Hmmmm . . . How did they get here?!

[fantailfan1 26,742]

Soooo this happened
S/he was sold as a ryukin, of course, but looks more fantail to me. . S/he weighs in at a whopping 5.8 g and is yet to be named.




Then somehow this happened too!!

S/he weighs 11.2 g and was sold as a calico lion head ranchu. Way to cover all your bases Blue Fish.   Alyssa named it Button as it has one button eye and is our first button eyed fish ever.  











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[fantailfan1 26,742]

And a video

 

 

 

 

They are in separate tanks as I got them from different stores    and the fantail has ich    Hopefully I can nip it in the bud.  

[jenzaar 11,605]

They are sooo cute! Those are gonna be some fins :o

I love button eyes, and think you guys will too.

[Mikey 6,780]

congrats!!!

[DawnMichele 6,045]

They are so cute!!!!   Congratulations!!!!

[FishyMandy 6,260]

Awww cuties!!

[mjfromga 1,784]

So cute! Hopefully the ich goes away cleanly.

[Chris1251 490]

Chris here... that dang fishy fairy strikes again!!!

[Arctic Mama 3,593]

They just jumped into your bag right?

[Flipper 13,057]

I love button eyes too! Great name selection Reminds me of Waddles

The fantail is a beaut too

Im jelly you have lfs that you can get littles from

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[fantailfan1 26,742]

Thanks everyone!!  

 

Aubrey, that's the first thing Alyssa said when she saw him "Aawwwwwwwwww, look mom!!  It's a little Waddles!!".  

 

Yeah, I'm really glad I can get little ones!  I just love watching them grow and change!  

[Morgan'sMiracles 1,214]

So pretty! The first one does look like an undeveloped ryukin to me. It'll be interesting to see how kt grows!

[koko 14,315]

Oh I likey..... Great find hun

[mjfromga 1,784]

So pretty! The first one does look like an undeveloped ryukin to me. It'll be interesting to see how kt grows!

Perhaps but I see fantail. Too long of a caudal peduncle, dorsal fin not set like a Ryukins, caudal fins way too long. Usually 5 gram Ryukins (have had several, including one who grew a ribbon tail) won't have anywhere close to the caudal finnage of that fish, but fantails often will. Snout and head angle not what I'm used to seeing in Ryukins either.

[goldfishfanforever 913]

They are gorgeous but please (im begging you) stop putting the idea in my head that I need a Ranchu again as I have no space left in any of my current tanks and that would lead to me setting up another tank and then I would find another fish I liked and the cycle would go on and on

[HomerJay 4,668]

Grats Lisa. I hope you are able to get them well quickly.

[fantailfan1 26,742]

 

So pretty! The first one does look like an undeveloped ryukin to me. It'll be interesting to see how kt grows!

Perhaps but I see fantail. Too long of a caudal peduncle, dorsal fin not set like a Ryukins, caudal fins way too long. Usually 5 gram Ryukins (have had several, including one who grew a ribbon tail) won't have anywhere close to the caudal finnage of that fish, but fantails often will. Snout and head angle not what I'm used to seeing in Ryukins either.

 

 

 

I agree.  And I'm probably one of the very few who would rather have a fantail.     I've just had better luck with them--never had floaty/swim bladder issues with a fantail.    My current oldest fish is a 7 yr old fantail.    And besides, that taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiilllllllllllllllllllll.  

 

They had a couple other nicely shaped ryukins about the same size but I liked the darker orangish red color of this one and the body shape is less likely to develop swim bladder issues so had to take this one.  The other ones were super cute though.  It was a tough decision.  

[fantailfan1 26,742]

Grats Lisa. I hope you are able to get them well quickly.

 

Thanks!!  Actually I think those were just bubbles.    I looked at the pics Alyssa took of him in the bag along with the fact that those spots were gone shortly after I posted the pics and I went  

 

 

Patti, my girl at Blue Fish , said the ranchu just came in yesterday and if she didn't know me she wouldn't sell him yet.  She said they usually QT for 2 weeks before they sell but since she knows me she'd sell him.  That, and she said all the fish that came in with him all look fantastic/healthy/no unusual signs or symptoms.  She offered to hold him for me for 2 weeks while they QTed him but I said NO WAY!  

[HomerJay 4,668]

 

Grats Lisa. I hope you are able to get them well quickly.

 

Thanks!!  Actually I think those were just bubbles.    I looked at the pics Alyssa took of him in the bag along with the fact that those spots were gone shortly after I posted the pics and I went

 

 

Patti, my girl at Blue Fish , said the ranchu just came in yesterday and if she didn't know me she wouldn't sell him yet.  She said they usually QT for 2 weeks before they sell but since she knows me she'd sell him.  That, and she said all the fish that came in with him all look fantastic/healthy/no unusual signs or symptoms.  She offered to hold him for me for 2 weeks while they QTed him but I said NO WAY!  

 

That's good news I love that ranchu. I love calicos of any type of goldfish.

[DieselPlower 2,123]

Well I see you got your calico fantail one way or the other ... nice looking fish

[TikiLola 5,709]

I hope qt is uneventful.

[Flipper 13,057]

Grats Lisa. I hope you are able to get them well quickly.

 

Thanks!!  Actually I think those were just bubbles.    I looked at the pics Alyssa took of him in the bag along with the fact that those spots were gone shortly after I posted the pics and I went

 

 

Patti, my girl at Blue Fish , said the ranchu just came in yesterday and if she didn't know me she wouldn't sell him yet.  She said they usually QT for 2 weeks before they sell but since she knows me she'd sell him.  That, and she said all the fish that came in with him all look fantastic/healthy/no unusual signs or symptoms.  She offered to hold him for me for 2 weeks while they QTed him but I said NO WAY!  

That's good news I love that ranchu. I love calicos of any type of goldfish.

Amen! This is the quote of the day

[fantailfan1 26,742]

Well I see you got your calico fantail one way or the other ... nice looking fish

Lol. Well I got a calico AND a fantail....

Checking each other out.

 

 

Someone should really clean that glass.  

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[Flipper 13,057]

I like how they want to be friends thru the glass

[shakaho 6,312]

I'll call them a ryukin and a ranchu, but if the wen doesn't develop on the latter, you have an eggfish.  Good luck on that!