Shrimp and Star

[mjfromga 1,784]

Shrimp first... Tiny Conet. October 22, December 14, January 11, and finally today... March 27. Still got the same wonky mouth and he's oddly fat body for a single tail. 

Star... November 25 - March 27. 

[aussieJJDude 122]

OMG beautiful fish you have there! I especially love how star turned out.


As for Shrimp, do you think its a Tamasaba?

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[tithra 4,917]

Beautiful!

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[mjfromga 1,784]

@tithra thanks a ton

@aussieJJDude thanks a lot. Ryukins are my favorites by far. And Shrimp is a 29 cent Comet. He's always been sort of weirdly shaped and fat but he's just a Comet. These fish are all I have left after Costia destroyed my pond recently so they're special to me. 

[aussieJJDude 122]

[mention=19952]tithra[/mention] thanks a ton
[mention=25816]aussieJJDude[/mention] thanks a lot. Ryukins are my favorites by far. And Shrimp is a 29 cent Comet. He's always been sort of weirdly shaped and fat but he's just a Comet. These fish are all I have left after Costia destroyed my pond recently so they're special to me. 

Weird, he has that fancy look about him that it honestly just looks like a Tamasaba! But still a great pet regardless!

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[DawnMichele 6,045]

They are gorgeous Myra!!!!

[koko 14,335]

Im not a hump fish lover but Star is a very nice looking fish  

[mjfromga 1,784]

Thanks Dawn! Koko, not a hump fish lover? BLASPHEMY!!! They are the cutest ever. 

[koko 14,335]

1 hour ago, mjfromga said:

Thanks Dawn! Koko, not a hump fish lover? BLASPHEMY!!! They are the cutest ever. 

 

What can I say I love the Ranchu's they steal my  every time  

[mjfromga 1,784]

I like Ranchu too. Cute little things they are. But my favorite will always be Ryukins. Star there is pretty "high quality" as far as "hump fish" go. He's not true show quality but he's bred from such. He and his 4 siblings (all smaller than him) are still doing well in my front pond. 

Edited March 30, 2018 by mjfromga

[Arctic Mama 3,625]

You may be spreading the ryukin love.  Maybe.  As I’m contemplating who to replace my stock with I’m actually looking at more fantail and ryukins, especially since both your oranda survived The Great Poisoning Mystery this morning.

 

I still can’t get over how much shrimp has grown since your first image.  And fast, too!

[mjfromga 1,784]

Wow... The Costia killed your fish, too? Gosh I'm sorry. It killed all mine as well. There wasn't anything I could do. It just suddenly appeared and it swept so quickly that I had no defense at all. I lost all my Orandas. I have only two left from the back pond. Sad. And Ryukins really are totally awesome. Give them a shot. Pleaseeeee???? 

[Arctic Mama 3,625]

I don’t think it was costia, I’m still not sure.  They were behaving like a parasite was there but not the right kind of symptoms for costia.  Either way I was treating everyone for ectoparasites, flukes, and secondary bacterial infections in quarantine after my black moors started shredding fins and floating, and things were fine until this morning.  They went from okay last night and pretty much on the end of the medication to poisoned.  I am still not sure what did it!  Very sad, but I’m trying to console myself with it being an excuse to go see Gary’s operation and pick new fish.  Sigh.

 

He said he has mostly ranchus right now, along with ryukin and veiltals and such.  Pretty much everything but the blacks I had before.  I’m getting excited!  It’s distracting me from grief.

Edited March 30, 2018 by Arctic Mama

[mjfromga 1,784]

The extremely sick fish I still have has no fins basically, is upside down on the bottom, and is covered in black burns and fungus. I am trying to see what on earth is going on. He's got something else. I can't see any Costia. And Costia treatment isn't helping him. His symptoms are different from the Costia, as well. I have ZERO idea what it is. I'm basically just trying to experiment now to see if anything will help him. He's suffering and he's going to die, but I REALLY want to see what he's got and see if ANYTHING helps. It's crazy. Care to take a look? 

[mjfromga 1,784]

Shrimp and Star yesterday. Was netting algae crap and jist snapped a few pics. Shrimp is really coming along from that super tiny fish she once was. 

[mjfromga 1,784]

And miss Shrimp today. She's doing just fine. She's my favorite of the two regular goldfish. She's come a long way from that tiny fish last year. 

[mjfromga 1,784]

And Shrimp and Star today... Doing just fine thankfully

[FishyMandy 6,272]

They are looking great!

[mjfromga 1,784]

Miss Shrimp is trying to catch Rustic in size lol. She's still the same oddly shaped little fish she was when I got her. Weirdly fat for a single tail and a curved little mouth.

And Star is still the biggest too but the white Ryukin, Miss Tercey, is trying to catch him. 

[DawnMichele 6,045]

They look great Myra!!!

[mjfromga 1,784]

And here are Shrimp and Star now. Some noticeable differences between July and September. Shrimp is still weirdly fat for a Comet but she's doing quite well. Star is doing well too. Beginning to look like a proper Ryukin rather than a juvenile. 

[Arctic Mama 3,625]

You are a great fish groomer, MJ.  They look fantastic, and I think the shape is really coming along on Star, too!

[mjfromga 1,784]

8 hours ago, Arctic Mama said:

You are a great fish groomer, MJ.  They look fantastic, and I think the shape is really coming along on Star, too!

Thanks a ton, Taryl. Couldn't have learned anything without you and the Koko crew. 

[koko 14,335]

Very nice MJ  I should get photos of mine.