say if you thoroughly enjoy their company

Cheers

goldrush

Posted by: The Matrix Sat, 30 Apr 2005 9:55 pm

hahahaha ... u will be surprise that bubble eyes are faster eater than ranchu or oranda.

Posted by: yckhor Mon, 02 May 2005 11:44 pm

Goldrush, I really appreciate your view on this. The bubble eyes belong to my daughter (two and half years old) who happens to share my tub . Agreed, speed & size does matter in deciding who gets the food. Matrix proven his point as well, bubble eyes usually are the one that had the first bite of everything I throw into the tub. But ranchus, due to its size, albeit a bit slow, will ram the party and get its share as well.

I was a bit worried about overcrowding the tub with too many goldfishes. In fact, I was caught by surprise this evening that the plant was growing so fast (had a 2-days break in Cherating, Kuantan) covering almost half of the tub & growing … caused by overfeeding … my father in-law took care of the fishes while I am away, guess he overfed them … and water turns murky. I am still very confused over the pH, KH, issue, well, will revisit those articles posted again…. Nevertheless, kudos to all the EXCELLENCE articles posted in this forum, still the best available in the Internet after scouting the net for the past few months and visited so many bookstores in search of a technically sound book on Goldfish but none can be found.

Posted by: The Matrix Tue, 03 May 2005 9:59 am

it's a good sign to see murky water than dun see. at least you know it's time to do something than assuming no action needed. dun worry about all those technical terms. once u got hold on how to keep the fish alive, then move back to understand these terms.

do watch the growth rate on all the fishes. bubbles has faster growth rate than the rest. likely u got to remove them to another tub before the rest of the fishes weaken.

Posted by: yckhor Tue, 03 May 2005 10:25 pm

I did a complete WC today, simply cannot stand the murky water. I filled up a toyogo white colour plastic box with the water from the black colour tub. To my surprise, the water actually shown tinted green, not dark green, unlike the green water cultivated by HappyBudda in his article. I think it is probably green water, so I kept 10% of it as seed, change the water, put back all the plants, and the assummingly green water seed too... fishes looks happy and once completed the WC, was eagerly looking for food once my daughter stand near the tub...

I got some questions pertaining to aquarium, planning to get one soon for the living room.

1. for a 5' x 2' x 2' tank, what is the correct water depth to house goldfishes? was told not too deep as goldfish prefers shallow water. Will it look weird for a 2' depth tank but 8" of water?

2. Do we need water chiller? Was told by so-called LFS goldfish expert (some reservations until I hear it from the sifus here) that it is vital to keep the water temperature low (26 degree c) to maintain the colour of goldfish, actually seen a 2' depth tank with water chiller running...

more questions to come....

Posted by: The Matrix Tue, 03 May 2005 10:57 pm

Nice that kids love the work. Funny, u got plants and filter ??? if it's green, then u got a very strong light system ... or near balcony with direct sunlight ?


It's okay. Dun worry about 2' depth. as long as u can tahan such large water change ... kekekeke


Up to you liao. If u wanna invest in a chiller, by all means. But running the chiller is not cheap with our type of weather.

Posted by: CP Tue, 03 May 2005 11:03 pm

Mr Khor,
Maybe you shd start another thread for your queries.

Yes, 8" of water in 5x2x2 tank sure looks weird, but since you are not keeping TV ranchus do not worry about the depth.I keep mine in 22" of water (ryukins and SVs), no problems.And in some natural ponds the water depth can be a few feet deep.

I had even tried my unwanted cheap TV ranchus in my friends 6ft koi pond, no problems! (No problems surviving, but it sure aint the way to groom them).


As for chiller,I dont see the need for it, our indoor tank temperature is about 24 to 26 C anyway.I have only seen chillers being used in marine tanks and koi ponds,not goldfish tanks.

Rgds

Posted by: yckhor Tue, 03 May 2005 11:38 pm

dear sifus,
thank you for your kind comments.

yes... my tub is at the backyard of my house (south face north). so, direct sunlight in the morning from east but shaded in the afternoon due to a bamboo curtain that I setup above the tank, I don't want to cook my goldfishes... but surprisingly, the water temperature always feel cool.... at least compared to my tap water... ok... thermometer on the shopping list..

1. ok then. 2' depth tank confirmed. water bill is still affordable in KL

2. but, will chiller help to improve the colour of goldfish? or at least maintain it in the house where no direct sunlight?

also, I think I am keeping SV ranchus... actually not very sure.. did follow the guideline posted in some articles here... should be SV. It is actually imported from China... TongGoon, GuangChou. just love the way it swims....

Posted by: The Matrix Sun, 08 May 2005 4:08 pm

If u go china next time, visit the farms. some of the china farm sites or even tunghoi vcd also show their farms. Where got fish cook from sun light. Common sense please. U think the china farm use something to cover their few kilometers ponds or not leh.

your tank is big enough, so just be sure to know anything that can conduct more heat into the water than worry about the sun.

Posted by: yckhor Sun, 08 May 2005 9:21 pm

dear matrix,

well, not actually direct sunlight now, added a bamboo blind hanging few feets above, so, shielded from direct sunlight. will keep a close watch on water temp.

Posted by: gohks Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:15 am

As promised, my ~ 50 goldfish decor tank





Feeding time:-



Reflection may be too strong, fish eyes all turned white. How to take a better pictures??

Posted by: Hamad Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:04 pm

I searched and most of the images are broken, which I believe was from moving to a new host. I am very curious to see pictures of how you set your tanks so please share! Thanks! ;)

Posted by: desireless Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:16 pm

Hi Hamad,

Either you can post here or at our Gallery here:
http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=sc&cat=3

Every member has their own Gallery account. It takes a few second to set it up
http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2759

Posted by: Hamad Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:48 pm

Oh Desireless, I do know how to set up a gallery - I wanted to see other member's tanks. Only a few are posted and was hoping to see more!

Posted by: desireless Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:51 pm

The host lost our pictures. Those before Feb 2005 were lost unfortunately.

Luckily I still have mine in my PC :

Posted by: CP Thu, 16 Feb 2006 5:29 pm

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=23



http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=191

Posted by: ranchu8 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:29 pm

wah CP, you have a very supportive wife esp as seen from the second link above

Posted by: marc9 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:24 am

pics of my previous tanks...hw abt others..let's share

Posted by: Hamad Fri, 17 Feb 2006 5:31 am

Come on guys, show your tanks! Old or new it doesn't matter.

CP's fish are in haven, his set up is ideal.

Desireless, can you please post one with fish? Please? Or take a new pic if possible?

Marc9, I adore how clean and simple that looks! What filters are installed in there beside the sponge filter?

Ok waiting for more...

Posted by: marc9 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 2:42 pm

running a IOS inside too..but that tank is sold liao..hw cm my pic is deleted?i cant c my pic leh

Posted by: Bak2it Sun, 19 Feb 2006 4:24 am

Here's a photo of mine

Posted by: desireless Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:55 pm

Yeah... those whom submit before please resubmit your tank pictures A update will be better


I will submit once I put my fish back in my main tank. Currently it is fishless and full of white worms and water fleas.

Posted by: The Matrix Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:09 pm

Doing experiments har ? happy happy catch a flea out to see it can be a aqua-circus star ...

Posted by: desireless Tue, 28 Feb 2006 8:20 pm

As promised...


This is my 4-ft tank now. To take the pictures, I have to clear front side of the tank. I left out one portion so you see how fast the algae grows in 1 week. The fishes like to eat the algae from the wall, so I have to corner off one part of the tank to preserve the algae.



The long fluffy wall algae. Notice my water is very dirty with debris floating around. This is due to me not using mechanical filter and the sponge filters are not fast enough to work on the poos. But the nitrogen cycle is still working perfectly.

Posted by: mountain Tue, 28 Feb 2006 9:34 pm

Thats a hefy electricity bill Desireless

Posted by: desireless Tue, 28 Feb 2006 9:50 pm

Ya... I need 4x PL lights to do something like this. Can't run them for long hours. ;)

Posted by: gohks Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:03 pm

desireless,
Did you measure the temp of the water? I tried having more PL lights for my tank and realized that temp went as high as > 34C... especially in the day time.
Not sure will there be any harm if temp goes too high

Posted by: chochiss Wed, 01 Mar 2006 1:07 pm

do we get consistent water temperature if we employ the water chiller unit? :

Posted by: desireless Wed, 01 Mar 2006 5:11 pm

It is usually 29^oC. At most 30. 34 is ok too as long as the temp swing for your tank is gradual, such that it won't stress your fish. Chiller is totally unnecessary.

I don't trim the algae. I cleared the front part to allow taking photo and video. Other than that I usually leave it as it is. My tank is never scenic

This is a short video to the wall algae:


Direct Link: http://www.rafflesgold.com/desireless/MOV06382.wmv

I stopped at 3 points:
1) Never trim. Notice it is very very "bushy" as it is near light source. The long fluffy algae looks like tentacles and swings with the water.
2) Never trim. Not so bushy as it always gets eaten. Can notice the algae also swings with the water flow.
3) Newly-grown for 1 week plus. Notice the new "thin fine hair"

PS: Ya, I know it sounds lewd... but how else can I explain this?

Posted by: top_view_ranchu Wed, 01 Mar 2006 6:14 pm

Hi chochiss,
My opinion is, it will depend on how the system is run and the location of the tub or tank. ;)
I'm surprise this question is ask by someone from Japan! Care to elaborate?

Regards,
David Hou

Posted by: marc9 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:34 pm

no more pics..?

Posted by: chochiss Mon, 01 May 2006 12:50 am

ok. I'm back in Malaysia now. So I hope that helps & clarifies. Besides, my country is pretty darn hot over the klang valley but some guys still employ heater!!! dun understand......

Posted by: gohks Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:44 am

It has been almost a year since I last showed by 50 fishes tank (post#21). Now is time to update my tank...manage to reduce the stocks to close to 40 fishes (after some have pass on and some I have culled). Most of the fishes have grown (see whether you still can recognize them ) ). The problem I am facing now is I am running out of space


Here are some of the closed up shots of the fishes:-
















My other tanks:-

My family of Tiku's:-



Lonely fish in a single tank:-



Last but not least, green water with UGF in equilibrium

Posted by: DeviLFisH Fri, 15 Sep 2006 4:09 pm

cool curious how to make that green water...?

+ those green aglea..is it ur tank put near sunlights?

Posted by: infocus Tue, 26 Sep 2006 9:21 pm

No sunlight. Just strong PL or T5 should do the job. This is green algae, not green water.

Posted by: RobinYip Wed, 27 Sep 2006 1:11 am

Hello, your strong PL means how many 10,000K? and u on it how many hours a day to hve this effect?

Posted by: Wessie Thu, 19 Oct 2006 4:34 pm

Very Nice. Thank You for the Pics

Posted by: KOIUNIT Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:45 pm

Here is my 100gallon tank I setup 2 months ago(1st pic). The other tanks are on a stand. Each tank is 40 gallons each. they are 16inches high, 24 inches deep, and 40 inches long(pic 2).

Posted by: supzfier Mon, 26 Feb 2007 1:45 am

desireless your ranchu is damn gorgeous

Posted by: livet Wed, 28 Mar 2007 4:45 am

And my tank

Posted by: goldrush Thu, 29 Mar 2007 8:26 pm

While waiting for treatment,my patients get to view some of my goldfishes in my waiting room display tank.
Only 3 fishes(2 ryukins and 1 oranda),3 feet tank,one sponge driven by a powerhead and one airline.

Posted by: shishirkamat Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:38 pm

Hi Doc,
You have very excellent fishes,your patients will recover just by seeing your fishes

Posted by: livet Fri, 06 Apr 2007 4:18 pm

Posted by: acurrent Fri, 20 Apr 2007 8:59 pm

My 5ft standard tank, hoods + stand made by myself

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/48000/post-1369-1177073968.jpg

Posted by: livet Wed, 25 Apr 2007 3:14 am

http://imageshack.us

Posted by: Dan Mon, 30 Apr 2007 3:08 am

MY 2 WEEKS OLD TANKS



Lower tank green water

Posted by: livet Wed, 02 May 2007 9:15 pm

Posted by: terif Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:31 pm

do you use filter? how many? what kind of filter?
i use biological filter (bio ball only), can i have green carpet with biological filter & sunlight?

Posted by: bekko Tue, 10 Jul 2007 4:41 pm

Yes. Algae can utilize either ammonia or nitrate as a nutrient source.

-steve

Posted by: jennybugs Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:39 pm

New to the forum and to keeping goldfish - I have come full cirlce with the hobby now!

Goldfish when young, tropicals, brackish and marine recently and now adding fancies to my list again

So, my tank...

180L NEW tank setup.

Home to 1 redcap oranda, 1 (currently) chocolate oranda and 1 black moor each approximately 1.5-2 inches long at present (little babies)

The tank as it stands at present - more to do to it though






Curly




Boo


Roger


All 3 (almost)


I have only had them under a week, but they are SO gorgeous and full of character! They're not pedigree fish by any means but they are special to me!

I hope you like them as much as I do. I am looking forward to enjoying watching them grow happy and healthy and to developing their tank further

Posted by: Benjamin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 1:36 am

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/56000/post-4016-1230744922.jpg

My Fish Room and Pic of one of the "Rena Show Tanks" Have (4 off) each hold 150Gal .
Waiting on new stock of "Chinese Black Ranchu and Red Cap Oranda" will post Pics
Soon......Regards Ben.

Posted by: n-bie Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:29 pm

Hi Benjamin, You really have a very nice set up place to relax.

Can see you have nice ranchu there, can possibly get close up for them?

Thanks
Siung

Posted by: Benjamin Fri, 02 Jan 2009 6:27 pm

Hello Siung,
Thanks for the kind comments, Yes I am waiting on some "Chinese
Black Ranchu" and some "Red Cap Oranda" due this Month (Jan) will
post pics soon of the new stock.
Regards....Ben.

Posted by: sopje Mon, 18 May 2009 5:01 am

hi guys i'm new to this forum and would like to show you guys one of my tanks..
it's an older movie i will a new one soon and post some pictures i'm just awating some nice posing moments

i have three pearl scales (correct me if i'm wrong)
one ranchu
an oranda
and a shubunkin

here a movie of my precious fishes..

Posted by: ricardoms Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:26 pm

This is mine, a 600 litres tank:



One of my new gold, a calico ryukin:



An a little bit old video, right now the tank is a little bit different..less plants...

http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww283/richardyoli/?action=view&current=M2U00378.flv

See you

Posted by: goldrush Thu, 03 Sep 2009 9:44 am

Thank you for sharing.You got very healthy fishes and they seem very happy indeed

Posted by: SVR206 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 4:17 pm

Here is my tanks! As of now got rid of my 55 planning a 125 of 72 bow I want long rather than tall! any suggestions? I cultivate my green water with natural sunlight. I live in seattle and it is now fall, and now there is barely sun but my green water is still alive and well. Will my green water eventually die? What do I do? http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/56000/post-4982-1256804205.jpg
http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/56000/post-4982-1256804069.jpg



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Posted by: CP Fri, 30 Oct 2009 4:19 pm

Nice brew !
But I am unable to advise on maintaining green water during winter (ie not sure whether its possible) as our climate here is hot and sunny all year round.

Posted by: ricardoms Mon, 09 Nov 2009 7:29 pm

This is my 600 liters tank...in this video you can see my new 3 orandas...bye

Posted by: CHLeong Fri, 20 Nov 2009 9:15 pm

Nice tank ricardoms!

Posted by: Black Moor Thu, 26 Nov 2009 1:38 pm

my tank at present, gold fish have been in this for decades (the tank is at least 25yrs old, along with most of the orniments that came with it), my girl friends fam were going to toss it, what better excuse to get some fish of my own, plus the one that came with it

6 fish in total plus two large snails

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/images/56000/post-5043-1259213785.jpg

Posted by: ricardoms Mon, 30 Nov 2009 6:41 pm

Hi all!!!

I want to show you a more actual video made on the 28th of november. I have made several changes inside the tank as moving out some pieces of wood, rocks, ect and move the rest of the things just to the middle of the tank leaving all the space for my golds!!!

http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww283/richardyoli/?action=view&current=M2U00444.flv

See you all!!!

Posted by: CHLeong Fri, 04 Dec 2009 2:52 pm

I will do away with all the decoratives, goldfishes itself are beauties alone.

Posted by: SVR206 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 4:26 pm

Yeah I keep bare tanks! I tried to decorate once before and my goldies would sometimes get scratched especially my black ranchu. Im working on a DIY trickle wet dry filter so there will be nothing in the tank to utilize the space in the tank not to mention the clean look! This is my newest tank it is a 46 gal bow front. Bought it for $75 bucks what a deal!


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Posted by: rekoi Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:46 am

i just want to share my tank, thanks for viewing!

http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u416/Jehu08/DSC00517.jpg

Posted by: rekoi Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:22 pm

just an update to my tank..

http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u416/Jehu08/DSC00260.jpg

Posted by: CP Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:01 am

Nice tank, nice carpet algae and nice white ranchu !

Posted by: rekoi Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:45 pm

thank you sir..