200 square feet of ponds

130 watt UV sterilizer

2.5 cubic foot Aquabead and blower

8x 300 gallon Laguna ponds

Lp80 medo linear piston blower and 1 foot Airstones

Dragon fly exoskeleton from hornwort tub

The day I found this there was a black and white dragon fly and a red dragon fly in the yard.

DIY Ultraviolet Sterilizer for Japanese Import system

I am building this unit into the supply manifold for the new system.  It will have two 65 watt UV bulbs and run on emperor aquatic ballasts.

It will be very similar in design to this unit but instead of a U shape vessel it will be a more linear design.  http://goldfishgarage.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-130-watts-2-x-65-watts-uv.html

From paper to reality

Ready to install

Installed and ready to Zap the water

Polycarbonate sleeve support

The dry end

Sleeve support, spacer and fernco boot

The End

YouTube Examples of breeds in the Japanese Import

Nankin

Jikin

Toukai Nishiki (Jikin tail type)

 Tosakin

 Edo Nashiki

 Azuma nashiki

Tamasaba

 Osaka Ranchu

 Topview Oranda

Azuma Nishiki: Japanese Calico Oranda WEB Content

These are examples from youtube to show the various types.

"Azuma Nishiki" was Created by KATOU Kinzou in 1931 Yokohama. This type is called "Hon Azuma" (True Azuma. Original Azuma.) now. It had been popular Fish as Ranchu. Even a famous old Ranchu club has the name from it. but It lost popularity for some reasons. and then because the Head is not enough fat. Suzuki Fish Farm crossed it with "Hama Nishiki". that line is called "Suzuki Azuma". Suzuki Azuma is now the most popular and looks good. Those 2 lines has different Head Face & Cheak also the Color. "Hon Azuma" has more Pale Sky Blue on Body. Round head like Oranda. and It should have Red head, Front Spread side Tail bones and Snake Eye Dots on Tail.

Suzuki Azuma-Nishiki (Azuma-Nishiki x Hama-Nishiki 1979) The Head (Funtan = Cheak Bump, Tokin = Helmet), Body and Texture of Colors are different from Hon-Azuma.

Original Azuma-Nishiki. (Original Oranda x Calico Dragon Eye.1931)

Izumo Nankin: Japanese Import

These are videos gleened from youtube to show the Izumo Nankin form which will be imported to the Goldfish Garage this month.

 

Osaka Ranchu 大阪らんちゅう

The Japanese import will have the Osaka Ranchu include!  These are examples from Youtube of the Osaka Ranchu.

Japanese Import!

The order is going in soon, don't miss out on this once a decade import.  Please let me know what you'd like via email goldfishgarage AT gmail.com

Best fishes
David
www.goldfishgarage.com

Smaller fish will be $100 to $150, larger fish $250 to $400.

RYUKIN RYUKIN Fantail Goldfish 5-7cm
RYUKIN RED & WHITE 6cm
RYUKIN 8-9cm
RYUKIN AAA 3years 12-14cm

EDO NISHIKI EDO NISHIKI Calco Ranchu 6-7cm
EDO NISHIKI 3years 12-13cm

AZUMA-NISHIKI AZUMA NISHIKI Red/White/Blue Oranda 7-8cm

TAMASABA TAMASABA 7-8cm

TOSAKIN TOSAKIN TOSAKIN HQ-STD 5-7cm
TOSAKIN TOSAKIN HQ 12-13cm

JIKIN JIKIN JIKIN mix color 5-6cm
JIKIN JIKIN  HQ 12-13cm

TOKAI NISHIKI TOKAI NISHIKI longfin JIKIN mix color 7-8cm
TOKAI NISHIKI longfin JIKIN HQ 7-8cm
TOKAI NISHIKI longfin JIKIN HQ 13-15cm

IZUMO NANKIN NANKIN NANKIN HQ-STD mix color 4-5cm
NANKIN NANKIN HQ 10-15cm

OSAKA RANCHU OSAKA RANCHU Osaka Old sytle Ranchu 5cm

AZUMA NISHIKI top view Calico Oranda top view AZUMA HQ 11-13cm

ORANDA top view ORANDA top view ORANDA HQ-STD 7-8cm
ORANDA top view ORANNA HQ 12-14cm

Calico TOSAKIN Calico Tosakin Calico Tosakin HQ-STD 5-6cm
Calico Tosakin Calico Tosakin HQ 8-10cm


RANCHU RANCHU  black baby 4cm
RANCHU  color changed 4-6cm

300 gallon storage tank

Great for aging water.

Sodium Thiosulfate Dechlorinator Solution

Sodium thiosulfate is a very safe and effective chlorine treatment (Does not treat chloramines but will threat the chlorine and your biofilter will eat the liberated ammonia, or buy cloramX from www.reedmariculture.com).  Below are two stock solutions made up for 1 liter and 1 Quart.  To make the stock solutions that treat 50 gallons per mL or 250 gallons per teaspoon simply follow the recipe below.  Or you can utilize the fact that Sodium thiosulfate has a solubility of 701 grams per Liter of water.  Simply take your container, add hot water as sodium thiosulfate (it's endothermic in water, it gets cold when it dissolves) and add it until it will no longer dissolve.  You now have a saturated solution that will treat 1 ppm chlorine in 50 gallons at 1 ml.