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Old 26-01-2010, 11:58 AM   #1
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Default Need some help for a goldfish noob.

I had re-kindle my fish keeping hobby after a long break of 6 years.

Recently bought a 3 ft tank and pick 2 of the following :

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and re-learn the fundamentals.

After almost a week in my tank, I noticed the black chap is very slow as compared to the other 2 whites and it seems to have a problem looking for pellets floating on the top.

The 2 whites will go straight for the pellets without any mistake. The black fellow will gulp gulp at a area and hopefully some pellets got suck in.

Is this normal?

Thanks.
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:17 PM   #2
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Is normal that orlanda move faster then a ranchu....Black ranchu alway tend to hv wen covering their eyes so they might not reali see as well.But again ur ranchu might be sick too....try to observe and see.
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:33 PM   #3
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Is this normal dun worry. i like your black SVR
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:35 PM   #4
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Normally I would feed ranchu with sinking pellets cos most of the time they search for food on the tank floor.
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Old 26-01-2010, 12:55 PM   #5
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Normally I would feed ranchu with sinking pellets cos most of the time they search for food on the tank floor.
Ha, silly me. Never thought of this. Will drop in to a LFS to find some sinking pellet.

Oh, Bro goldfish&koi, those are pictures I grab from the Google. Not my fishes, they are much smaller.

Also are Ranchu known as 寿星公 also?
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Old 26-01-2010, 01:09 PM   #6
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Ha, silly me. Never thought of this. Will drop in to a LFS to find some sinking pellet.

Oh, Bro goldfish&koi, those are pictures I grab from the Google. Not my fishes, they are much smaller.

Also are Ranchu known as 寿星公 also?
oh sorry i though is your fish hehe
yes in chinese they are known as 寿星公.
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Old 26-01-2010, 08:11 PM   #7
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Normally I would feed ranchu with sinking pellets cos most of the time they search for food on the tank floor.
well said. Do considered Bro Chris advice.
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Old 27-01-2010, 02:25 PM   #8
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Luckily I started my 3 ft tank with just 3 buggers.

They are hell of a shitters man... Just 2 meals (morning and nite) and these 3 fellas produce tons of waste...

Well, water change planned for this Sunday, have to get more pails to age the water...

(Oh, my feeding are controlled portion, I make sure the 3 fellas finished their food within the 5 ~ 6 mins windows)
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Old 29-01-2010, 03:49 PM   #9
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Yup.. sinking pellets should help. Try the hikari lionhead sinking pellets. My goldfishes finish them up in a frenzy.
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Old 30-01-2010, 10:39 AM   #10
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What Albert said is right, we don't normally mix orandas with ranchus. Your black ranchu has quite massive wen which obstruct it's view. So be it floating or sinking pellets, it'll still eats slower than your orandas.
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