I know it's been awhile since I posted but I wanted to post a few of our newest little guy. Just a note - the bowl he is in in the first is only ever used as a temporary holding container during
acclimation so I could examine him for signs of stress, illness, or injuries better than in a bucket! He went into a nice, roomy, clean, fully filtered 55 gallon tank when he was done acclimating!
I'm ready for my close-up!
I wanted to make sure he wouldn't turn into a free meal for the largest of our goldies (pictured) or the
dojo loaches so he got the "extended acclimation." Essentially, if they tried to take a bite out of him, all they would get is a slight bump into the plastic walls and he would still be safe, and I would know it wasn't time to introduce him to the big tank yet.
Then finally...FREEDOM!!!
Pardon the kitschy "Atlantis" in the corner but we decided to reinstate it to give him a place to hide that the bigger ones couldn't fit if he needed it. He was the size of a Goldfish snack cracker and I am really hoping he keeps his coloring as it is in the pics. He really is that yellow, and his fin & tail tips are black edged. For whatever reason, I have never seen a yellow one in stores before, only in pics, so when my son spotted him in a tank at a specialty store we went to a couple weeks ago I couldn't resist. I know he is not the more desirable tall, rounded back and similarly round belly as a show quality or breeder ranchu but since I don't have plans for showing or breeding, he came home with us anyway.
