my latest fish

you will be needing more at this rate lol

and this morning theres batch number 3 on its way the others have started now they are now in the fish house as well lol

there is definately something in your water lol

haha magic mick u shud be called lol

Hi Mick, Do you want to give a talk on Sunday,"Breeding Orandas" You got it sussed mate.
Having trouble finding the postcode do you think you can find us wiyhout?

lol ill give it a go at getting there mate ill set off a bit earleyer to make sure

right some fry are upto about 10mm but theres a difference in the hatch rate and theres some with the forked tails now but no signs of a dorsal fin yet on any of them

looks like we got our very own coldwater specialist well done mick

That's Goldfish for you, Genes are not fixed, so you have to know the history of the fish you breed to get a large percentage of fry like the parents, that's the challenge Mick, to produce good quality fish to the standard.

kieth we have anyway Ned knows loads more than me on the subject

ill have to see what comes out from this batch

oh yeh forgot about ned (sorry ned)

right i have 3 tanks oranda 1,2,3 oranda
1 is the 3ft fry
2.is 18"x12
3.18"x12
now you know oranda 1 has fry 10mm long
2 has now got new fry
3 has now got new fry
both 2-3 are hatching as we speak

With that many fry you will need those two million gallons mate.

ill have a count up tommorow to see how many i have actually got that will be fun counting fry and the ones just hatched that look like shards of glass

they are about 10 mm long but fattening up nice

very nice mick looking good

coming on a treat mick

looks good

Your doing well with them, they are looking good I can see they are getting plenty to eat. What a waste Blooper not putting Goldfish in what is obviously a Goldfish tank, lol.

well his nexr tank is coldwater

Another convert,keep spreading the gospel lol

the orandas have been breeding in the show tank again thats two days on the trot not collecting the eggs just letting them get eaten so the females dont get egg bound

well been in the fish house all is well fry coming on nice some of the single tails are really putting theweight on now and look like they might be twin tails just late developers i hope so the actual twin tailers that had twin tails to start with are a lot slower in developing not as big as the others but are getting the same waterchanges and food

Mick, one way of making it easier to check tails and finnage is an old Japanese way, place fish in a white enamel of plastic bowl, take outside and look at the shadows of the fish on the base and side of the bowl.
( there is much to learn in the ways of the orient) lol.