Japanese Ranchu came to Malaysia in EGG form

[yeemiau]

We've just got in touch with the fibreglass manufacturer.

he can accept small orders.

Remain RM160 each

dimension 4' x 5' x 1'

2" draining hole as standard. I think white, no colouring (like ours), blue as standard colour.

tansport have to sort it ourself.

Suggestion,

maybe you all can group in to order in bulk. then send to KL by lorry (charges split by cost/tank) and collection will be easier when the item arrive KL. Or hire a small lorry to dispatch the tank (cost split as per location)

Anyone, interested?

[yeemiau]

Originally Posted by chinaryukin

Yes they've grown. But few of them abit slow.
No cleaning at all, water change 100% once a week, i did last sunday.
Planning to do it every sunday evening.

Just collecting more info..

About how many hours of sunlight everday? is the water greenish when you do the water change last sunday?

[chinaryukin]

Yeemiau,

It's about 4 hours, from 1pm to 5pm. but that side of my apartment is abit shady.
Another thing is that now is rainy season in KL. Last night i woke up at 2.30 am to put cover from rain water. There was strong wind/storm also.
Now there is no algae or greenish floor.

Question 1: do i need to clean their sh*t?
Question 2: is it good to use filter system (mechanical+biofilter) so the solid sh*t is suckaway and the poisonous ammonia can be change to harmless substrate. I was thinking to try it, so that i can hold the water longger to allow for algae growth. But i need to make sure water movement is minimised at pump/filter inlet and outlet. What do you say?

[yeemiau]

Originally Posted by chinaryukin

Yeemiau,

It's about 4 hours, from 1pm to 5pm. but that side of my apartment is abit shady.
Another thing is that now is rainy season in KL. Last night i woke up at 2.30 am to put cover from rain water. There was strong wind/storm also.
Now there is no algae or greenish floor.

Question 1: do i need to clean their sh*t?
Question 2: is it good to use filter system (mechanical+biofilter) so the solid sh*t is suckaway and the poisonous ammonia can be change to harmless substrate. I was thinking to try it, so that i can hold the water longger to allow for algae growth. But i need to make sure water movement is minimised at pump/filter inlet and outlet. What do you say?

Q1 : nope, you don't have to do that. Some people does that but it is not necessary. We have not done that before. Don't worry, green will come later. no worries.
Q2 : I can guarantee you that will be a good start for some non stop illness problem. hehehe also, too much turbulance in the water will kacau the development of a nice sexy tail. Too many development of the fish will be out of your control once you start using filter, eg. scale, tail, bodyshape, etc.

[chinaryukin]

Originally Posted by yeemiau

Q1 : nope, you don't have to do that. Some people does that but it is not necessary. We have not done that before. Don't worry, green will come later. no worries.
Q2 : I can guarantee you that will be a good start for some non stop illness problem. hehehe also, too much turbulance in the water will kacau the development of a nice sexy tail. Too many development of the fish will be out of your control once you start using filter, eg. scale, tail, bodyshape, etc.

ok, i get the point.
thank you

[NaganoLiewKun]

Originally Posted by chinaryukin

ok, i get the point.
thank you

Good　Job!!頑張って下さい！！！

[chinaryukin]

Hi to all,
Here's photo taken during changing water yesterday.

Yeemiau,
There is no algea carpet yet. Should i try grow it in another (spare) tank?
What about green water, when should i cultivate it? Any advise or tips to do it?

Cheers

[yeemiau]

If you have another smaller tank, it'll be great cos the area will be much smaller there. and you can place it temporary at someplace with longer sunlight duration. Say 32" x 20" size is quite ideal. Something similar size also can. I think you can change over to the small tank anytime if the small tank is available now. you only need it for 3-5 weeks. then they can go back to this big tank already.

The fish looks good to me. Will ask LiewKun (Vincent) to double check.

Next time, you can put an egg (approx 60 gram size) for size comparision (just another common practice in Japan, for your info only.)

By the way, 頑張って下さい means "continue to work hard and strive for best result" I think it is pronounce as " KanBaTeh KoDesSai"... need to confirm with LiewKun.

You can cross check in www.ranchu.net on their 60 days old fish and compare them to your on development. It looks very very similar.


Cheers,

[Ryan]

Hi Chinaryukin,

Wah, your kurokos really look healthy. I like the middle one
where the color has not change, already have squarish head
and a nice thick caudle peduncle. Like what Yee Miau is saying,
the outcome of the fish depends on the owner. Looks like you
are doing a great job man.

Yee Miau,
Like to check, how do you put an egg as it's always floatinglah.
I always put a coin in, senang sikit.


Regards, Ryan

[yeemiau]

Either way also can, egg or coin or any other common object which has no sharp edge. Putting egg in is just a common practice in Japan. We can put other thing in too... like erm... ... spoon, etc.

It is just to give indication of the size. It is better to have something similar to the fish size. Now, coin is a little small comparing to the fish. (Just imagine how fast they grow)