My Cheapo Goldfish

[HNLim]

This is one variety of goldfish that I love to keep for the following reasons.

1. It is very cheap in Singapore and I have bought them for as little as S$1.20(US$0.85) each.

2. It is very easily available in Singapore.

3. It is probably one of the toughest variety of goldfish to keep. I mean just keeping them alive.

4. It is even tougher to keep them to look like a ball.

5. It is probably the only variety of goldfish that is not only cheap but probably the only cheap variety of goldfish that one can keep and have hope to win in competition. I have won first position in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia with this variety.

6. You don't require much space to keep them well. I am keeping about 10 pieces in a 100 lit water tub.


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This is the latest update of "Fatty Weng". He is now 5 months under my care and is 12 cm long from mouth to tail.
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[small_ranchu]

look nice... you have said everything about the fish except how you groom it. :) Please let us know...

[HNLim]

look nice... you have said everything about the fish except how you groom it. :) Please let us know...I have no idea if there is anything special except that it is kept in my 100 lit tub together with several other smaller pearlscales and fed the usual way. FYI the tub used to be one of those landscape fountain that my wife bought some 6 years ago with a build-in filter. Her fancy for landscaping died a long time ago and I have since inherited the tub.

Here is a picture of another one that I used to own and was raised in the same tub.
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[afertuna]

Amazing I wish they were available here in Oregon. Wow I am amazed at how they look

[thomasn]

nice! I've got one coming but the price I paid is like :Suprise2::confuse::s_wow:

I understand they should be kept in shallow water..

[HNLim]

I understand they should be kept in shallow water..Where did you learn this from? How shallow is shallow?

[thomasn]

Where did you learn this from? How shallow is shallow?

I was going to ask you how shallow is shallow.

I read about shallow water here:
http://www.myfishforum.com/gold-fish-forum/5432-world-tikus-pearlscale.html#post44692

I dont know if they are talking about that particular BW pearlscales in that thread or not.

In your experience, does depth matter?

[HNLim]

This is the latest update of “Fatty Weng”!
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[Ichthius]

Well done!

[zookey]

Do you have any problem with their abiltity to swim straight. I currently have a crowned pearlscale that swims in spirals when excited, like at feeding time. If not excited or startled she seems to swim fine.

[HNLim]

Do you have any problem with their abiltity to swim straight. I currently have a crowned pearlscale that swims in spirals when excited, like at feeding time. If not excited or startled she seems to swim fine.
I do not have any problem with them. I have 15 pieces at the moment and not a single one of them have swimming problem.

[HNLim]

Well done!
Thank you!

[HNLim]

This is the latest update of "Fatty Weng" taken today.

[pearlscale_fan]

THEY"RE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
obviously, i absolutely love pearlscales, but have not had very good luck with them so far (swimbladder problems)
i kept mine (i had 2) in a long, low 20G tank with a 30G filter
i think it's about 10 inches tall

[fish don't sweat]

They are ridiculous ! I want one.

[Mikey V]

I bought two very small pearlscales from an above-average LFS this morning---wish me luck!

[zph2k]

good luck mikey. Petco by my house sell only ping-pong pearl scales. and they also sell black telescope broadtail as blackmoore.

[Mikey V]

What is the ideal angle for a pearlscale's caudal fin to be held at?

[HNLim]

What is the ideal angle for a pearlscale's caudal fin to be held at?
The ideal angle is the one that pleases your heart. The one that makes you wanting to sit in front of your tank for hours.

[*Ci*]

The ideal angle is the one that pleases your heart. The one that makes you wanting to sit in front of your tank for hours.

This is a lovely comment . . . .

[pearlscale_fan]

GOLFBALL PEARLSCALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
OMG THEY ARE SO DARNED CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
wow, these ones are REALLY round
pearlscales do tend to have swimbladder problems, which would be why golfballs are hard to keep, i'm guessing
they are nice fish, especially if you're looking for that extreme of rotundness
(i have a video of these at home, we watch it and just sit there ans say "awwww" for about an hour)
nice to know they're easily available somewhere, i haven't seen a pearlscale in any local petstore in about 4 years
(i can't think why they wouldn't sell, though)