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wayneb
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 | | Subject: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:58 pm | |
| Not really a koi question.
I have a 30cm lion head gold fish his "vratte" has now grown so much that its covering his eyes. Is this normal. I have noticed that he is no longer as active as what he used to be. I have also no idea if he is eating anymore as he no longer swims around the surface.
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:13 pm | |
| - wayneb wrote:
- Not really a koi question.
I have a 30cm lion head gold fish his "vratte" has now grown so much that its covering his eyes. Is this normal. I have noticed that he is no longer as active as what he used to be. I have also no idea if he is eating anymore as he no longer swims around the surface.
What do i do know?
Wayne It's normaly for the "vratte" covering his eye. Since he can see anymore, there are to option: 1) Do an operation to remove the excessive "vratte", but i don't recommend this. 2) He can still smell food, so try to feed sinking pellets at the same spot every time, and see if he can eat the pellets. Any photos? |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:35 pm | |
| Heres some photos of my two gold fish, they are also residents of my koi pond. Lionhead and Ryukin mix. (Saartjie) named after saarjie baardman.   My lion head.   |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:00 pm | |
| Hi Wayne Now that is what I call a JUMBO Gold fish.  |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:20 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:30 pm | |
| They where very small 4 -5 cm. |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:47 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Lion head goldfish question Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:57 pm | |
| I started with goldfish and then later introduced the koi. My goldfish have really changed a lot. I have had these two since 2005.My koi where about 25-30cm at that time. The following pictures are from April 2006.   The lion head never looked like a real lion head. It started out as a normal goldfish, you can see him, in the video - he is the bigger looking gold fish. Gold fish video |
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