Ryukin Fry

[ryukin girl]

I currently have 4 fry from a breeder friend of mine, they are all full siblings (only one male and one female were used in this particular cross) and were hatched in August. The mother is a goshiki ryukin and I am still keeping my fingers crossed that the calico will keep it's blacks! The greens, I am resigned, will be pure red, or red and white....

Any advice on better practices would be appreciated. I feed them twice a day a variety. Mostly Hikari Lionhead and gel food though I do give them the occasional veggie. So far they seem to be doing great. Hopefully they will make the move to the pond this summer. I am hoping lots of bugs and sunlight will color them nicely and grow them large.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/tsumiki/fish/fry/hpim0966.jpg

Yes, I name my goldfish!

The big green is Wyvern, 1 1/2 in body, 2 in overall.
Little green is Orchid, 1 1/4 body, nearly 2 in overall.
"Calico" is Sphinx, just over 1 in body, nearly 1 3/4 overall.
Peach is Heliconia, 1 in body, 1 3/4 overall.

Both parent's are BT ryukin, and it looks like most of the fry as as well. The red might have a bit of a deep fork to be considered a true BT. The father is a red/white and the mother a goshiki. Neither of the greens will be goshiki as they are both metallic, but the red and the "calico" are both mattes with "spangles" (very few metallic scales...can't remember the scientific name for this....) so the calico might just keep it's blacks!

[small_ranchu]

Is it Carol's line, right? Hope you see hump on them.

[Cincy Ranchu]

Does Shinx havde a short or wavy gill plate?

Looks like you are not feeding enough, feed more and double your water changes.

[ryukin girl]

Yep, it's Carol's line. I am trying to get the humps to show a bit more.....more protein, do you think?

They are rather small for her line. But since she was gone overseas this winter, they were in 45*F water from Oct. until Feb. Not very conducive to growth. I only got them about a week ago, so I am hoping to get them going on the growth front!

I do a 75% water change on my tanks every 5-7 days. Or when the parameters show something wonky.

It looks like it has a curled gill, but it doesn't really. I must have caught it mid-breath! :)

[small_ranchu]

what is the feeding schedule? :)

[ryukin girl]

I feed them once late morning and once late afternoon. Always switching off between veg, gel, and Hikari Lionhead.

My gel is whole fish and veggies mostly. Some pellets and bloodworms/brine shrimp etc. were thrown into it because I wanted to get rid of them. :)

[small_ranchu]

For ranchu, I will increase the feeding frequency. But Ryukin, I don't have experience and their SBD issue, I dare not to suggest feeding more though.

You can do more water change at least, 100% every 3 days. How is it?

Don't get scare. We are crazy here. lol

[small_ranchu]

I am trying to get the humps to show a bit more.....more protein, do you think?

I guess protein cannot do much for hump development. Hump is one of the culling milestone for Ryukin if I am not wrong. You might want to wait until sometime though.

[bigbettadan]

Hump-stored fat........... High Carbohydrate diet encourages fat storage.

Dan