EbiBunBun Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Our new ones arrived this morning and they are even prettier than I expected. The red one is an ingot oranda and the white a calico ranchu. I wasn't expecting to love the goldfish this much, but the ranchu have gotten me. These pics are terrible since this is a quarantine tank with no light. I just want to pinch their fat cheeks! ramawo, hollyh, Crazyfishlady and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nice looking goldfish. I turned my 120gal tank into a goldfish tank at the "request" of my wife a couple years ago. It is actually a look cooler then I thought it would be and the goldfish aren't as destructive as I had initially imagined. I showed her your pictures and her response was "BUBBLES!" (referring to the goldfish not the actual bubbles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Oblong, have your goldfish bred in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbiBunBun Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I call them their brain boobles! They look kinda derpy but they have learned hand feeding pretty quickly. I was surprised at how intelligent they are. It would be fun to let them breed but they spawn so many! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I wonder if you just kept a pair(male/female) in a tank with lots of driftwood, rocks, and some plant clipping, if they would breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbiBunBun Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 On the males you look for breeding stars on the gill covers, you may see him chasing and bumping the females. I don't know much about it since I haven't had them for long enough. There is a nice thread on here about breeding ranchu: http://www.shrimpspot.com/index.php?/topic/1316-how-to-breed-fancy-goldfish-pictures-too/ The fancy ones if they have a wen, long fins or telecope eyes should be kept in a tank with not much in it so they don't hurt themselves or damage their wen which is hard to heal. They are kind of clumsy and the wen can affect their vision. aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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