Aquarama 2007 Event Report, Pictures / Pre-Results / Results Options

[simliangyi]

Hi all.. took some pic at the aquarama.. feel free to go and have a look.. thanks!
Aquarama

[TokyoRanchu]

Great pics.

The oranda like fish in your photos before the black ranchu (it is red and white) appears to be a Sanshunishiki. These are very sweet looking fish that originate from crossing a Ranchu with a Jikin.

Matt

[Ranchu Lover]

In term of owners ....

Ranchu - Malaysia, Malaysia, Thai
Pearl - Malaysia, Singapore, Singapore
Oranda - Thai, Thai, Thai ( i think so )
Dragoneyes - unknown, Singapore, Singapore
Ryukin - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Open - unknown, Singapore, Singapore

In term of fish origins .... estimated

Ranchu - China, China, Thai
Pearl - China, unknown, Malaysia
Oranda - Thai, Thai, Thai
Dragoneys - unknown, China, China
Ryukin - China, China, China
Open - unknown, Thai, China

In term of color

Ranchu - Calico, tri-color, red-white
Pearl - Calico, Black, red-white
Oranda - red, red, red-white
Dragoneyes - black, blue, black-red
Ryukin - red, blue, calico
Open - black-red, sakura, red-cap
Quite a show ..... standard of fish is much higher than 2005, except for pearlscale.

Fun rite ? Tiring ..... i am nearly burnt out now ....

The owner of the winning oranda is a Singaporean and not Thai. Here is a picture of the oranda not in the competition tank. Its body is 8 inches long and its total length is 11 inches.

[kitsilano]

One of the item I found at Aquarama that is not available here is this food which is of very small size that can be used on young babies (eg. 3-4 weeks old)....so hope that Qian Hu and Mainland who are the agents for Hikari Saki can bring them in

Richard

[bekko]

The oranda like fish in your photos before the black ranchu (it is red and white) appears to be a Sanshunishiki. These are very sweet looking fish that originate from crossing a Ranchu with a Jikin.

If there was more certainty in your voice we could consider the mystery solved. Up on page 1 and 2 I though wakin, but not quite. Desireless thought it may be wakin or a freak out of a ranchu spawn. He was very close. Looks like it lost the jikin's tail though. Nice black on a metallic scale fish too. Unusual and impressive.

-steve

This post has been edited by bekko: Mon, 28 May 2007 2:40 pm

[goldrush]

Hey remember this Apache that was at Aquarama.I'm sure bros here notice of its ailment.It was stricken with white spots and appeared listless and lethargic.After DECONTAMINATION process,it is back to its vigour but white spots still remain.

Too itchy to try out PREFURAN (Argent Lab)

I just gave him a 30 mins bath before introducing him to its isolation styrofoam container.Looks great isn't it.

[goldrush]

Perhaps RG youngest member sporting our new T-Shirt




Checking out the exhibits and learning the ropes in grooming the next champion




Never too young to learn

[desireless]

Great pics.

The oranda like fish in your photos before the black ranchu (it is red and white) appears to be a Sanshunishiki. These are very sweet looking fish that originate from crossing a Ranchu with a Jikin.

Matt

Do you mean this fish?



I was told that it was disqualified because it is not a known species. Many of us thought that it is a wakin but one of the judges explained that the head shape and tail (wakin's tail should not bend in like this fish) suggest that it is not a wakin.

[The Matrix]

not a wakin lah .... its a thai fish, crossed species known to be a short tail oranda but did not develop well.

not defined in any varieties.

[TokyoRanchu]

I'm certain this is a sanshunishiki.

The body shape is completely different to an oranda and has more in common with a ranchu. Here are are some bad pics. Better ones can be seen in the Kingydensho volume devoted to Japanese Goldfish varieties (this was a special edition last year, pic below).

[bekko]

I'm certain this is a sanshunishiki.

That's much better. Very authorative.

An interesting fish, this sanshunishiki. You can certainly see the ranchu tail in some of the photos. No wen in the examples provided. Is the Aquarama entry similar to the standard or goal for sanshunishiki? I wonder where the black came from? It is a very nice deep black with a lot of luster. Better black than you typically see on a black ranchu.

I was told that it was disqualified

I did not realize that fish entered in the open category had to conform to a named variety. That is good to know. But, somewhere above someone mentioned a nice butterfly ryukin (excuse me for not going back to find it). Is a butterfly tail close enough to a ryukin tail that it would qualify for entry?

-steve

[desireless]

There is chance for good fight if the Broad-tailed (or butterfly) ryukins were submitted under the ryukin cat.

Those fishes were disqualified as well. Such a pity

[ranchu8]

I'm certain this is a sanshunishiki.

The body shape is completely different to an oranda and has more in common with a ranchu. Here are are some bad pics. Better ones can be seen in the Kingydensho volume devoted to Japanese Goldfish varieties (this was a special edition last year, pic below).

Based on my recollection, the fish in the competition does not have a head that is of some width like the photos of the above Sanshunishiki. I may be wrong and more photos would be helpful. What is the basis of your certainty and does Sanshunishiki have black parts on their fins? I have no experience with Sanshunishiki.

http://www.hamax.jp/kingyo/sale.cgi?Key=sanshunishiki

This post has been edited by ranchu8: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:45 pm