kekekeke...... The body to me is ranchu. The head to me is ????? I'm also confused liao.

Anyway, give some comment on my fish leh. Swee or not swee? Lionchu or not lionchu??

Thanks for the link, bro desireless. I re-read the whole posting and had a better understanding liao



Newbie here so don't take my word too seriously.

IMHO I find it very swee.

- Nice curve back.
- Tail at a good angle
- Good headgrowth
- Coloration is good except for the few patches of orange at the tail, if without that, it could be nicer.

Would U mind tell us how much U pay for it and what is the size of it ?

Keep in well and hope we can have an update in 3 months time

This post has been edited by jowy_ham: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 2:03 am

Lionchu, Ranchu of modern days are all classified in the Ranchu lah. Even though one got really hugh head, the demand for a true ranchu still exist and even prices are pushing higher. SO dun care so much wat ranchu, lionchu. Wat u like best, just buy lah.

Lionhead, in the other hand, usually demand the back to be as straight as possible and gently small curve. That's curve is significantly the main difference between both classification.

Like the superior China Gold, Grand Champ 1999 and sold at high price in USA, that is a ranchu. Small head, large body. Like 2004, Grand Champ is also a large bodied small head ranchu.

Andy ... for you ...

Goose Head - refer to head growth concentrate on the upper and front of head. Red-cap oranda for example.

Lion Head - headgrowth all over the head, cheek and a hood on the top.

Tiger head - head growth all over the head uniformly.

Thanks for the comment. I got it for 80 bucks. It's slightly less than 5". Will update you again.

good buy in my opinion, as opposed for the $60 you paid for the other one from a forumer.

Sorry, the other one should be $40. I gave the wrong figure the other time. That is the fish that kana the head down tail up problem. But still I like my ranchu. Hope it will get better, if not recover 100%.

After reading this discussion on lionchu and ranchu, I think I give up in knowing the difference liao. Got even more confused than I was before I start reading this thread. Cheap and nice and like it, just buy lah. Dun care whatever chu they are called.

Confusing meh?

I think it is very clear now...

Hi all,

Need your expert help in classifying my ranchu. What type of ranchu is this?



Feel free to comment - positive negative all welcome. Still need to learn. Thanks.

(apologies for the sound...was watching Wimbledon while filming this)

This post has been edited by MachoRanchu: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:05 am

It looks like lionchu to me. Well what do I know, I am still a learner too But it's very cute and I like it a lot.

The only comment for me is about the tank. I saw gravel in the tank. For me, goldfish is doing better in bare bottom tank. Just my two cents bro

Thanks SR. The gravel covers like only 1/4 of the tank. The rest is bare bottom. So far they quite like playing with the small pebbles, but I'll probably be removing soon as food occasionally gets trapped underneath.

The head pattern of this piece suggest that it is a lionchu. Moreoever, it comes with a "double-chin".