Thai Against Chinese Options

[goldrush]

RG getting too bored liao so decide to post a challenge.

Purely on a friendly international encounter,I have decided on a personal experimental basis to feature these two contenders to ascertain their future developments.

[goldrush]

Lord of the ring





In this corner ,a Thai thorough bred,5 inch full back red with white belly.

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In the other corner,a Chinese guangchou specimen,measuring 4.5 inch,minimal headgrowth but excellent coloration

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Arena


Both are released on the same date(8/06/05) into a FG black pond having 4 hours of morning sun.The pool measures 6x4x1 feet and hold approximately 650 liters of water.They share with another 5 ranchus of approximately equal size

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Water

Alternate days of 20-30% change with top up through the mains and a weekly total change of water will be instituted Water is filtered through wool and bio balls in a boxed filter.

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Diet
The fishes will be fed every 2 hourly on purely paste food made out of Koi carp pellets.
Roughly they will have at least 5 meals a day

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Duration

The fish will be measured,harvested 3 months of now to ascertain their progress,deterioration or any significant transformations.


The pic below show the day of their release into the FGT

[Maniacholic]

can you get a better picture on the tail of the thai ranchu please , and if that's how he holds the tail, with the bent usually I don't think it'll be a very good future specimen since a ranchus tail is very important IMO

The chinese ranchu needs a straighter back IMO

too bad i don't focus on ranchus as much as I do dragons

[goldrush]

The thai about to be released






Baring any unforeseen circumstances(eg accidents,disease outbreaks etc)please make a date with me to see their outcome………….(sometime in September?)










see you

[Maniacholic]

Forgive me, I can't see the tail's tip from the last pic as it is too dark...

[CP]

Arena
Both are released on the same date(8/06/05) into a FG black pond having 4 hours of morning sun.The pool measures 6x4x1 feet and hold approximately 650 liters of water.They share with another 5 ranchus of approximately equal size

Friend,

Dont you think the current created by the submerged pump (looks Eheim to me)is too strong liao. Like washing machine ah!

The turbulence created from the box filter shd be sufficient IMO.

[goldrush]

Hhahahahaa

To me the surface break made by mixing air and water at the surface create excellent aeration.Apart from this I still have 2 airline from my Hi Blow to allow further aeration.This somehow make the fish more lively and increase their appetite(Maybe more dissolved oxygen leh)

it is eheim alright(my most trusted brand)

[CP]

Goldrush,

You can be charged under ISA for instigating these type of Thai vs Chinese racial sentiments.Detention without trial.

Anyway here are my predictions on the winning traits whereby Matrix will definately disagree with me:
The Thai will win in body shape,headgrowth,scalation,profile of back.
The Chinese will win in eventual size.
Colouration category will tied.

Winner is Thai, by a unanimous decision.Update us in 3 months.

[CP]

Hhahahahaa

To me the surface break made by mixing air and water at the surface create excellent aeration.Apart from this I still have 2 airline from my Hi Blow to allow further aeration.This somehow make the fish more lively and increase their appetite(Maybe more dissolved oxygen leh)

it is eheim alright(my most trusted brand)

Off topic but I believe that temperature is the controllong factor with regards to dissolved oxygen (DO).That means by increasing aeration will not increase DO unless water or room temperature is lowered.

So I suggest maybe turn on the air-conditioner in your fish room for 24hrs if you want to maximise DO

[CyberET]

use a chiller, more effective