Ranchu mold mark on a Gatorade lid

Soon after the Ranchu bug bit me I found this on a Gatorade bottle. I
thought I was crazy seeing Ranchu every where. Just found it in my
desk and thought I'd post a picture.

JAPANESE GOLDFISH: THEIR VARIETIES AND CULTIVATION

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE METHODS OF GOLDFISH CULTURE

FOR AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS

180 Gallon Truvu

Swapped out 6x 29 gallon tanks for a 180. It's plumbed to drain and to the main goldfish system.

Here's what it looked like when it was installed originally.

Factory Made: Aquariums

Resealing my first 6 foot tank for the 3rd time

I first saw this tank at the cichlid hobbyist's house who sold me my first african cichlids when I was 14. The tank had a colony of brundy frontosa. We caught a dozen fry from the tank and I was on my way. After high school he took up gold mining so I bought the tank and put my frontosa in it. It's been in every one of my fishrooms.This is the third time I've resealed it. It is a 1979 all glass 100 gallon (72x18x18) with 5/8 inch glass. It is plumbed to the central goldfish system through a 1" bulkhead and to drain with a second bulkhead. It has a very primitive frame, well trim actually so I'm going to put in eurobracing around the top so I can put better lids on it.

Here is one of the hockey pucks from the bulkhead holes. A great tank resealing article.

The Original Clear Zebrafish: Beyond Blingless

This line is called “Beyond Blingless” and was developed by Znomics Inc. a now defunct biotech company in Portland, Oregon.  It’s was a clear line but it utilized Albino^b4 which is a deletion line that is very weak in comparison to Nacre alleles making it difficult to produce.

See-through Medaka

And here's the original clear fish the Japanese Medaka.

See Thru Guppy Images from Philip Shaddock the Guppy Designer

Thanks to Philip Shaddock AKA The Guppy Designer for the use of his wonderful images of the clear guppy. Through dedication and lots of work he has created a transparent guppy using three genes to knock out the melanophores, iridophores and xanthophores making a fish useful and freely available to the scientific community. Here is a paper describing this wonderful project: http://www.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2009.2.137-145.pdf

See-Through Guppy

 

Itoh TVR

Thanks to Dan for a nice pair of Itoh Ranchu.